This work provides an examination of the relationship between written communication in academic and workplace contexts. It is aimed at writing researchers, teachers, programme designers, and others concerned with writing in academic and business arenas.

An examination of the relationship between written communication in academic and workplace contexts. Written for writing researchers, teachers, program designers, and others concerned with writing in academic and business arenas.

Part 1: Researching Writing at School and at Work
Situating Writing. Part 2: University Writing
The Social Motive of University Writing
Complications and Tensions
Writing and the Formation of the Architect. Part 3: Workplace Writing
The Complexity of the Social Motive in Workplace Writing
Distributed Cognition at Work
From Words to Bricks - Writing in an Architectural Practice. Part 4: Transitions
Students and Workers Learning
Virtual Realities - Transitions From University to Workplace Writing
Contexts for Writing - University and Work Compared.