What you can submit
If you choose to submit a research article to the Bath Student Journal of Society and Social Change, it should:
- address current social issues, problems, inequalities, and injustices
- demonstrate understanding of societal implications of a social issue
- promote critical debate of a social issue
- incorporate a theoretical approach to a social issue
We welcome submissions that use qualitative and/or quantitative methods, and they may take the form of research articles, opinion articles, creative articles, or reviews.
Find out more about the types of articles we accept and what we are looking for.
Your submission can be a revised version of work undertaken at the University of Bath or it can examine a social issue beyond the scope of your course’s curriculum.
For example, the following types of assignments could be revised, prepared as an article and submitted for publication:
- dissertations
- essays
- placement work
- reports
- research apprenticeship projects
- research articles
Please note: You should not submit revised coursework to the journal before it has been assessed as part of your course.
If you have any questions about the type of work you can submit, or want to discuss any potential ideas, please contact us via email studentjournal@bath.ac.uk
How to submit a research article
You can submit an article for publication in Bath Student Journal of Society and Social Change at any time.
To submit to the journal, you should:
- save your submission as a Word document following our naming convention. Title your document using: “Name_Article type”. For example: “Jane Williams_Research Article”. Our editors will anonymise your paper before sending it out for review
- send your submission to studentjournal@bath.ac.uk
- monitor your email inbox. One of our editors may have follow-up questions and will contact you about the outcome of your submission
Calls for papers
We may announce special Issues of the Bath Student Journal of Society and Social Change that cover particular topics in due course. Please check this page regularly or keep an eye on our social media channels.