Editorial guidelines

Contributing to Social Policy Matters

Social Policy Matters is a bi-monthly magazine. All submissions and queries can be emailed to socialpolicymatters@contacts.bham.ac.uk

News

• Your news can be included in our News in Brief round up, or can appear as a separate feature.
• We accept all kinds of news, such as new grants and studies, publications, events appearances, and new appointments.
• For the News in Brief, your news will be written as a single sentence.
• For a separate News feature, the word count is between 200 - 500 words.
• Staff and students can submit news.

Spotlight

• Our Spotlight section features human interest pieces based on School staff, students, alumni and research.
• The word count is 300 - 600 words

Student Voice

• Our Student Voice section features pieces written exclusively by School of Social Policy students from undergraduate to doctoral level.
• All ideas are considered and our editors are available to assist you in the writing process.
• Please email your pitch (a few sentences explaining your article idea) to the email address at the top of this page. 
• The word count for this section is 300 - 600 words.