BABEL is a Learning Innovation Unit that fosters creativity and critical thinking in students and academics across UWE and beyond. Through our journal, we provide a platform for students to showcase their design projects and analytical papers, alongside insightful interviews and feature articles about current events or themes in the industry and education.
We encourage students, alumni and academics of all backgrounds and disciplines that bear a connection with architecture, design or research to submit their work and ideas for articles to be considered. This is not limited to new content, and we endorse submissions of existing projects or written work.
Publishing on BABEL offers a unique opportunity to:
gain valuable experience in the academic publishing process
share your work and ideas with a wider audience reaching beyond the bounds of the university
receive constructive feedback from experts in the field
We currently welcome submissions for written text, illustrated articles and other visual media that best represent your ideas and can be showcased on the website. Regardless of what subject you study, we encourage submissions of any projects, research or essays for our project showcase and thought-provoking articles and ideas, exhibition, events or study trips can be submitted for our student blog or articles pages. There are no limits, and all content suggestions will be thoroughly reviewed and discussed.
To make things consistent, we do have some guidelines on submitting work:
Any images must be in .jpg or .png format and under 2mb of size. The resolution is to be 300ppi maximum.
Name all images and other visual media as follows: name-surname-image number (John-Smith-01). If you have a specific order in which you want the images to be shown in, make sure the image numbers follow that order.
Identify one image as a thumbnail/cover image.
Any written work should be in the form of an unformatted Word or PDF document with the author’s full name. If you wish to have images in specific places relating to text, identify the image location within the text.
If articles are of academic nature or use external sources, references should be included as part of the written document.
Send all submissions in digital format to babeljournaluwe@gmail.com.
Terms & Conditions
All content published on the BABEL website, including but not limited to images, text, audio, video, and other media, is protected by copyright. The following terms and conditions apply to the use of this content:
Non-Commercial Use: The content on the BABEL website is intended for non-commercial purposes only. Users are not permitted to use, reproduce, or distribute the content for commercial gain without explicit written permission from the copyright holder.
Educational and Journalistic Use: The content on the BABEL website is authorized for educational and journalistic purposes. Users are encouraged to engage with the material for academic research, learning, and journalistic reporting, while giving proper attribution to the original authors.
Personal Use: Users may use the content for personal, non-commercial purposes, such as sharing with friends, family, or colleagues. However, any such use must not violate the terms outlined in this copyright statement.
Grant of Publication Rights: By submitting content to BABEL, authors grant the journal the right to publish their work on the BABEL website. This includes the right to reproduce, distribute, display, and perform the work in connection with the journal.
Modification and Derivative Works: Users are not allowed to modify, adapt, or create derivative works based on the content without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.
Attribution: Users are required to provide proper attribution when using content from the BABEL website. This includes crediting the original author(s) and the journal, with a link to the source when applicable.
The publication of content on the BABEL website does not imply endorsement of the views expressed by the authors. The opinions and interpretations presented in the content are those of the individual authors.
Authors of original works retain the copyright to their contributions. BABEL respects and acknowledges the intellectual property rights of the authors.
For inquiries regarding the use of content or to request permissions beyond the scope of this statement, please contact the journal at babeljournaluwe@gmail.com