Since 2007, the Glasgow University Dialectic Society has published Groundings an interdisciplinary journal in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Groundings seeks to further the society's aim of promoting debate and discussion of ideas across campus.
It offers a venue for students to publish their work, and to participate in the process of editing and publishing an academic journal. Copies of Groundings are published and sent to the University of Glasgow Library as well as depositories such as the British Library and the National Library of Scotland.
Aimed at undergraduates, Groundings allows students to have their work peer-reviewed and published. It acts as an accessible resource to showcase their academic talent and to act as a possible stepping stone to future publication in scholarly journals.
Groundings also offers students the possibility to participate in the process of reviewing, editing and publishing. This allows students the opportunity to be exposed to a wide variety of articles on many subjects, broadening their academic horizons. Being a member of the editorial board can also improve a student's own academic work and employability. Skills such as team work, critical analysis and working to a deadline are all skills sought out by graduate employers.
Since 2007 Groundings has published four editions each with a theme: Identity and Commemoration; Individuals, Institutions and the Relations Between Them; Change and Transition; and Perception, Reality and the Dialogues Between Them. Each theme is intended to be as open as possible to allow a wide variety of articles to be submitted and published.
Information on how to become a member of the Editorial Board and how to publish an article in this year's edition will be made available during the University year.
For more information visit the Groundings Website