Academic writing is a complex and multifaceted endeavour that integrates clear argumentation, evidence-based reasoning and a rigorous adherence to disciplinary conventions. Central to this process is ...

Academic writing increasingly demands the coherent integration of various source materials to support and enhance arguments. Today’s scholarship focuses on optimising the use of summarisation, ...

It is your job as the writer to help readers understand what they will gain from reading your work. What will they learn? What questions will they have that you can answer? Considering the lessons and ...

Book reviews are important inputs into a wider system of academic publishing upon which the academic profession is symbiotically dependent, and in a previous career advice column I argued that all ...

Students complete a First-Year Writing Seminar Selection process prior to matriculation, in order to determine which of several environments will provide the best seminar experience for them. (This ...

The times they are a-changin’ and academic publishing is no exception. The rise of open access has made more research freely available but brings its own set of challenges. Generative artificial ...

What is a Literature Review? A literature review is an essential component of academic research, particularly at the postgraduate level. Whilst there are various types of literature reviews, it ...

Stereotypical academic writing is rigid, dry, and mechanical, delivering prose that evokes memories of high school and undergraduate laboratory reports. The hallmark of this stereotype is passive ...