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updates on lab classrooms, interdisciplinary writing, learning skills centers; mailing list

discussing how to help students who want writing help but aren't working on a particular project (general skills)

From abstract: ncludes recommendations for "tutor preparation and in-service training" that "emphasize less idealized, more pragmatic conceptualization of tutor roles and actions and focus on behaviors demonstrated as constitutive of success"

A guide for "Higher Education students in the UK, including non-native speakers." Topics cover a variety of grammar, style, and cultural concerns.

website for Fresno State's Graduate Writing Studio. Page includes their statement of philosophy and links to handouts and power points.

discussing resources available for training subject tutors

The Writing Centres of the University of Waterloo, the University of Guelph, and Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada, collaborated on the production of this online and publicly-available writing resource, www.WriteOnline.ca. Taking a WID approach, the website introduces students to writing three assignment genres -- a lab report, a case study report, and a reflective essay -- through descriptive text, models, and interactive activities.