A new book, written by staff in Ed Research and Linguistics was launched on May 14th 2019. The book is one of the outputs from a two-year ESRC project carried out jointly by the two departments. Academics Writing recounts how academic writing is changing in the contemporary university, transforming what it means to be an academic and how, as a society, we produce academic knowledge. Writing practices are changing as the academic profession itself is reconfigured through new forms of governance and accountability, increasing use of digital resources, and the internationalisation of higher education. Through detailed studies of writing in the daily life of academics in different disciplines and in different institutions, this book explores:

• the space and time of academic writing;

• tensions between disciplines and institutions around genres of writing;

• the diversity of stances adopted towards the tools and technologies of writing, and towards engagement with social media; and

• the importance of relationships and collaboration with others, in writing and in ongoing learning in a context of constant change.

The authors draw out the implications of the work for academics, university management, professional training, and policy. The book is published by Routledge. The authors are Karin Tusting, Sharon McCulloch, Ibrar Bhatt, Mary Hamilton, David Barton and the project officer was Deirdre Daglish.