Book chat with Sabrina T
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…
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Book chat with Anne-Mari L
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,…
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Book chat with Selene D
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…
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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…
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Writing centres as decolonising spaces
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…
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Twenty years’ support for writers to be heard where it counts
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…
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So, what does the Language Centre actually do?
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.…
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Writing lab honours retired co-founder
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.…
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It’s golden, but awkward
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…
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On 30 July, 2015, Stellenbosch University Language Centre hosted the first South African national writing consultants’ day. Writing consultants from 11 South African universities participated (Stellenbosch, University of Cape Town,…
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