This paper argues that there is much to learn from an external, peer or expert evaluation by
a department that concerns itself with the assessment and development of academic …

In at least one fundamental respect, our universities are failing to clarify what they expect of
students and what students and other stakeholders can expect of them. This failure concerns …

The proliferation of academic literacy courses in South African universities in the last 25
years prompts the question of how effective such courses are. Addressing the difficulties of …

In a previous study (Patterson & Weideman, 2013), we discussed the importance of
acknowledging the typicality of academic discourse as a starting point for critically engaging …

The seminar group was set up at the same time as the National Literacy Strategy (NLS) was
launched throughout England as a key UK government strategy to raise standards of …

This article focuses on the current situation in South Africa in which a number of factors
related to academic literacy deleteriously affect student throughput. This has large financial …

We now much more readily accept a skills-neutral rather than a skillsbased definition of
academic literacy, changing our conceptualisations of what academic literacy is. Yet two …

Emerging from the United Kingdom during the last decade, academic literacies research has
been instrumental in the growth of academic writing support in English-medium tertiary …

Academic literacies – what have we achieved and where to from here? Page 1 jAL (print) issn
1479–7887 jAL (online) issn 1743–1743 LONDON Journal of Applied Linguistics doi …

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 …