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Overview

Interested in writing a book or putting together an edited collection but don’t know where to start? In this informal session, Rachel Brooks and Sarah O’Shea (editors of the SRHE/Routledge book series) will cover some of the questions frequently asked by those thinking of putting a book proposal together:

• Why publish a book – and what are some of the advantages and disadvantages compared to other forms of publication?
• What different types of book can an author publish? What are their pros and cons?
• How do you go about turning a body of research (including a PhD) into a book?
• How do you approach a publisher?
• What are the key stages of the writing and publication journey?

In addition, Rachel and Sarah will share some of their own insights as both book authors and editors, and as co-editors of the SRHE/Routledge book series.

Speaker bios

Rachel Brooks is Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Education at Oxford and current President of the British Sociological Association. She is also chair of the executive editors of the British Journal of Sociology of Education, a member of the editorial team of the journal Sociology, and co-editor of the ‘Research into Higher Education’ book series, published by Routledge and the Society for Research into Higher Education. She is a member of governing council of the Economic and Social Research Council, and was a member of the education sub-panel for the UK’s national research assessment exercise (REF2021).

Sarah O’Shea: Having spent nearly three decades teaching and researching in the higher education field, Professor Sarah O’Shea is regarded as an expert in educational equity. Currently a Distinguished Professor and Dean at Charles Sturt University, Sarah has also held numerous university leadership positions, which have directly informed changes across the Australian higher education sector, this work recognised via numerous awards and fellowships. Sarah has been a Special Issues Editor for Studies in Higher Educations, sits on a number of journal editorial committees and also, co-edits the Research into Higher Education book series (with Rachel). She is also a Member, College of Experts, Australian Research Council and Lead of the Higher Education Equity Research Unit.