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Last month, a group of enterprising students who manage a course union called the Undergraduate Politics Society (UPS) celebrated the inaugural volume of On Politics, a semi-annual academic journal of undergraduate and master’s level essays, and book and film reviews.
The journal topics are generally geared toward contemporary political science, but submissions from related disciplines are also encouraged.
The student-run, student-written, peer-reviewed journal was created to showcase budding new talent in political science. As editor-in-chief Will Colish explains, good ideas are often wasted because hundreds of papers are submitted every term, but are usually only read by two pairs of eyes—those of the student and their professor. On Politics helps disseminate this scholarly work, and gives students the rare opportunity of being published.
On Politics also introduces students to the peer review and editing process. Twenty-one students make up the editing team for On Politics and they evaluate each submission using a blind peer review process. Professors are encouraged to flag student essays that are worthy of publication and reinforce the benefits of submitting essays to On Politics.
The editorial team is currently collecting essays and the next issue will be published this fall. To access an online version of the journal, visit www.onpolitics.ca/.
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