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Dear list members,
With just a few weeks to go until the closing date for applications for a new Managing Editorial team for Social Policy and Society (a journal of the UK Social Policy Association), I thought it would be worth re-sending the original notice.
Kind regards
Nicola Yeates
Professor of Social Policy
Department of Social Policy and Criminology
Faculty of Social Sciences
The Open University
Milton Keynes MK6 7AA
UK
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Chair, Editorial Board, Social Policy and Society (Cambridge University Press) – a journal of the UK Social Policy Association.
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Sent: 08 September 2014 20:35
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Subject: Call for new editors: Social Policy and society
Dear list members,
Catherine Bochel and Hugh Bochel complete their term of office as Joint Editors of Social Policy and Society at the end of December 2015. The Editorial Board is keen to appoint a new editorial team at its meeting in January 2015, and it is hoped that the new editors will work alongside Hugh and Catherine from July 2015. The appointment is normally for a period of five years.
SPS is a distinctive and important international journal which has a wide readership which includes all members of the SPA and over 7,000 policymakers, academic staff and students across the globe. In recent years it has enhanced its reputation by attracting a range of topical and cutting edge articles from both new and established researchers. A further successful feature of the journal is the guest-edited Themed Section which appears in each issue. The editorship thus represents an opportunity to make a significant contribution to the development of our subject. It requires both a broad knowledge of social policy and an openness to new ideas and approaches.
It is the common experience of both Social Policy and Society and its sister journal, Journal of Social Policy, that the ‘joint editors’ model works well, and that it is not necessary for the joint editors to be based in the same institution. It is however necessary for the editorial team to be members of the SPA and to remain so throughout the lifetime of their editorship. Cambridge University Press provides funds for secretarial support and for a small honorarium for each of the joint editors. The new team may wish to establish its own methods of working, but Catherine and Hugh will be on hand to provide advice and support throughout the handover period. In addition, Jane Charlesworth of the University of Lincoln has indicated that she is willing to continue as Editorial Assistant for a period if the new team wishes her to do so.
The Board has established an Editorial Search Committee, the members of which are Nicola Yeates (Chair, The Open University), Nick Ellison (SPA, York University), Adam Whitworth (Editorial Board member, Sheffield University), Jackie Gulland (Editorial Board member, Edinburgh University) and Robert van Niekerk (International Advisory Board member, Rhodes University). Members of the SPA who wish to be considered for appointment are invited to contact any member of the Search Committee in the first instance. Alternatively, the Committee would be grateful for suggestions as to whom we should approach regarding these important posts.
Formal applications should be submitted by 14th November 2014 to Professor Nicola Yeates at the address below. They should take the form of a letter from the prospective editorial team, which sets out how they plan to further develop the journal, paying particular attention to issues of content and strategic direction, and how the prospective team are suitable for the role. This should be accompanied by full CVs for all individuals within the prospective editorial team.
The central requirement of an editorial team is that between them they have a broad knowledge of the subject area and of the social policy community. In addition, the Search Committee will be particularly interested to hear from colleagues with a clear commitment to the Social Policy Association and its goals and values, and have a track record of successful academic editorial experience. The Search Committee will also seek assurances that applicants would have the support of their institution or department were they to undertake what is an important and demanding task.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 14th November 2014.
Nicola Yeates
Department of Social Policy and Criminology
The Open University
Milton Keynes
MK6 7AA
UK
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