<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><div class="AppleOriginalContents"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><div class=""><p align="center" class=""></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><font class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" face="Cambria" class="">Dear
WPHES Team,</font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><font class=""><font class=""><font face="Cambria" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font color="#800000" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" class="">Thanks to your wonderful help and support we are pleased
to announce the inaugural issue of<span class=""> </span></font></font></span><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" class=""><font color="#800000" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Working Papers
in Higher Education Studies (WPHES)</span></b><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">,<b class=""> </b></span></i></font><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font color="#800000" class="">available at<span class=""> </span></font><a href="http://www.wphes-journal.eu/" target="_blank" class=""><font style="COLOR:#1155cc" class="">http://www.wphes-journal.eu</font></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""></span></font><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><u class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" class="">.</font></u></span></span></font></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><font class=""><font class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><u class=""></u></span></span></font></font><font face="Cambria" class=""></font> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" face="Cambria" class="">The first issue includes
contributions primarily from students and alumni from the participating
programmes but, as is our intention, it also includes papers from scholars from
further afield. The papers reflect the broad focus and scope of WPHES, exploring
higher education from an array of academic disciplines, methodologies and
perspectives, and focusing on issues at all levels of the system.
</font></font></span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font face="Cambria" class=""></font></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""></span><font class=""><font face="Cambria" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font class=""><font color="#800000" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" class="">Now that the ball is rolling, we
welcome further submissions/recommendations for upcoming issues. Our intention
is to publish WPHES quarterly. Submissions can be made via our<span class=""> </span></font></font></font><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" class=""><a href="http://www.wphes-journal.eu/index.php/wphes/author/submit/1" target="_blank" class=""><font style="COLOR:#1155cc" class="">website</font></a></font></span><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""></span></font><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" class="">.<span class=""> <span class=""> </span></span>Please find the call for papers
attached, which we encourage you to share widely. Submissions for the next issue
are due by 30 April 2015.</font></font></span></font></font></p><div class=""><font class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""></span></font><font face="Cambria" class=""></font> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" face="Cambria" class="">We also welcome your feedback
on the first issue and as to how the publication can be
improved.</font></font></span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" face="Cambria" class=""></font></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" face="Cambria" class="">Thank you again for your
contributions. </font></font></span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font color="#800000" face="Cambria" class=""></font></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font color="#800000" face="Cambria" class="">Martin and
Andy.</font></span> </p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font face="Cambria" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" class="">Series Editors:</font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font face="Cambria" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" class="">Attila
Pausits</font></font></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font face="Cambria" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" class="">Economist and Head of the Centre for
Educational Management and Higher Education Development, Danube University
Krems, Austria</font></font></span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font class=""></font></span><font class=""></font> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font face="Cambria" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" class="">Patrício
Langa</font></font></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font face="Cambria" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" class="">Sociologist and Associate Professor of
Higher Education Studies at the Institute for Post-School Studies, University of
the Western Cape, South Africa and Faculty of Education, Eduardo Mondlane
University, Mozambique</font></font></span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""></span><font class=""></font> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span class=""><font face="Cambria" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" class="">------------------------------<u class=""></u>---------------------------</font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font face="Cambria" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" class="">Working Papers in Higher Education
Studies</font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font face="Cambria" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE:11pt" color="#800000" class=""><a href="http://www.wphes-journal.eu/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.wphes-journal.eu</a></font></font></span></p></div></div></div>
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4974210 (Maputo-Mozambique)</span><span lang="PT" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></span></p><p class=""><span lang="PT" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif" class="">Cell: +27 76 345 11 33 (Cape Town - South-Africa) </span></p><p class=""><span lang="PT" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif" class="">Telefax: + 258
21493313 </span><span lang="PT" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></span></p><p class=""><span lang="PT" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#0070c0" class="">“<b class=""><i class="">Se não
puder se destacar pelo talento, vença pelo esforço</i></b>” / "<b class="">If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort"</b></span><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px" class=""> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt" class="">(Dave Weinbaum).</span></p><div class=""><span lang="PT" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div></div></div>
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