Pulse – Guide­lines for Authors

Arti­cles

Pulse is a publi­ca­tion portal for Karelia UAS’ staff and part­ners, where new mate­r­ial is published weekly.

If you would like to publish an article in Pulse, please send your article to [email protected].

Guide­lines for writing

The arti­cles published on the Pulssi portal can be expert arti­cles, speeches, news or the results of study trips. They can also be reports on devel­op­ment work or good prac­tice. Topics can include Karelia’s co-oper­a­tion in inter­na­tional networks and projects, educa­tional export, inter­na­tional mobil­ity, English-language degree programmes, services for immi­grants, bench­mark­ing trips and confer­ence visits.

The recom­mended article length is 2-4 pages.

• Include a brief lead para­graph at the begin­ning of the article, outlin­ing the main points of the article.
• For acces­si­bil­ity, use clear language, that is easy to under­stand and does not contain special vocab­u­lary or obscure struc­tures. Avoid complexity!
• Use subhead­ings! Head­ings make the text easy to look at and browse. In online text, use head­ings liber­ally, as the eye is drawn to the elements that stand out from the body text. Since people typi­cally explore the content of a page by glanc­ing at or brows­ing the head­ings, head­ings should be descrip­tive and precise.
• Arti­cles can contain pictures and diagrams. Please provide the best possi­ble quality version of the images, e.g. a diagram in its orig­i­nal file format. To ensure acces­si­bil­ity, the edito­r­ial team will add alter­na­tive texts (ALT texts) to the images and figures.
• The author takes due account of the work and achieve­ments of other authors by respect­ing their work and citing their publi­ca­tions appro­pri­ately. Karelia is commit­ted to Respon­si­ble conduct of research and proce­dures for handling alle­ga­tions of miscon­duct in Finland.

The editors reserve the right to edit and shorten the text if neces­sary. The authors reserve the right to check the text before publi­ca­tion if any changes have been made. Authors will be informed when the text has been published on the Pulse portal.

Videos

Pulse also publishes videos. The videos will be published on Youtube (e.g. Karelia’s Youtube channel / RDI project’s channel).

The video must contain the follow­ing information:

– Names and roles of the authors (e.g. direc­tor, scriptwriter, editor and producer).

– Year of release.

The video must be based on research and exper­tise carried out by the author. Pulse does not publish videos that are adver­tise­ments or promo­tional material.

Videos must be subtitled.

If you would like to publish a video on Pulse, please contact [email protected]. Please include a short descrip­tion of the video.

Podcasts

Pulse also publishes podcasts. As a rule, the podcasts are published on Karelia’s podcast plat­form (Sound­cloud).

The descrip­tion of the podcast must include the follow­ing information:

– Names and roles of the authors (e.g. writer, producer, editor).

– Year of publication

The podcast must be based on research and exper­tise carried out by the author. Pulse does not publish podcasts that are adver­tis­ing or promo­tional material.

For acces­si­bil­ity reasons, the content of the podcast should also be published in text format.

If you would like to publish a podcast, please contact [email protected].

Edito­r­ial Board

The content and devel­op­ment of Pulse is the respon­si­bil­ity of an Edito­r­ial Board:

• Rauno Jussila, Editor-in-Chief, Commu­ni­ca­tions Manager
• Kaisa Varis, Assis­tant Editor, Infor­ma­tion Specialist
• Eija Pyykkö, Commu­ni­ca­tions Specialist
• Noora Kont­turi, Infor­ma­tion Specialist
• Pekka Malvela, Infor­ma­tion Specialis

Contact: [email protected].