Rethinking doctoral writing as text work and identity work

Universities play a key role in the ne w knowledge-based economies through the provision of research and research education, and the production of highly skilled graduates through doctoral programs of many kinds. This role is more signif cant than e ver gi ven the dramatic e xpansion in higher de gree enrolments in recent years. As Neumann (2002) notes, between 1991 and 2000 doctoral enrolments in Australian universities virtually doubled from 19,000 to o ver 37,000 (DETYA 2001).