You are invited to contribute to the 2026 Journal of Innovation in Polytechnic Education (JIPE) special issue 'Beyond Skills: Building Work-Ready Intelligence', recognizing your vital role in advancing applied learning for impact in a rapidly changing world of work. Graduates are entering workplaces shaped by changing roles and advanced technologies, including AI-enabled systems, automation, data-intensive tools, digital platforms, and evolving technical infrastructures across sectors. In these dynamic environments, technical skill proficiency alone is insufficient.
What is increasingly required is work-ready intelligence.
In this special issue, work-ready intelligence is understood as a graduate’s capacity to exercise sound human judgement, ethical accountability, and adaptive learning while working within technology-rich and AI-enabled organizational systems.
We invite submissions that go beyond making applied learning visible to critically examining how applied learning cultivates work-ready intelligence in practice.
Learn more about the special issue and the JIPE submission process: https://jipe.ca/index.php/jipe/announcement/view/15
Key Dates
- 300-word abstract or proposal due: March 1, 2026
- Full manuscripts due: May 31, 2026
- Peer review decisions and revisions completed by: August 31, 2026
- Final revisions completed by: September 30, 2026
- Publication window: end of November 2026
