While referencing is an important feature of academic writing, many students struggle with using sources. This seems to be due, in part, the tension experience when advised cite sources (i.e., others’ voices) on one hand, and demonstrate their own disciplinary voice other hand. The aim this article contribute understanding source use, presenting a figure that illustrates gradients students’ eng...

Introduction If 'sustainability' is an icon of environmentalists in southern Africa, so too is 'integration' for scientists drawn into this arena. Scientists seem to be less capable than their compatriots, however, at substantiating their ideals. Popular environmentalism thrives on various forms of civic pressure on government and industry to 'clean up their acts'. Conservation agencies can sho...

Appropriate use and acknowledgement of sources continues to be a central concern of academic integrity. A major challenge for research student in this is the development of a confident authorial voice which matches disciplinary expectations in language use, yet manages to do so without plagiarising through inappropriate text matching or recycling of language. This is a daunting challenge for al...

BACKGROUND The fields of environment and health are both interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary, and until recently had little engagement in social networking designed to cross disciplinary boundaries. The EU FP6 project HENVINET aimed to establish integrated social network and networking facilities for multiple stakeholders in environment and health. The underlying assumption is that increas...