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 writing@ceu.hu
Training Courses for Teachers of Academic Writing
Our staff 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
Training Courses for Teachers of Social Sciences
We also run writing-across-the-curriculum courses to train social science faculty to use writing in their own teaching, both in English and in the students' own language. 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
- Azerbaijan University of Languages, Baku: 2006, 2007
- Tbilisi State University, Georgia: 2003, 2004, 2007
- America University of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek: 2002
Academic Writing Courses for PhD Students and Research Faculty
Our most popular courses are those training PhD students and junior faculty whose first language is not English 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.
- OSI Central Asia Research and Training Initiative, Budapest, 2009
- Max Plancke Institute, Freiburg, Germany: 2009
- Max Plancke Institute, Halle, Germany: 2008
- Budapest, Hungary:2007
- Tallinn, Estonia: 2007
- Crimea, Ukraine: 2007
- University of Amsterdam, Netherlands: 2004
- Moscow State University, Russia: 2006
- University of Rostov on Don, Russia: 2000