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HERDSA 2010 program: Workshop three

Turning your higher education conference paper into a journal article

Barbara Grant

The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Tai Peseta

HERDSA Executive

The genre of the conference paper is usually quite different to that of the journal article: typically, the conference paper is shorter, the content is somewhat unresolved, it cuts to the chase more quickly and, in some cases, is written to be read aloud. Sometimes such papers are 'written' as an annotated PowerPoint presentation. The journal article, by contrast, is usually longer (although word limits always apply) and must present an argument or point of view that is carefully situated in relevant literature and supported by various forms of evidence in order to show that it makes a new contribution to the field of knowledge. Ideally, the manuscript is shaped towards the particular journal you, the author, seek to have it accepted by. Writing higher education research, especially if this is not your disciplinary background, poses some additional challenges. This half-day workshop aims to work through a process by which higher education conference papers can be reshaped into journal articles. The process will be interactive and include several practical strategies that participants can use when writing. Participants are asked to bring a hard copy of their HERDSA (or some other higher education) conference showcase presentation to the workshop – by the end of it you will have a plan for how to rework your conference paper into a journal article for an identified target journal.