The Journal of Suffolk Student Research Conference aims to showcase the outstanding primary research, secondary data analysis, and systematic review research carried out by undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Suffolk. The conference is an annual event which is free to attend. It is open to alumni, current students and staff, local businesses, third-sector organisations, and the general public. The conference features oral presentations, poster sessions, keynote speakers, networking opportunities, and prize awards for the best presentation and best poster.
Attending the Journal of Suffolk Student Research Conference offers diverse benefits. Presenters gain valuable presentation skills, feedback on their research, and networking opportunities with peers and professionals, boosting their confidence and academic growth. Attendees will gain insights into cutting-edge research, fostering curiosity and understanding of contemporary issues. In addition, presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to network and connect with local businesses and third-sector organisations.
We are delighted to invite you to our inaugural Journal of Suffolk Student Research Conference which will be taking place on Wednesday 5th March 2025 at the University of Suffolk.
To book your place and find out more about the specific details of the event please click on the Eventbrite link below:
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In order to present at the Journal of Suffolk Student Research Conference you are required to submit an abstract which provides an outline of the research you plan to present. The conference is open to published authors in the Journal of Suffolk Student Research, and prospective authors. If you are a prospective, unpublished, author, please see the Eligibility section of the ‘Guidance for Conference Presenters’ document below to determine if you are permitted to submit your work for presentation at the Journal of Suffolk Student Research Conference. Before completing this form, please ensure that you have read the Conference Abstract section of the ‘Guidance for Conference Presenters’ document which outlines the requirements for the abstract including the word count, content and format.
The University of Suffolk fully supports the Open Access Mandate and encourages Authors to publish as Open Access wherever available, appropriate and in line with funder and publisher requirements. The Intellectual Property for any work published in this journal resides with the author. The author will grant the institution a free, unconditional, irrevocable and perpetual, transferable non-exclusive licence to use and copy material defined as ‘scholarly work’ in clause 7, for academic and administrative purposes, including for archival purposes through Open Access Repository Suffolk (OARS) and to make it available online for academic purposes. Personal, moral rights will be retained. Work published in this journal is published under CC-BY Creative Commons licence.
It is the responsibility of all individual students, staff, and visitors to the institution to ensure the reuse of third party materials is carried out in full compliance with copyright law. This includes ensuring that permission has been granted for the reuse, and that the economic and moral rights of the authors or creators are protected. Before re-using other people's work the individual must either ensure that there is licensed permission to use the work or that a copyright exception permits the use. If in doubt, it should be assumed that the works are protected by copyright and that permission is required If the reuse is not licensed and does not fall within an exception, permission must be sought and granted by the rights holder, prior to the work being completed. Evidence of the permission to re-use the work must be kept with the related work until it is discarded. Where the work is kept as part of an archive or permanent record, evidence of the granted permissions must also be retained with the work.
All research must be conducted in line with the University of Suffolk Research Ethics Framework. The University of Suffolk Research Ethics Framework Document provides an ethical framework for staff and students conducting research at the University of Suffolk with humans and other animals. It is based on ESRC Framework for research ethics and all those conducting research at the University of Suffolk should be familiar with this document. All research must have the appropriate ethical approval from either the school ethics panel or the wider university ethics panel. The relevant sections within the ethics application must be selected in relation to dissemination of work and findings. Those involved in any research should have been made aware before engaging in the research that the findings will be disseminated and how they will be disseminated.