Academic Writing Center

ITS Academic Writing Center (AWC) aims to be a center of excellence in academic writing to enhance ITS scholarly research productivity and contribution to the global scientific world. In the first year, ITS AWC focuses on graduate student’s needs by providing services for ITS graduate students to improve their academic writing skills and assisting them to produce high-quality published papers. Furthermore, ITS AWC service also welcomes ITS faculty members and researchers who wish to improve their academic writing skills. Through a holistic approach, all ITS final year undergraduate students, master and doctoral students, Ph.D., senior and young lecturers are welcomed as participants and contributors. At the heart of this effort lies writer development with an emphasis on sustainability, objectivity, inclusiveness, and community.

In order to accomplish our commitment to enhancing constructive academic writing environment at ITS, we strive to perform the following initiatives:

• We offer intensive academic writing programs to ITS graduate students based on their needs; One-on-One Consultation, General Workshops, Drop-In Workshops, and a list of resources all related to academic writing. AWC programs are offered both online and offline at the ITS AWC Office.
• We recruit professionals and tutoring staff with various specializations in academic writing. AWC programs will be delivered by the Virtual English Language Fellow from the US Embassy, as well as a group of well-trained tutors with various specializations.
• We continue to improve tutors’ competence through intensive training sessions as well as comprehensive discussions with the Virtual English Language Fellow and the ITS AWC management.
• We continue to assess our service and ITS needs on academic writing through feedback and survey forms.