The UACES Student Forum 9th Annual Conference 2008 took place at the University of Kent, Canterbury on the 24th and 25th of April.
The UACES Student Forum Committee would like to thank all those who made the holding of the event such a success.






Additionally the JCER and UACES Student Forum are pleased to announce the 1st Annual Research Article Competition. The competition is open to any postgraduate student presenting a paper at the Annual UACES Student Forum Conference. All submissions have the opportunity to be published in the JCER and the winning article will receive a prize of £100. Please click on the link for more details and terms of entry.

Please click on the link for the Conference Programme which includes information on how to get to Canterbury and on the various panels.
Please click on the link for the 'lecture notes' of Prof. Richard Sakwa's keynote address to the conference entitled: The EU and Russia: Towards New Lines of Confontation

The UACES Student Forum in conjunction with UACES publishes the JCER | Journal for Contemporary European Research. The JCER is devoted to promoting original research and insightful debate in European Studies by publishing academic articles, research comments, policy analysis and book reviews across a number of disciplines (Law, Public Policy, International Relations, Economics, Sociology and the History of Integration).

The JCER also aims to provide a forum for post-graduates and early career researchers to learn about the publishing process and to see their work published alongside some of the top European Studies academics. All submitted articles are fully peer-reviewed by at least two academics within a relevant field of study.


CURRENT ISSUE

The JCER’s current issue is a Special Issue devoted to Sport and the European Union. It is published in conjunction with Sport&EU (The Association or the Study of Sport and the European Union). Articles and Book Reviews included in this Special Issue can be downloaded from the JCER Archive.


GET INVOLVED

The UACES Student Forum encourages its members to consider contributing to the JCER. You can do this in a number of ways. The most important way is to submit a research article or a book review. Submissions for the JCER's general issues (March and September) are accepted all year round. The JCER also publishes two Special Issues each year (June and December). Individuals should check the announcements page of the JCER website for themes and deadlines for any current Call for Papers (CfP) for these special issues. Full details about submitting an article can be found on the JCER website. If you have an idea for a Special Issue or even a Special Section (3-4 articles on a single theme) of a JCER general issue then please contact the JCER Editor.

You can also get involved with the JCER by writing a book review. If you would like to join the JCER’s Book Reviewers list please send an email containing your name, institutional affiliation, contact details and three areas of research interest to the JCER Book Reviews Editor. The JCER is also currently looking for individuals with exceptional English language skills to help with proof-reading and copy-editing. If you would like to help with these essential tasks please contact the JCER Editor.


SUPPORT THE JCER

The JCER is a free resource and the UACES Student Forum hopes to keep it free for all of its members for the foreseeable future. You can help keep the JCER free by making sure that any books, CDs, DVDs or other goods that you buy from Amazon.co.uk are bought via the JCER Bookshop or by clicking on any Amazon link on the JCER Website. Every purchase that you make in this way means that the JCER will benefit from a small referral fee received from Amazon. This money is used to support the journal in terms of web-hosting, advertising and sponsorship of student events such as the UACES Student Forum’s Annual Conference.


COMING SOON

The JCER and the UACES Student Forum will shortly be announcing a new Annual Competition. Please keep checking this website and the JCER website for further details.