Campus Review is an Australian weekly tertiary education sector newspaper, published in Sydney. Every month, it publishes a Postgraduate Forum, which is intended as a forum for postgraduate students to publish an article about their research or to make known interesting news and developments concerning postgrads.

Campus Review has a circulation throughout Australia, Asia-Pacific and New Zealand. The editor of the Postgraduate Forum section is David Myton (davidm@camrev.com.au or 02 9936 8668), and he welcomes contributions from all postgraduate students. Following the guidelines below should enhance your chances of getting your piece published.

In terms of length, it shouldn't be any more than 1500 words. About 1000 words is a good length.

Make sure your piece is clear and understandable. Avoid writing it as an abstract, and avoid formal, academic prose (ie do not write in the third person, passive voice). Write it more as a narrative, in a more informal or journalistic way eg using the first person ("I"). Remember you are writing for an audience who are probably not familiar with the discipline you are working in, and who won't have the depth or detailed knowledge that you have. Starting with the significant finding(s) of your research can be a good way to begin your article. Say why it is important and then explain how you went about it, talk about the difficulties/highlights/significant findings etc - highlight whatever is the most interesting to a lay reader. Talk the reader through the research. Perhaps finish with an indication of 'where to next'. There will be many different ways to talk about your research but the main idea is to make it more informal than academic, as though you are talking directly to someone about what you did, how you did it, what you found, and why the findings are significant or interesting or unusual etc.

If you have any photos or graphics that could be used to illustrate your article, include those as well. Photos need to be emailed as a jpeg or tif file and must be high resolution. State, at the top of the article, the name of your university, the degree you are taking, the school/faculty, and name of any supervisors. Keep any footnotes to a minimum - no more than two. Or you can say "references available on request". You should check with your supervisor before sending your piece to Campus Review.

Please contact David by email at davidm@camrev.com.au or phone 02 9936 8668.