Academic writing skills are fundamental to most university courses. Andrew Struan explains how Glasgow has taken a whole-university approach to ensure all students are well equipped to succeed ...

To really succeed in the workplace, one’s writing skills must be well developed. Aside from cryptic emails and texts, there still remains the need for professional writing of letters, memos, reports, ...

Writing is a much-prized skill and a difficult one to master and, while some are naturally gifted in stringing sentences together, we all need to take the time to learn the craft. Whether you want to ...

At many colleges, professors trained in the discipline of rhetoric and composition are finding that the specialized knowledge they bring to teaching writing is held in thrall to older notions of how ...

First-year college writing is more than just grammar—it’s about learning to think, argue, and communicate like a scholar. From building a strong thesis to mastering point of view, these skills lay the ...

Academic writing courses have historically served as a kind of gate-keeping measure. In North America and other settler colonial societies, such courses have traditionally imparted skills and ...

The business world needs better writers, as indicated by studies that show writing training is a billion-dollar industry and research that shows writing is a skill desired by 73% of hiring managers.

As more schools begin allowing students to bring their own devices and actually use them in class, the debate around the value of "digital writing" -- texting, taking notes on mobile devices, tweeting ...