The globalisation of higher education and the resultant increase in the cultural and linguistic
diversity of the student body has cast the spotlight on English language proficiency as never …

The intensification of internationalisation and associated massification of higher education
implies the need for universities to accommodate the diverse learning needs of increasingly …

Widening participation and the internationalisation of universities have led to initiatives to
more explicitly develop academic practices, including language and literacy practices, which …

Students entering English-medium universities frequently struggle to cope with the language
demands of their degree programmes, despite having met the English language entry …

As the number of students entering higher education continues to increase, many English-
medium universities have been looking carefully at how to more effectively ensure that those …

Many nations now enrol large numbers of tertiary students with English as an additional
language, raising concerns over academic literacy standards. As a result, calls for whole …

Australian universities are currently re-evaluating how they address the English language
needs of their students of non-English speaking backgrounds. This is, in part, a response to …

As the university student body becomes ever more diverse, the place and nature of English
language provision is coming under unprecedented scrutiny and is the object of greater …

Australian higher education policy aimed at widening participation focuses on the inclusion
of students from diverse backgrounds, including those from a low socio economic status …

The chapter is a case study of the links between schooling and higher education in the
experiences and strategies of students learning English as an Additional Language (EAL) in …