Outreach Work

Since 1999, the Center for Academic Writing has provided a range of consultancy and training projects for the development of writing and writing teaching in the region of Central and Eastern Europe and beyond. As an integral part of CEU's mission, we seek to help universities to raise awareness of academic writing and train local teachers and researchers so as to improve the quality of writing, both in English and in local languages in the region.

For institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS, the CEU Special and Extensions Program may provide funding if your institution is interested in a training course or consultancy visit. For more information, contact the Center for Academic Writing at caw_outreach@ceu.hu

If you would like to visit the Writing Center, please complete our brief questionnaire and send it back to us at the address above.

Academic Writing Courses for PhD Students and Research Faculty

We teach advanced research writing for non-native English speakers who are PhD students and junior faculty. The courses cover key issues such as familiarity with conventions of published genres and effective use of sources in argumentation. Normally these courses last between three days and one week.

Our most popular courses are those training PhD students and junior faculty how to do advance research writing in English. The courses cover key issues such as familiarity with conventions of published genres and effective use of sources in argumentation. Normally these courses last between three days and one week.

• Corvinus University, Budapest PhD course for Political Scientists and Economists 2011 February-April 
• The QED Group (affiliated with Charles University), Prague, 2011
• Corvinus PhD course for Political Scientists 2010 February-April
• Max Planck Institute, Freiburg, Germany, 2010
• OSI Central Asia Research and Training Initiative, Budapest, 2009
• REVACERN/University of Szeged, 2009
• Max Planck Institute, Freiburg, Germany, 2009
• Max Planck Institute, Halle, Germany, 2008
• OSI/CARTI Budapest, Hungary, 2007
• Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia, 2007
• OSI/HESP Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching, Crimea, Ukraine, 2007
• Moscow State University, Russia, 2006
• University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2004
• University of Rostov on Don, Russia, 2000

Training Courses for Social Sciences Faculty

We teach writing-across-the-curriculum courses to train social science faculty to use writing in their own teaching, both in English and in other languages. These courses focus on the role of writing as a learning and an assessment tool and the connection between writing and course goals.

• OSI Faculty Development Program, Istanbul, 2008, 2009, 2010
• Azerbaijan University of Languages, Baku, 2006, 2007
• Tbilisi State University, Georgia, 2003, 2004, 2007
• America University of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, 2002

Training Courses for Teachers of Academic Writing

We have run many courses training teachers of English to teach academic writing in university settings, moving away from English language teaching and towards teaching writing as a life skill. The objective of the course is to equip local teachers with the skills to teach writing to their students.

• Brusov University, Yerevan, Armenia, 2005
• Klaipeda, Lithuania,2003, 2004
• State University of Languages, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2002
• Novi Sad University, Yugoslavia, 2001
• Samara University, Russia, 1999, 2001
• University of Prishtina, Kosova, 2000

Access Programs for University Study

• Pyongyang, North Korea, 2006
• Ramallah, West Bank, 2006

Program Evaluation

We have also provided consultancy visits to help universities to evaluate and rethink their existing writing support programs.

• CERGE-EI, Prague, 2010
• American University in Bulgaria, 2011