Article Submissions

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The ethos of The PhD Place centres around developing friendship and community between researchers, encouraging discussion, and sharing ideas. All current PhD students are welcome to make a submission to The PhD Place, although the editorial team will occasionally invite submissions from other members of the academic community. 

We will make periodic updates to our Submission Policy. We will always update this Submission Policy on the Article Submissions page of our website found at www.thephdplace.com/submit-an-article.html, so please ensure that you check our Submission Policy for any updates when you visit the site. This Submission Policy should be read in conjunction with our site Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Disclaimer.

Article Guidance
The PhD Place does not accept literature reviews or research proposals. Articles may include advice or narratives specific to your discipline, although submissions must have a personal angle to be considered. Your article will be included in search engines and will form part of your wider academic profile. You should bear in mind that it will therefore be accessible to future employers, students, and colleagues, among others.

Submissions must be between 700-1500 words and relate to any of the following:

• Postgraduate experiences
• Advice.
• The research process.
• The PhD process.
• Current events (relative to the PhD).
• Other relevant topics.

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Ideas:

• How has COVID-19 affected your studies?
• Reflections on an internship.
• What advice would you give to a new PhD student?
• What did you do after your PhD?
• The admissions process.
• How has your topic changed throughout your PhD and why? 

Terms of Submission

• Articles remain sole copyright of their respective Author(s). The "Author" is the person who submits the article to The PhD Place using the form below.
• The Author holds full rights to commercially reproduce their submitted content.​
• Submissions require an author name, short author biography, university, and author picture which will be published alongside your article. We do not accept anonymous submissions.
• Articles should be written using accessible, natural language. 
• Articles must be inclusive and must not contain defamatory, profane, obscene, or illegal material.
• Articles must not contain slanderous or libellous content.  
• Authors are responsible for ensuring their work and any information provided does not violate intellectual property rights.
• ​The PhD Place acts under the author's instructions and are not obligated in any way to check or confirm the legal use of reproducing any content.
• The Author indemnifies and defends The PhD Place Ltd for any claims made as a result of alleged infringements.
• Articles are to be submitted on a voluntary basis, without compensation or future payment of royalties to the Author.
• In no event shall The PhD Place Ltd be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever arising out of or in connection to the publishing of an author’s article. The author hereby release's The PhD Place Ltd ​and any representatives, employees, managers, members, officers, parent companies, subsidiaries, and directors from all claims and demands arising out of or in connection with any use of the information submitted, including, without limitation, all claims for invasion of privacy, infringement on the author's right of publicity, defamation, and any other personal and/or property rights.
• Where specific academics and organisations are named (or are referred to), such as (but not limited to) supervisors, friends, groups, societies, or clubs, you must confirm that you have gained explicit consent from the named person(s) or organisational representative(s) to publish their name on The PhD Place Ltd within the context of the article.
• All content is subject to review and may be removed at any time without prior notice. The PhD Place Ltd will never add any information to the author's article or bio without their permission.
• Articles and author information can be edited or deleted by the author from the live website at any time upon the written request of the author. Minor changes may be made after articles are published. We may, on occasion, deem it necessary to remove any submission from The PhD Place along with any associated author information. 
• Authors give permission for The PhD Place Ltd to share articles alongside author information (name and/or social media link) on social media pages.
• Any information may also be used on other pages of the website (author pictures may be used on the Home page and the ‘Researchers’ page, for instance). We may also categorise your submission by university for information purposes.​
• The editorial team will provide feedback on your article; changes may be required to ensure articles of a high standard prior to publishing. Feedback will usually be provided within a week. The PhD Place Ltd may reject article submissions at the discretion of the editors. Articles may be rejected for a number of reasons, although in most cases we will seek to offer corrections to the article as opposed to rejecting an article. 

If you have a complaint relating to any of the articles on our PhD Spotlight page, please use our contact form or email us at Contact@ThePhDPlace.com and we will be happy to help.

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