Academic Writing Service: CU Coventry
Contact details
For a 1-1 appointment with an Academic Writing Developer Click here
Please be aware:
- You may only have one appointment booked at a time. Booking more than one appointment at a time will result in cancellation of additional appointments
- You will lose your appointment slot if you are more than 15 minutes late
- For a review of a draft, select "Email Appointment" on the bookings calendar. This will be an appointment between the Academic Writing Developer and your work - you will not be attending, but need to email the work to the Developer for them to review the work in the allotted time.
- The AWS team do not proofread work but will advise on patterns of language error.
- If you need support with referencing or research methods, please book with the Library Team instead.
If you have any difficulties with making a booking or have any other questions about academic writing, then please feel free to email learningservices.cuc@coventry.ac.uk.
Introduction
Welcome to the Academic Writing Service
The Academic Writing Service (AWS) works with all CU Coventry students to support and develop your academic writing skills and knowledge. We can help you to progress as a student at university and achieve the grades you know you can get. We have been successfully working with CU Coventry students throughout their academic journeys since 2015, so we know how important this time is for you and what it takes to succeed.
The academic writing skills and knowledge we can help you develop include:
- writing more critically for your subject area
- writing reflectively
- writing reports, case studies and essays
- integrating and citing sources
- writing more cohesively
What Students Have Said About Us.
“Great advice and ideas to improve on my work.”
“Approachable , and has an amazing way of breaking things down so they are understandable, and always keeping it light and [Professional]”
“the session was very helpful, and the tutor appeared to have the time to listen to what I needed to say to him”
“Always really useful for my current work and to learn for my future work and improvement.”
“The session was great, I really appreciate this service. Thank you.”
"This is my first academic writing task in many years and it is not in my native language. I feel that without this help I wouldn't even know where to start.”
“Tailored approach, very approachable tutor. Opportunity to lead the session as I wanted to.”
English Support Tutor Staff Referral Form
The English Language Support Tutor is here to work with students who speak English as a second or additional language and are struggling with their studies due to their level of English literacy and/or oracy skills. The service aims to improve students’ English proficiency in:
- Grammatical range and accuracy
- Vocabulary range and accuracy
- Pronunciation and intonation
- Effective Communication (in classes/presentations)
- Understanding complex texts
Please refer students if they need language support using the form below. If you need to refer multiple students at once, please email EnglishLanguageSupport.cuc@coventry.ac.uk with answers to the below questions for each student. If necessary we will contact you for further details regarding the student's needs.
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New feature: Drop-in sessions
Time: Thursdays from 12 to 3 PM
Place: Mile Lane Library Café
These sessions aim to provide just-in-time support for CU Coventry students' English language needs. Please share the info. with your students to help them consolidate their English proficiency.
Our Academic Writing Developer and English Language Tutor
Academic Writing Developer
Kate joined the AWS team in August 2023. Her PhD research, undertaken at Bangor University, explored author identity performances and online book culture through practice-led research. While at Bangor, Kate taught modules related to media, creative writing, and research methods. She also worked within Bangor’s Teaching and Learning team as a Peer Writing Mentor, where she supported students in areas such as essay structure, incorporating analysis, and integrating sources into their writing.
English Language Tutor
I-Chen holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics. Before joining the Library and Learning Service team at CU Coventry, she worked in different EFL/ESL/EAP contexts in Taiwan and Mexico. In the UK, she has taught pre-sessional programmes at the University of Birmingham and research methodology modules at the University of Warwick.