At Pragmat, we offer an extraordinary platform for students from all backgrounds to express their ideas and share their articles with a broad audience. This unique opportunity not only allows you to delve deeper into your interests and accumulate valuable content for your university applications but also sparks dialogue and enlightens others with your insights.

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Please see our guidelines below:

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• Feel free to write on any topics within the realm of or associated with the following: Business, Economics, International Relations and Politics.
   

• Balanced arguments should be driven mainly by research. While we do welcome opinion pieces, it must be ensured that some degree of neutrality is taken in at least recognising that opinions are well-researched and are presented as an argument and not concrete fact. However, all opinions and arguments must be presented in a non-aggressive manner and in a way that won’t antagonise certain groups or individuals.
   

• Aim for a Word length of between 600 to 900 words max. Reminder: this is supposed to be a straightforward analytical and enjoyable article. Any longer and it edges into essay territory.

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• Do not pass on AI generated work as your own. This violates our Terms & Conditions and any submission we believe to have been generated by AI will not be published.

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• The article must be entirely original workings. Plagiarism will not be tolerated under any circumstance, as it violates our Terms & Conditions.

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• However, you may use other academic pieces of work as long as they are cited appropiately.
   

  • Please refrain from footnotes as in-text citations are preferred.

  • Additionally if referring to graphs from another source please include at the bottom of the document the following details to the image: Last Name, First Name (or Company), Website or Report Name, and Date you accessed the graph.

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Citation Policy: All books and articles referenced must be clearly cited or referenced within the text. See below for examples:
 

• Guy Berger (UNESCO Director for Strategy and Policy) states that “we cannot have genuine elections without having a free flow of information”

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• Psephologists have long understood that low voter turnout affects democracy as it can indicate that those from certain demographics aren’t participating in politics [Lijphart, Arend 1988].

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• Once finished, the article will have to go through an editorial process to ensure it stays within the certain boundaries which we have set as an organisation.
   

• Above all, write about things you are interested in. Your enthusiasm for a topic will bleed through the screen to whoever is reading your article. 
   

• All articles should also include at the bottom under the title “Links to further reading” texts that can develop or expand the ideas and knowledge within the article. Aim to provide 3 to 4 books/articles/ academic papers for each article.

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If you have any further questions relating to the writing process, do feel free to reach out to us at support@pragmat.co.uk.