Here is some advice on how to prepare articles and documents for EENET’s website.

General guidance on writing

If you are writing a new article or document specifically for submission to EENET (e.g. an article for the Enabling Education Review), here are some ideas:

Writing style

  • Keep background information (about your country, organisation, etc) to a minimum. You could tell readers about one or two key documents or a website that provide more information.
  • Do not use too many acronyms and abbreviations and make sure you explain them the first time they appear in the article or document.
  • Avoid using a complex, academic style of writing – keep it simple and clear.
  • Break the article into smaller sections. You can use sub-headings, quotations from other people, a text box, a diagram, etc, to break up the text.
  • Ideally documents should be submitted in English or Arabic, but if you prefer to write in your home language that’s fine. If possible, when you submit an article in another language, try to include a short summary in English. Please note, we do our best to accommodate submissions in any language, but we cannot always guarantee being able to arrange the translation.

 Use of case studies and people’s names

  • If you include a short case study, or if you name an individual in your article or document, please make sure you seek their permission before sending us your document.
  • You could also consider changing the names of any individuals you write about, to protect their identity.
  • EENET will not publish documents, articles or photos if we are worried that any individuals may not have given their permission.

Use of photographs

  • Your document or article does not need to have photos.
  • You can email us digital photos. They must be high resolution (usually the image file will need to be at least 1mb).
  • You can also send us original prints of photos by post which we can scan.
  • Please clearly label the photos so that we know who they are from, what they are showing and when/where they were taken.
  • We prefer photos that do not reveal people’s identity.
  • If you send us photos of people, please make sure that these people (or their carers) have given their permission for their image to be used.
  • Please ensure people understand where their images will be used, and that images used online are likely to stay permanently online in some form, even if EENET removes the image from its website.
  • These protections are particularly important if you are sending us photographs of children or vulnerable adults. We strongly recommend sending photos that do not reveal their faces.
  • We will not always use the photos, especially if the content or quality of the photos is not suitable. We also reserve the right not to use images if we are concerned that the subjects’ identities are revealed, and there is insufficient permission.

Some rules for using AI

When preparing an article, blog or other document for EENET’s website, you can use AI tools to support this. However, these AI tools must never be used as a substitute for human critical thinking, expertise and evaluation.

Key ethical considerations when using AI

  • All of the major large language models (LLMs), generative AI for text, have so far been trained on countless books and articles stolen and used without their authors’ or publishers’ consent.
  • AI data centres use huge amounts of energy (often fossil-fuelled), water, and other resources. They are contributing to the escalation of climate change, which in turn often has the greatest impact on the world’s most vulnerable communities and individuals.

EENET’s rules for the use of AI

1. Do not use AI to write everything for you.

  • You can use AI to help you organise your ideas, research information and/or edit your writing. But ultimately, we want to read and share your writing, thinking and voice, reflecting your ideas and experiences.
  • Entirely AI-generated articles only provide generic, regurgitated content. Such articles do not contain information about your personal ideas and experiences. They add nothing new or original to our collection of inclusive education information. We will not publish such articles/documents.

2. Be aware of accuracy, bias, privacy and data protection issues

  • Remember that AI technology may not comply with the same ethical standards you and we expect from researchers and writers.
  • It remains your responsibility as the author to ensure that privacy and confidentiality obligations are upheld and that data protection laws are followed. When inputting sensitive or unpublished content, you should use AI with appropriate privacy controls to protect confidentiality.
  • Avoid using AI to replicate unique styles or voices of others.
  • It is your responsibility to fact-check AI-generated content for accuracy. You must take full responsibility for the accuracy of all content, and verify that all claims, citations, references, and analyses are aligned with your expertise and research.
  • Be aware of potential biases in AI outputs and take steps to mitigate stereotypes or misinformation.
  • Before including AI-generated content in your article or document, carefully review it to ensure the final work reflects your expertise, voice and originality.

3. AI-generated images

AI is frequently used now to create illustrations, adapt photos or design diagrams.

For reasons of authenticity and the protection of skilled human artists (photographers, illustrators, etc) EENET prefers to use original images, meaning:

  • photos taken by a human photographer, that have not been heavily edited with AI;
  • illustrations drawn by a human artist.

We do not have a total ban on AI images, but if you use AI to generate or adapt photos or drawings, we will decide on a case-by-case basis whether they are suitable for publication on our website. Any images where AI has poorly created or adapted the image causing obvious mistakes will be rejected.

4. Disclose any AI use

  • You must disclose the use of AI in your article or document, including the use of AI to generate or adapt images and diagrams.
  • Do not use any AI tool that restricts your own, EENET’s, or any other party’s use of the document you are submitting. This includes ensuring that the AI used and the provider of that AI does not gain any rights over your underlying content, including the right to ingest or ‘train’ their AI on the content, besides the limited right to access and use the document to perform the service you ask it to do (such as corrections and improvements in language, suggestions for rephrasing awkward sentences, or formatting support for citations and references).

 

If you have any queries about writing and preparing new articles or documents for EENET’s website, or Enabling Education Review, please contact: ingridlewis@eenet.org.uk

 

Guidelines version October 2026