Writing Lab Archives - Stellenbosch University Language Centre

Visit to UniLuanda strengthens South-South ties and partnership with SU

17 July 2024

Courses, English courses, English portfolio, Life is language, Multilingualism, Our languages, Recent news, Writing Lab

A few weeks ago, Fatima Halday, Head of the Communication portfolio at the Language Centre, had the opportunity to visit Luanda and participated in the 2nd Edition of the Scientific…

Book chat with Sabrina T

6 October 2022

Academic and professional literacies, Book chat, Recent news, Writing Lab

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Sabrina Thompson, a writing skills workshop presenter at the Writing Lab and junior lecturer in Advanced…

Book chat with Anne-Mari L

2 June 2022

Book chat, Language and communication services, Recent news, Writing Lab

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Anne-Mari Lackay of the Writing Lab. Anne-Mari has been working at the Writing Lab since 2001,…

Book chat with Selene D

3 March 2022

Book chat, Reading Lab, Recent news, Research, Writing Lab

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Selene Delport, coordinator of writing skills workshops for postgrad students at the Writing Lab. Selene joined…

Book chat with Rose R

3 February 2022

Book chat, Reading Lab, Recent news, Research, Writing Lab

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Rose Richards, head of the Writing Lab and the Language Centre’s Research portfolio. Rose says she…

Writing centres as decolonising spaces

18 November 2021

Academic and professional literacies, Recent news, Research, Writing Lab

On 4 October, the head of the SU Writing Lab, Rose Richards, attended an online colloquium about decolonisation in South African writing centres. She shares her thoughts about the colloquium…

Twenty years’ support for writers to be heard where it counts

14 June 2021

Academic and professional literacies, Online language support, Recent news, Writing Lab, Writing tips

This June, the SU Language Centre’s Writing Lab is celebrating its 20th birthday. The Writing Lab prides itself as a welcoming, friendly and safe space where students and academics feel…

So, what does the Language Centre actually do?

5 March 2020

Comms Lab, Dialogos, Our languages, Plain Language, Recent news, Writing Lab

The Language Centre is a vibrant hub for students, staff and clients who require language and communication assistance. One of our most important jobs is to help students speak university.…

Writing lab honours retired co-founder

4 March 2020

Dialogos, Recent news, Research, Writing Lab

Sharifa Daniels, one of the founding staff members of the Writing Lab of the Language Centre, retired in 2018, after nearly 17 years of service to the writers on campus.…

It’s golden, but awkward

27 November 2019

Dialogos, Our languages, Recent news, Writing Lab

To many, the festive season and family gatherings go hand in hand. At the same time, it’s an unwritten rule that you are bound to disagree with some distant relative…