The paper argues for an expansion of academic literacies to academic and professional literacies. Reflecting on teaching interventions in a post-92 university, it interrogates the aims of an academic literacies approach in relation to students who are, in their great majority, not interested in becoming members of any academic community. Instead it suggests that expanding the concept to academic and professional literacies, relevance to students can be increased while maintaining a holistic understanding of literacies.
Association for Learning Development in Higher Education