This paper presents studies conducted on Norwegian students’ and lecturers’ academic literacy. The studies reveal that students are struggling to meet the requirements for academic writing and that they benefit to a small ...

In a world where English - and its attendant writing conventions - is the dominant language of research, it becomes increasingly important to explore academic patterns of writing and teaching, and their related etymologies. ...

What does it mean to take a risk when I write? Can I? Should I? The idea of risk has preoccupied a number of scholars recently, including those interested in discourse, writing and education (e.g. McWilliam 2009 and Thesen ...