Writing Centre Appointments
Student Learning Development offers writing appointments for undergraduate & postgraduate students to help them develop their academic writing skills.
The Academic Writing Centre offers individual, 30 minute, consultations for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students. Students are invited to attend for support with writing strategies in areas such as essay/thesis/dissertation/reflective writing, structuring, critical thinking & writing and referencing/plagiarism.
Appointment Bookings
We ask you to limit your appointments to one session per week, with a maximum of 8 per semester. This is to ensure fair access to all students to the service.
If you feel that you need more support than this, please contact one of our team at student.learning@tcd.ie
The Writing Centre appointments are sometimes heavily booked. If you need an earlier appointment, please consider booking a general appointment. Click here for information
The Writing Centre appointments are run online, if you would prefer an in-person appointment, please contact us at student.learning@tcd.ie.
Principles of Service
- This is not a proof-reading service.
- A student may provide a sample of writing prior to the appointment via email. Tutors may not read these samples in advance of your appointment, but will go through samples during your appointment. Sending large pieces of writing for review, (i.e. chapters, entire dissertations etc.) is not practical.
- We provide advice on structure, strategies and support during the appointment only. We cannot provide feedback on work by email.
- We understand that sometimes you may not manage to attend your appointment. We experience high demand for these appointments, so we ask that you do cancel in advance where possible. Either find your confirmation email and cancel via the link, or email us at student.learning@tcd.ie. This will allow other students to avail of support.
- Our tutors are all trained in general Academic Writing skills. You can view short bios for our tutors here.