Andrew Struan has worked across the globe in academic literacies and in political history. His role at Glasgow is in developing students’ academic literacies and he leads an award-winning, multi-disciplinary team. His PhD is in political history: he researches the linguistic history of parliamentary debate and the role of language in shaping ideologies. Andrew is co-Chair of the national network for Scottish Learning Developers, ScotHELD, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Historical Thesaurus.