Call for Papers 2027: VOLUME 10, ISSUE 1: Journal of Vocational, Adult and Continuing Education and Training (JOVACET)

16-12-2024

You are invited to submit an article for the tenth volume of JOVACET to be published in October 2027. JOVACET is an accredited publication with the Department of Higher Education and Training.

Articles should be topical with regard to current debates/discourses and recent research in the TVET, adult and continuing education and training domains. Submissions should be of high quality and follow academic research/writing conventions of journal articles in the social sciences. Specifications can be found on the JOVACET website (www.jovacet.ac.za) or obtained from Dr Catherine Robertson at cathy@jovacet.ac.za.

Submission guidelines

Manuscripts should be anonymised and comprise a maximum of 8000 words, which include an abstract of no more than 200 words and a list of references in the format specified in the author guidelines on the website. Submit these articles in MS Word format to the journal website at www.jovacet.ac.za or email them to Dr Catherine Robertson at cathy@jovacet.ac.za. In a separate document, include author details (designation, full names, email addresses, affiliation – faculty and department – and orcid number of each author). 

Kindly follow the style guide (author guidelines) which is provided on the website.


Timeline 

1. Three documents: 

  • Article (8 000 words max) including the abstract (200 words max) in a word document, anonymised; and
  • Author details as specified above in a separate word document (please indicate who the corresponding author is with an asterisk *)
  • Plus a short bio of all authors (50 words each) are due by: 31 March 2027; 

2. Notifications of acceptance: Late April/early May 2027; 

3. Double blind peer review and revisions: May–August 2027; 

4. Publication: October 2027. 


Queries 

Please send any enquiries to cathy@jovacet.ac.za. 

NB: DUE DATE FOR FULL PAPERS − WEDNESDAY, 31 MARCH 2027