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Early Bird Rate extended
Posted on Mar 10, 2010
We are a little behind getting the result of the reviews out - we aim to have these done by the middle of March now - as such we have extended the time period of the Early Bird rates for registration. The new deadline is now Friday 23rd April
Birkbeck Review Workshop at the IWP Conference
Posted on Feb 25, 2010
We are pleased to announce, that by popular demand, we will be running another paper review workshop at this year’s IWP conference. Professor Rob Briner and Dr. Gillian Symon from Birkbeck College, University of London will be leading this session. Professor Rob Briner is Consulting Editor on several leading journals including Human Relations (on which, until recently, he was Associate Editor). Dr. Gillian Symon is joint Founding Editor (with Prof Catherine Cassell) of the journal Qualitative Research in Organisations and Management, has guest edited special issues of OP journals on qualitative research, and is also on the Editorial Board of various other leading journals.
The session will enable attendees to gain feedback from these editors and other researchers on a paper prior to submitting it to a journal. It will be particularly useful for early career researchers beginning to submit papers to journals or researchers who have an interesting or unusual idea for a paper on which they would like to receive feedback.
The editors will each be allocated a small group of authors and will prepare feedback on their papers, which will be given at the conference session. At the workshop individuals will be split into groups led by the editor allocated to their paper. All members of the group will receive in advance all the papers in their group so that they too can provide feedback to the author. The workshop will conclude with a plenary discussion that draws out the general learning points.
Those wanting to attend must submit a full paper via the IWP conference website by midnight, 10th May, 2010. Places are limited (maximum 8) and will be allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis. Theoretical, qualitative and quantitative papers are all welcome. The requirements for the paper are below:
• Abstract (100-200 words)
• Title page (include title, authors’ names, affiliations, full contact details, and the workshop submitted to: i.e., Birkbeck Review Workshop)
• Full article text (double-spaced with numbered pages) no more than 6000 words
• References (APA style).
• Tables, figures, captions placed at the end of the article.
Conference Submission Deadline Extended
Posted on Jan 21, 2010
Over the last week we have had an overwhelming amount of requests to extend the deadline for submissions to the IWP Conference. As such we are delighted to announce that the new deadline is Monday 8th February. If you have not visited the site recently you will also notice we have revised the submission guidlines to make it much simpler as well as many other updates.
Venue for Gala Opening Event confirmed
Posted on Dec 16, 2009
We have today confirmed the venue for the Gala Opening Event for the 2010 Conference - rather than a traditional Conference Dinner we will be hosting an event at the Kelham Island Museum in the city centre - a living museum displaying Sheffield’s industrial heritage - it will be a fantastic night with great food, entertainment and a great start to proceedings. The event will take place on the evening of Tuesday 29th June. More details wil be added to the Conference website soon. In the meantime there is a link below to the Museum website.
http://www.simt.co.uk/kelham-island-museum/about
IWP Conference website updated
Posted on Dec 15, 2009
We have added more information to the Conference website including the bios of our keynotes, more information on the programme, hotel booking and information about the city of Sheffield. Please keep visiting as there will be more updates over the next few weeks.