In complex and often volatile environments, all those associated with the work of teaching are increasingly challenged to demonstrate the ways in which we impact positively upon the diverse students, families and carers who must be at the centre of our decision making. Demonstrating the value of our work (in all its many and varied forms) requires access to research and research data that is of the highest possible quality: research that is regarded internally and externally as credible, reliable and meaningful. This credibility rests, in large part, upon the rigorous review and critique of our scholarship through the processes of peer review.