Papers Submission and Guidelines

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Papers should be prepared using the following guidelines.

Paper structure

Organisation of the paper’s content should follow this scheme:

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Literature review (if relevant)
4. Research method (or author may choose some other title)
5. Findings and discussion
6. Conclusions
7. Acknowledgements (optional)
8.References

Length

Maximum length of papers is 10 pages including references and any appendices.

Text Instruction for Proceedings

Preferred font is 12-point, normal weight, Times New Roman

Page margins

Page margins should be the Word defaults for A4 paper:
Top and bottom … 25.4 mm or 1 inch
Left and right … 31.7 mm or 1.25 inches.

Text and paragraphs

1. Text should be justified on both the right and left sides.

2. The first page begins with the title of the paper set in 14-point bold type, centred. Use lower-case letters for all words in the title except for the first word and all proper nouns.

3. On the line beneath the title of the paper, enter the name and organisational affiliation of each author in 11-point italic type, centred.

4. Place two lines of space (two returns) between the last line of the author listing and the first heading of your paper (i.e., Abstract).

5. Section headings should be 12-point bold type, left alignment only. Separate the section headings from the rest of the text with one line of space (one return) before and one line after the heading. Any second level headings should be italicised, 12-point.

6. Paragraphs should not be indented; instead, separate paragraphs with one line of space.

7. Pages should be numbered.

8. Figure and table captions should be 10-point Arial, bolded.

9. Figures and tables should be numbered.

10. Please use author/date system (not footnoting) for references. Reference list should be prepared using the following examples as a guide:

Billett, S. (2001). Learning throughout working life: Interdependencies at work. Studies in Continuing Education, 23:1, 19-35.

If you want your full paper to be peer refereed in accordance with DEST guidelines, please prepare a double-spaced version for refereeing. 

Final papers should be single spaced.

Sending Papers

Submit papers for refereeing or final publication by the following deadlines to: avetra@conferenceaction.com.au

Last date for submission of papers for refereeing           Friday, 06 February 2009
Last date for submission of non-refereed papers            Friday, 06 March 2009

Please fill in a cover sheet an send it with your paper:
Cover sheet for final paper - click here.

Contact the Secretariat if you have any problems:

Aurelie Favennec
AVETRA Conference Secretariat
email: avetra@conferenceaction.com.au
tel: +61 2 9431 8632