a collective term referring to the community of teachers and students in higher education.

the process of engaging in learning at an advanced level.

the way you think about things, approach them and process the information.

the particular way in which you gather and perceive information and the process and organise it.

thinking back on how you have thought about something.

the ability to do something well.

Academic literacy is the ability to write and read about academic subjects. The ability to gather information, process information and understand the information in a post-secondary education environment

The skills of academic literacy can be applied in the classroom, assignments and exams. The goal is to equip students with the ability to summarize, compare, contrast, create ideas and analyse information from a wide variety of sources.

an extensive piece written around a specific academic concept

an organised process of a group offering their own ideas, usually aimed at solving a problem

the mention of the author’s name from whose work you obtained the idea as well as the date of the publication