Titled ‘Writing the field of equity’, this Special Issue explores the politics of academic writing and language with pieces from the executive editorial team: Penny Jane Burke, Marie-Pierre Moreau (with Sally Campbell Galman), Samson Maekele Tsegay, Matthew Bunn and Matt Lumb (with Louis Ndagijimana).

The Special Issue marks a change in the focus of the Journal under a new title ‘Access: Critical explorations of equity in higher education’. This Issue establishes the editorial approach for Access and serves as an extended call for future contributions.