Higher Education Journals

Not intended as a comprehensive or ranked –or even alphabetical list, but

provided with some notes.

If anyone has any update information or information about other journals that
should be included here, please send details including title, frequency of
publication and weblink to klynch@glos.ac.uk .

Thank you

International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/cfp.cfm

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning [NEW!]

http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/index.htm

Journal on Excellence in College Teaching

http://www.celt.muohio.edu/ject/

Higher Education
http://www.springer.com/education/higher+education/journal/10734
up to 6,000 words. (Impact Factor: 0.6 (2008)) publishes articles on a borad
range of HE sector issues

Higher Education Research and Development

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/07294360.html
The learned journal of the Higher Education Research and Development
Society of Australia. Aimed at an international audience.

Practice and Evidence of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in

Higher Education
www.pestlhe.org.uk
An electronic journal from University of Glasgow, UK. 2 issues per year.
Works-in-progress 2-3,000 words and full articles are 5-6,000 words (excl.
references).

The British Educational Research Journal

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01411926.asp
6x a year. 5-7,000 words. Covers school, FE and HE. Journal of BERA.

International Journal of Science Education

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09500693.asp
15x a year. 35 pages per issue. Covers school, FE and HE. (possibly for
projects in science and ?technology)
Oxford Review of Education
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03054985.asp
5x a year. 4-8,000 words. School and HE (possibly for widening participation
projects and transition)

Journal of Education Policy

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/02680939.html
6x a year. Covers policy-making, policy-implementation and impact at all
levels of education. It offers a forum for theoretical debate, and historical and
comparative studies, as well as policy analysis and evaluation reports

Journal of In-Service Education

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13674587.asp
4x a year. Only useful for teacher education. Journal of the International
Professional Development Association (http://www.ipda.org.uk)

British Journal of Educational Studies

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0007-1005
Good re: policy but mostly school. 4x a year. 5-7000. principles, policy and
practice developments. Journal of the Society of Educational Studies
(http://www.soc-for-ed-studies.org.uk/) [ranked 80/98 Education and
Education Research; Impact Factor: 0.263]

British Journal of Sociology in Education

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01425692.asp
Lots of HE. 6x a year. 3,000 and 7,000 words

The Curriculum Journal

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09585176.asp
4x a year. ‘concise but no word limit’. Includes HE. Journal of the British
Curriculum Foundation

Educational Studies
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03055698.asp
4x a year. 5,000 words. Theory and research. Only useful for teacher
education.

Teacher development
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13664530.asp
3x a year. 4-6,000 words. Only useful for teacher education.

Cambridge Journal of Education

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/0305764X.html
4x a year. 6,000 words but like shorter. Theory and research. Lots re: schools
and teacher education

Educational Review
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/00131911.html
4x a year. 4,000 words. Mostly schools
Educational Management, Administration and Leadership (Formerly
Educational Management & Administration)
http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal200888
4x a year. Covers all aspects of leadership, management, administration and
policy in education. schools, FE and (least) HE. Published for the British
Educational Leadership, Management & Admin Society
(http://www.belmas.org.uk/).

Educational Research
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/00131881.html
5000 words. Mostly schools. Published for the National Foundation for
Educational Research (http://www.nfer.ac.uk/).

International Journal of Inclusive Education

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/13603116.html
6x a year. Mostly schools (but could be good for widening participation
initiatives and dyslexia?)

Studies in Higher Education

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03075079.asp
Very good reputation. 6x a year. 5-7,000 words. Published on behalf of the
Society for Research into Higher Education (http://www.srhe.ac.uk/).

Compare
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/03057925.html
The official journal of the British Association for International and Comparative
Education. 7,000 words. Theory and research. Mostly re: developing
countries. (could be useful for comparison between UK and overseas). “early
childhood to the end of adult life … All papers should include a comparative
dimension. Case studies of under-researched aspects of the field and
countries about which little is known are of particular interest.”

Gender and Education

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/09540253.html
6x a year. Views and research. Mostly school but some HE. Affiliated to the
Gender and Education Association (http://www.genderandeducation.com/)

Journal of Further and Higher Education

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/0309877X.html
4x a year. 2,500-4,000. Theory and research. Covers management, learning
and teaching and curriculum in FE and HE. Published on behalf of the
University and College Lecturers Union (http://www.ucu.org.uk/)

Teaching in Higher Education

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13562517.asp
6x a year. 3-6,000. Covers the roles of teaching, learning, reflection and the
curriculum in higher education
Journal of Education for Teaching
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02607476.asp
4x a year. HE but mostly teacher education

Association for Learning Technology Journal

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09687769.asp
3x a year. Focus is on HE. Published on behalf of the Association ofr
Learning Technology (http://www.alt.ac.uk/)

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02602938.asp
6x a year. 1,500-5,000 words. (could try with plagiarism, innovation in
assessment, online assessment, crits evaluation, PALs)

