Peer reviewing: 'A privilege and a responsibility'.

Hands up those who’ve ever undertaken a course in how to review the academic work of another? That is, the work of a peer, an academic or post-graduate who has carefully researched and constructed a piece of writing that has been placed in your care for review. No hands? Peer reviewing appears to be a skill that, as academics, is assumed. A given. And therein lies a significant problem.