Education + Training - Call for Associate Editor
The journal Education + Training is seeking Associate Editors.
About the Journal
Education + Training addresses the increasingly complex relationships between education, training and employment and the impact of these relationships on national and global labour markets. The journal gives specific consideration to young people, looking at how the transition from school/college to employment is achieved and how the nature of partnerships between the worlds of education and work continues to evolve.
The journal explores vocationalism in learning and efforts to address employability within the curriculum, together with coverage of innovative themes and initiatives within vocational education and training.
Typical areas of interest include:
- Managing the transition from school/college to work
- New initiatives in post 16 vocational education and training
- Education-Business partnerships and collaboration
- Links between education and industry
- The graduate labour market
- Work experience and placements
- The recruitment, induction and development of school leavers and graduates
- Young person employability and career development
- E learning in further and higher education
- Research news
- Reviews of recent publications
About the Role
The Associate Editors will be expected to assume the following responsibilities:
- Managing manuscript peer review through an online submission system within a reasonable timeframe
- Making recommendations on manuscripts to the Editor, ensuring the quality of accepted papers
- Promoting the journal at conferences and through web channels, and by encouraging and inviting relevant manuscript submissions
- Making suggestions on themed special issues of the journal on relevant topics
- Contributing in any other ways to the journal’s further development
- Any other tasks assigned by the Editor.
The ideal candidate will be expected to satisfy the following criteria:
- Hold a PhD degree in an appropriate discipline
- Have prior experience as a peer reviewer or member of the Editorial Board of an international research journal
- Have published in international peer-reviewed research journals
- Be able to provide impartial judgement on other researchers’ work
- Be fluent in English with good writing ability.
The benefits of the role include:
- Full training and support in the ScholarOne submission and peer review system
- Complimentary access to the journal
- Your name listed on the journal website
- Early access to new research, helping you keep abreast of developments in the field
- The opportunity to network with colleagues and peers (editors or board members) and to influence the journal's future development.
The successful candidate is expected to serve in the role for at least one year. This may be extended for a further period.
Applications
Interested candidates are invited to send a letter of up to 1000 words summarising their qualifications relative to the criteria stated above, together with an up to date CV, to the Editor, Professor Paul Jones ([email protected]).