Please follow the Submission Guidelines for specific types of submission for details regarding the expected length, content, and structure of the articles.
Formatting
Points of style:
- Use single inverted commas for quotations in-text, and double quotation marks for quotations within quotations. Large quotes should be indented but not italicised. Speech marks are not needed for indented quotes.
- Keep the use of capital letters to a minimum and avoid excessive use of emphasis.
- Use only one space after a full stop.
- Use ‘s’ in place of ‘z’ in organise, problematise, analyse, etc.
- Avoid footnotes.
- Illustrative materials, diagrams and graphs are welcomed.
- Avoid use of abbreviations such as cf.; ibid.; op cit.; and etc., where possible.
Please use headings and styles when formatting your document as follows:
- Article title: Heading 1 (Arial 16 point bold)
- Section headings: Heading 2 (Arial 14 point bold italics)
- Sub-headings (if necessary): Heading 3 (Arial 13 point bold)
- Body text 12 point Arial, 1.5 line spacing, left-aligned
Referencing
The Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education uses APA 7th for the formatting of in-text citations and reference lists. This style replaced the use of Harvard referencing in all our publications from 2026 onwards.
Please see the APA Style guide for advice: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples
The Editorial Board will provide additional supporting advice in due course.