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Spinning the Plates in a Writing Center
Image credit: used under rights permitted by Jameson Gagnepain at Flickr This post began as a reply to Jared Odd, the Writing Center Director at Lindsey Wilson College. Professor Odd wrote to the national e-list for Writing Across the Curriculum, … Continue reading
One-woman band: up-date
The last time I wrote, I described my situation as a ‘one-woman band’ study support tutor, with a manager who was making my life impossibly difficult, with all the consequent knock-on effects on my physical and emotional health. This year, … Continue reading
Informal writing centers?
Dear friends, Greetings from Japan. I’ve been managing an informal writing center at my university for ten years now, and I wonder if there are others who have informal WCs. In my center I have the following guidelines: For WC … Continue reading
Writing and Communication Center at the New Economic School, Moscow
My name is Kara Bollinger, and I am the Assistant Director of the Writing and Communication Center at the New Economic School (NES) in Moscow, Russia. Our writing center is just now turning one-year-old and is one of only two writing centers … Continue reading
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Would Appreciate Your Insight
Nine months ago I became voluntarily involved in the planning and implementation of the “first-ever” writing center for a small junior college in my community. Our college is unique in that it serves a special needs population primarily made up … Continue reading
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Of “Gravy Spots” and Academic Writing
Image courtesy of “Make your Own Bar-B-Q Sign“ Note to readers: this post appeared originally at our Writing Center Blog at the University of Richmond. I’m re-posting here because, in part, I am curious about how such small errors vary … Continue reading
Introducing Ireland’s first academic writing centre
In 2006, €27,000 was awarded to Caroline Graham, Director, University of Limerick (UL) Language Centre, and Dr. Angela Chambers, Professor of Applied Languages, to develop a number of Writing Centre activities and an academic business plan for the creation of … Continue reading
The C.L.E. Writing Retreat 2012 by Andrea Raiker & David Mathew, Centre for Learning Excellence, University of Bedfordshire, UK
This year’s residential Writing Retreat, the fourth in consecutive years, took place between the 11-13th of April at The Priory in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. The Writing Retreat process began in 2009 when the first retreat was held at Streatley, Oxfordshire. This … Continue reading
Tips from Hanyang University Center for Teaching and Learning English Writing Lab
Our center in Korea has a number of links to resources for engineering and science writing particularly for international graduate students. The materials were designed for Korean students but most tips are not language specific. QUICK TIP When working with … Continue reading
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Serving international students
To better serve Walden University’s growing international student body, our writing center has begun an initiative to assess the needs of our international and multilingual students, support faculty in working with these students, and develop our own resources and services … Continue reading
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