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Best Practices in Ph.D. Education for Design.

Special issue The journal Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education will publish a special issue on best practices in Ph.D. education for design in November 2002. We seek articles offering examples of best practice and models for what should be done in developing the Ph.D. in design. We invite submissions on topics on all aspects of doctoral education. Suggested themes: Supervision Content of taught courses Management of courses-by-research Admission practice Curriculum development Program planning Staffing needs Resource allocation Thesis requirements Research methods requirements Operational definitions of degree programs. Budgeting Research funding Quality assurance This issue will focus on exclusively the research doctorate. In most cases, this is the degree titled Ph.D. We will not consider the doctorate in professional practice (f.ex., D.Des.), the studio doctorate (DFA, DCA), or the teaching doctorate (DA, Ed.D.) We recognize that doctoral awards differ among nations and across disciplines. We will consider articles on doctoral research degrees with different titles as long as the award is a research degree with a clearly defined research component. The editors of the special issue are David Durling and Ken Friedman. David Durling is director of the Advanced Research Institute at Staffordshire University School of Art and Design. He is also chair of the Design Research Society and editor of Design Research News. Ken Friedman is Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design in the Department of Technology and Knowledge Management, Norwegian School of Management. He is also Visiting Professor at Staffordshire University. Together, Durling and Friedman organized and chaired the international conference on doctoral education in design in La Clusaz, France. Submission Guidelines Aims and Scope Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education is a refereed journal which aims to inform, stimulate and promote the development of research with a learning and teaching focus for art, design and communication within higher education. This issue is focused on design. Notes for Contributors We will only consider papers that are not being considered for publication elsewhere. If there is more than one author, please attach to every submission a letter confirming that all authors have agreed to the submission and that the article is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal. Procedure Submissions will be circulated for double blind peer review. It is the aim of the journal editorial team that authors will normally be informed of the submission's suitability for the journal within eight weeks. Authors of accepted papers will, in due course, receive proofs of their articles and be asked to send corrections to the editor. Types of contribution There are three possible types of contribution: Major Papers - suggested length is 5000-6000 words. Material presented will contribute to knowledge in its field and should include original work of a research or developmental nature and/or proposed new methods or ideas which are clearly and thoroughly presented and argued. Shorter Items of length 1,000 - 2,500 words. These could include reports of research in progress, reflections on the research process, research evaluations of funded projects. Reviews Of relevant recent publications, electronic media, software and conference reports. Separate guidelines for reviewers are available, please contact Paul B Clark for details - p.clark@bton.ac.uk Format Each manuscript should contain: i) title page with full title and subtitle (if any). For the purposes of blind refereeing, full name of each author with current affiliation and full address/phone/fax/email details plus a short biographical note (150 words) should be supplied on a separate sheet. (ii) abstract of 100-150 words (iii) 3-6 key words (iv) the main text should be clearly organised with a hierarchy of heading and subheadings, with quotations exceeding 40 words displayed, indented, in the text. Main headings should be typed in capitals, secondary headings should be in lower case. (v) the style should be clear and concise, using straightforward language. If technical terms or acronyms must be included, they should be defined when first introduced. UK spellings should be used. (iv) footnotes should be avoided (v) references in the text should be made thus - author's name, year of publication in brackets, relevant page numbers. If reference is made to a number of publications by an author in the same year, these should be distinguished by using suffixes (2001a, 2001b etc) References should be listed alphabetically at the end of paper as the following examples: Cina, C. (1994) TINA's Academy, in De Ville, N and Foster, S (Eds) The Artist and the Academy: Issues in Fine Art Education and the Wider Cultural Context. Southampton: John Hansard Gallery Dudley, E & Mealing, S. (2000) Becoming Designers: Education and Influence. Exeter: Intellect Gregg, P. (1996) Modularisation: what academics think, in Higher Education Quality Council, In Focus: Modular Higher Education in the UK. London: HEQC Higher Education Quality Council (1994) Choosing to change: extending access, choice and mobility in higher education. The report of the HEQC CAT development project (the Robertson report) London: HEQC O'Sullivan, T. (1998) Nostalgia, Revelation and Intimacy. In Geraghty, C. and Lusted, D. (eds) The Television Studies Handbook, London: Arnold Prosser, M. & Trigwell, K. (1999). Understanding learning and teaching: The experience of higher education. Buckingham: SRHE/Open University Press. (vi) A total word count, including references should be provided. Tables and figures Tables and figures should be prepared on separate sheets, clearly labelled and their position indicated by a marginal note in the text. Tables contain numbers, figures contain diagrams or mainly words. All tables and figures should have short descriptive captions and their source(s) typed below. Illustrations Illustrations should be numbered consecutively and be accompanied by short descriptive captions. Line diagrams should be presented in a form suitable for immediate reproduction (ie not requiring redrawing), each on a separate A4 sheet or as scanned images. Photographic images should preferably be submitted as JPEGs scanned full size at 300 dpi and given clear titles (other formats, GIFFs , TIFFs and EPS files can also be accepted). NB Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. Copyright: Before publication, authors are requested to assign copyright to the ADC-LTSN subject to retaining their right to reuse the material in other publications written or edited by themselves and due to be published at least one year after initial publication in the Journal. Liability: The authors of the Journal warrant that their works, collectively or individually do not infringe any Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) or violate any laws. The authors shall indemnify the association and hold the association harmless from any damages and liabilities arising from any breach of IPR in connection with their literary or artistic contributions to the Association and its journal. Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted electronically as a Word file in the form of an attachment to an e-mail. If the file is large because it contains images it should compressed with StuffIt or ZipIt. Alternatively it may be sent on a Zip disk (Mac compatible). Send to: Kath Bowden, Editorial Assistant: k.m.bowden@bton.ac.uk Review submissions should be sent to Paul B Clark (p.clark@bton.ac.uk). Please consult the Reviewers guidelines for further details. For further information about the journal, contact the Editorial Assistant: Kath Bowden, ADC-LTSN, University of Brighton, 68 Grand Parade, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 2JY. Tel / Fax: 01273 643119 Email: k.m.bowden@bton.ac.uk --