Events

Accommodation Information

Conference venue: Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel

To book your accommodation, please contact the venue events team directly by calling +44 (0) 141 951 6006 quoting “BELMAS Conference”.

Places are limited, and therefore we suggest that you book early to avoid disappointment and being required to book a different venue close by.

Accommodation prices

All rooms cost the same price and can be booked directly through the hotel. Information will appear here in due course.

To save on costs, we have arranged special prices for shared occupancy (for those who are willing to share rooms). Prices are listed below.

• Single Occupancy – £88 per night
• Double Occupancy – £104 per night (£52 pp)

Location

The venue is situation in the Clydebank region on the outskirts of Glasgow conveniently accessible by plane, train and car.

The airport is just 10 minutes away, which can be accessed by the FREE shuttle run by the hotel.

If you are driving, the hotel is located 30 minutes outside the centre of Glasgow and has FREE parking.

If arriving by train, Dalmuir station is a 10 minute walk from the hotel and takes just 15 minutes direct from Glasgow Queen Street outside George Square in the City Centre.

Further information

The Award Winning 4* Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel and events team have been accredited as a Conference Centre of Excellence, one of only two Scottish venues, and is a Green Tourism award-winner. The venue offers a green conference package filled with energy and waste saving options. Other accolades include:

• Most Accessible Hotel – National Winner 2019
• Conference Hotel of the Year | Glasgow & Clyde – Regional Winner 2019
• Most Accessible Hotel | Glasgow & Clyde – Regional Winner 2019
• Conference Hotel of the Year – National Winner 2018
• Conference Hotel of the Year | Glasgow & Clyde – Regional Winner 2018
• Events Hotel of the Year | Glasgow & Clyde – Regional Winner 2017

With health and wellbeing facilities including a gym, swimming pool and lavender gardens, an award winning catering team, free airport shuttle bus and a location accessible by rail just 15 minutes from Queen Street Station, air and car with ample parking spaces, we know you’ll love #BELMAS2024

Please note that due to our VAT registration and in line with other learned Societies, we will again NOT be including accommodation in our cost this year, and you will be required to book your accommodation prior to arrival in Glasgow.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Due to a number of late requests and withdrawn papers in 2023 (26 in total) we politely ask that all authors assume that they may present at any point during the conference.

If you are unable to be present for the duration of the entire conference, please do not submit an abstract as there is no way to guarantee that your paper can be presented at your requested time. This simply does not work within our planning.

However, if you do have a special request for reasons out of your control, with advance notice we will ALWAYS attempt to take this into consideration.

Any request will need to be submitted in writing to Ryan Beasley, Executive Officer prior to the closure of submissions of abstracts so that we can plan accordingly.

The Conference will formally begin on Friday evening with the first papers presented from 9:00am Saturday. The Conference will finish no later than 14:00 on Sunday. Please take these times into consideration when planning your travel arrangements.

Abstract submission

We are now looking for abstracts and symposium submissions. To submit your abstract or symposium please visit our Exordo submission site using the button below. Submissions for abstracts will close on: Midnight GMT on Friday 3rd November 2023 Submissions after this date WILL NOT be accepted under any circumstances.

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE

Abstract guidelines

We welcome submissions from a wide range of experience within the field. Participants will be limited to two presentations in the programme, including co-presenting.
Authors should note that reviewers will grade submissions against the following criteria:

• Relevance to BELMAS members
• Clarity of research question and/or focus of enquiry
• Robustness of analytical and/or theoretical framework
• Significance for educational practice, policy and/or theory

Well developed non-empirical papers are welcome.

Important points for submitting an abstract:

• Abstracts must be relevant to the field of educational leadership, management or administration.
• You will need to select from one of two tracks – Single Paper or Symposium Paper. Only choose Symposium if your abstract has been accepted by the Symposium Lead.
• You will be able to edit your submission online prior to peer review.
• The abstract word limit is 500 words. Please do not include references.
• To facilitate the blind peer review process, individuals and institutions should not be identified in the body of the abstract; e.g. use ‘author’s institution’ instead of using the name of the university or organisation. If accepted, authors will be added to the abstracts.
• Abstracts will be published in conference materials as submitted; authors should check for accuracy before submission.

Topics/Strands for Single Paper Abstract Submissions

When submitting your abstract, you will need to align to one or more of the following strands. Please ensure that your abstract STILL RELATES TO THE CONFERENCE THEME.

1. Critical approaches to educational leadership
2. Leadership for equity, diversity, and social justice
3. Governance and policy
4. Leadership in times of crisis
5. Leadership effectiveness and improvement
6. Leadership, sustainability, and globalization
7. Leadership development
8. Leadership in further and higher education
9. Teacher and middle leadership
10. Methodological approaches to leadership research

Formats

Authors may choose between “theatre”, “workshop” or “poster” presentation formats. “Theatre” format means a presentation by one or more authors to an audience without interaction until audience questions are invited at the end of the presentation. “Workshop” format means a wholly interactive discussion between an audience and author(s) often in a round table layout.

Symposium

IMPORTANT: BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACTS FOR A SYMPOSIUM, THE SYMPOSIUM ORGANISER MUST EMAIL THE BELMAS OFFICE WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN A PROPOSAL:

• Title of symposium;
• Name(s), affiliation(s), contact email address of the symposium organiser;
• Name of chairperson/discussant;
• An outline of 200 words describing the purpose of symposium and the relationship between papers; and
• Symposium presenters;

This can be emailed to: info@belmas.org.uk

Poster Presentations

If you submit a poster presentation, these will be on display for the duration of the conference in the main lobby area by the coffee break refreshments.

In addition to this, you will be given the opportunity to present your work digitally alongside other Poster Presentations so please bear in mind that’ll you’ll need a PDF version for the conference. More information on this will be released in due course…

Display board sizes: Please ensure you keep to the display board sizes as we cannot place them anywhere else.

The main hook and loop fastener display board is 600mm high x 900mm wide, the two side boards/panels are 600mm high x 450mm wide.

The abstracts for this conference are peer reviewed and may be made available online post-conference. By submitting to this conference, the author affirms that the work submitted is theirs, original and recent. Abstracts must be related to Educational Leadership, Management or Administration.