Journal of Vocational Education and Training (formerly The Vocational

Aspect of Education)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13636820.asp
4x a year. 4-7,000 words. (could try with WBL, health, etc. initiatives,
placement support)

Theory and Research in Education

http://intl-tre.sagepub.com/
3x a year. Based in Slovenia and USA. Lots re schools

Assessment in Education
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0969594X.asp
3x a year. 3-6,000 words. Theory and research. lots from schools

International Journal of Lifelong Learning

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/02601370.html
6x a year. Lots from HE. (possibly widening participation, healthcare, PDPs,
gender and related issues)

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0266-4909
6x a year. 4-7,000 words. [ISI 2005 ratings: 37/98 Education and Education
Research; Impact Factor: 0.556]

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/14703297.html
4x a year. Journal of Staff and Educational Development Association
(http://www.seda.ac.uk/).

International Journal of Educational Development

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/719/descriptio
n#description
6x a year. Mostly from developing countries [ISI Impact Factor (2005): 0.233]

Research in Science and Technology Education

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02635143.asp
3x a year. 5,000 words. School, FE and HE.

Higher Education Quarterly

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0951-5224&site=1
4x a year. Theory and data. Published in association with Society for
Research in Higher Education (http://www.srhe.ac.uk/)

Support for Learning

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0268-2141&site=1
4x a year. 3-5,000. Special education needs only. Distributed on behalf of the
National Association for Special Needs Education (http://www.nasen.org.uk/)

Quality Assurance in Education

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContainer.do?containerType=Jour
nal&containerId=10951
3-6,000 words. 4 issues per year. Australian based but lots from UK

Studies in the Education of Adults

http://www.niace.org.uk/publications/Periodicals/Studies.htm
2x a year. 5,000 and 8,000 words. Publishes theoretical, empirical and
historical studies from all sectors of post-initial education and training.
Published by The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education - England
and Wales (http://www.niace.org.uk/) in association with the Standing
Conference on University Research and Teaching in the Education of Adults
(http://www.scutrea.ac.uk/), the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning
(http://www.uall.ac.uk/) and the European Society for Research on the
Education of Adults (http://www.esrea.org/).

Educational Theory
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/EPS/Educational-Theory/
4x a year. 7,500 words. Publishes articles in the philosophy of education and
theoretical work in other educational disciplines plus developing theory and
discussing theory problems. USA based. Sponsored by the John Dewey
Society (http:// cuip.net/jds/) and the Philosophy of Education Society
(http://philosophyofeducation.org/).

Quality in Higher Education

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/13538322.html
3x a year. 5-6,000 words. Covers the theory, practice and policies relating to
the control, management and improvement of quality in higher education with
papers on: the impact of quality assurance systems, procedures and
methodologies; theoretical analyses of quality and quality initiatives in higher
education; comparative evaluation and international aspects of practice and
policy with a view to identifying transportable methods, systems and good
practice. Published in association with the International Network for Quality
Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (http://www.inqaahe.org/).

Studies in the Education of Adults

http://www.niace.org.uk/publications/Periodicals/JACE/
2x a year. 6-8 articles per issue. Focus on adult and lifelong or all-life
learning. Published by The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education -
England and Wales (http://www.niace.org.uk/) in association with the Standing
Conference on University Research and Teaching in the Education of Adults
(SCUTREA), the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL) and
the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA). Will
accept:
• articles: between 5-8,000 words.
• reports of research in progress 2-3,000 words.
• critical comments: on articles already published 500-1,000 words

International Journal for Academic Development

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/1360144X.html
3x a year. Research notes or opinion pieces 800-1,000, while papers are up
to 6,000 words. Advances in theory and practice and discussions on the
development of models and theories for supporting and leading improvements
in teaching and learning. Also debates current issues at the forefront of
educational change. Educational development at all levels is covered, and the
work of individual lecturers to institutional and sectoral change is included.

MountainRise
http://mountainrise.wcu.edu/
Online journal sponsored by Western Carolina University and dedicated to
scholarship of learning and teaching, 3-6,000 words. 1-2 reflections (1,000-
1,500 words per issue and 1-2 poems on the experience of Teaching and
learning per issue.

Journal of Cognitive Affective Learning (ceased publication May 2008)

http://www.jcal.emory.edu/
Peer-reviewed journal dedicated to holistic educational practices that
emphasise the cognitive-affective relationship to promote deep and enduring
learning.

Online Bibliographies
Finally, our colleague, Prof Mick Healey maintains and updates a series of
bibliographies which are worth looking at if you are working in these areas. If
you publish anything, please send the details on to Mick so he can add it to
his bibliographies.

1 Active learning and learning styles: a selected bibliography

2 Discipline based approaches to supporting learning and teaching: a
selected bibliography
3 Linking research and teaching: a selected bibliography
4 Pedagogic research and development: a selected bibliography
5 The scholarship of teaching and learning: a selected bibliography
6 The scholarship of engagement: a selected bibliography

All are available on CeAL web pages at:

http://resources.glos.ac.uk/ceal/resources/litreview.cfm