ResearchFutures

Submission Guidelines for AuthorsKey Requirements: Research Futures will only accept manuscripts from students that

achieved a grade of over 68% for the module for which the research has

been undertaken. A copy of the original marking sheet must be included in

the submission. Failure to meet these criteria will result in the submission

not progressing to the review stage.

All submissions must conform to the submission guidelines provided.

Failure to adhere to these guidelines will result in the manuscript being

refused for publication.

Research Futures will accept original papers of a maximum length of

6,000 words, and these should be sent by e-mail to a.clegg@chi.ac.uk.

Manuscripts should be written and submitted in Microsoft Word format

(.doc/.docx).

All submissions to Research Futures must be appropriately referenced

and previously unpublished.

Only the undergraduate student(s) will be listed as an author on the

published paper.

Manuscripts

Authors are asked to structure their work accordingly:

Title and Author details: The title of the paper, author name(s), host institution(s), degree route, project

supervisor and a contact e-mail address should appear at the top of the

submission.

Abstract: An abstract of 300 words is required, which should provide a succinct

overview of the key themes, concepts and issues covered in the paper.

Keywords: Authorsshouldalsoprovideatleastfivekeywordsasabasisofindexing

the article. Indicative keywords could the topic, location of study area,

methodologies employed, and any other terms that would facilitate effective

searches.

The Undergraduate Research Journal for Events, Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism

Structure: The article should be structured around the following headings:

Introduction, Methodology, Results and Discussion, Conclusions/

Recommendations

Illustrations: The editorial panel welcome papers that use illustrations to support

aspects of the discussion. When preparing illustrations please ensure

that:

• ImagesareofthehighqualitydigitalandareprovidedineitherTIFF

orJPEGformat

• Allimagesaresubmittedseparately

• Imagefilesshouldnotexceed1MBinsize

• Figurenumbers,andsourcesshouldbenotedoneachfigure

• Anyrelatedcaptionsmustbeprovidedinaseparatesectionatthe

endofthepaper

• Figuresarenumberedconsecutively

Maps: The use of Google map sources must be suitably acknowledged

and the copyright clearly attributed to Google maps. For additional

guidance please refer to: http://www.google.com/permissions/

geoguidelines.html.

Copyright details and Google logo must be clearly visible within the

mapandshouldnotbeobstructedormodifiedinanyform

Tables: When preparing Tables please ensure that:

• TablesaresubmittedasseparateindividualMSWordorExcelfiles

• Alltablesarenumberedconsecutively

• Alltablesareclearlylabelled

Graphs: When preparing Graphs please ensure that:

• AllgraphsaresubmittedwithacorrespondingExcelfilewherethe

graphshouldbelabelledclearly

• Allgraphsareformattedcorrectly,includingallaxistitlesandrelated

labelling

• Graphsareprovidedineitherblackorwhiteorinshades/patternfill

ofonecolour

References: Authors are required to use the Harvard system, in which authors

names(noinitials)anddatesaregiveninthemainbodyofthetext,

alongwithspecificpagesnumbersifrequired(Clegg,2011:100).

References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper under

the heading References. Please use the following format:

Books

Fennell, D.(2006),Ecotourism,2ndEdition,Routledge,London.

Chapter of Book

Chalker, B. (1994),Ecotourism:onthetrailofdestructionor

sustainability ?, in Cater, E. and Lowman, G. (Eds.), Ecotourism: A

Sustainable Option?,JohnWiley,Chichester,pp.87-102.

Report

DepartmentofCulture,MediaandSport(2000),The Learning Power of

Museums, DCMS, London.

Papers

Buckley,R.andLittlefair,C.(2007),Minimal-impacteducationcan

reduce actual impacts of park visitors, Journal of Sustainable Tourism,

Vol.15,No.3,pp.324-325.

Theses

Clegg,A.(1996),The Recession as an Agent in the Restructuring of

Tourist Accommodation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of

Geographical Sciences, University of Plymouth.

Internet Sources

BBC(2004),Ruraltourismabouttocollapseduetohightaxes,available

at http://news.bbc.co.uk/england/tourism/collapse.htm,accessed22nd

October2010.

Iffurtherclarificationisrequiredpleasecontact:

Dr Andrew Clegg

Programme Co-ordinator for Tourism Management

University of Chichester

Tel:01243812017

Email: a.clegg@chi.ac.uk