The Writing Centre of TU Dresden
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Due to current developments concerning the gaining speed of spread of the coronavirus in Germany and Europe, the TU Dresden has postponed the start of the semester to may 4th, 2020. In consequence, TU Dresden's Writing Centre has cancelled all workshops for students in March and April as of today.
The Registration for all workshops starts April 20th via OPAL. We are currently working on finding alternative dates for all cancelled workshops or online offers.
We are the place to go for all students and lecturers of TU Dresden on the subject of academic writing. Our services are free of charge for students and teachers of TU Dresden.
Offers for Students
You need individual support concerning your writing? You would like to talk about your writing project or get constructive feedback?
At the writing counselling you can talk about anything concerning your writing project. It doesn’t matter if you are at the beginning, in the middle, at the end of your text or if you haven’t even started writing yet.
Be part of TU Dresden's Writing Centre Online-Community. Book your time slot for your individual writing counselling on site quick and easy via OPAL or write an e-mail to schreibzentrum@mailbox.tu-dresden.de. We also offer Online Writing Marathons:
Do you need to learn the basics of academic writing and the topics associated with it? Are you looking for new strategies for learning and writing and would like to test them out in a group in order to get feedback from other students? Then sign up for a workshop on academic writing, learning and working techniques, time management, scientific communication, presentation skills or project management. You can find the exact dates, workshop descriptions and links for registration under „Dates for Workshops and Continuing Education.“
Often it is much easier to write and work together than by yourself. We help you founding a writing group, are happy to give you recommendations on how to work effectively together and support you moderating your group meetings.
You don’t like sitting on your own writing? Everything else is more interesting than your desk? Writing together with others at the writing marathon will help you to focus on your writing project!
Der passende Arbeitsort ist wichtig, um sich auf das Schreiben konzentrieren zu können. Wer in Gemeinschaft produktiver ist, kann im ruhigen, luftigen Schreibraum im SLUB TextLab täglich zusammen mit Gleichgesinnten schreiben, dabei vielleicht sogar neue Schreibbuddys kennenlernen oder mit einer Lern- und Schreibgruppe vorbeikommen. Im TextLab bieten wir außerdem regelmäßig offene Schreibsprechstunden an oder du vereinbarst dir einen Termin über OPAL.
Take a look at our side with Material & Tips.
A cordial invitation to the event “Write through the Night” (Lange Nacht des Schreibens; LNdS) every 1st Thursday in March!
About Tutors for Academic Writing and Key Competences
The diversity of offers at the Writing Centre is made possible with the support of the student tutors. Our student tutors mainly carry out the workshops and counselling offers for students. This encourages joint learning with peers, which makes it easier to ask questions openly and discuss strengths and weaknesses. We train the student tutors for their assigned tasks. The structuring, implementation, evaluation and development of this training and the close supervision of the tutors are amongst the central tasks of the Writing Centre.
Dates for Workshops
Registration for workshops is open: OPAL. Please note, that all workshops in March and April have been cancelled due to current developments.
Offers for Lecturers
We support teachers with further training in academic writing on the following topics:
Supervision of student writing projects, e.g.
- accompanying students in academic writing during counselling sessions
- giving feedback
- evaluating and marking seminar papers and thesis
Use of writing in teaching, e.g.
- practicing writing (hier auf der deutschen Seite das “Das” am Satzanfang weg): Preparing students for writing requirements in courses at an early stage
- encouraging professional learning and the acquisition of disciplined ways of thinking and working through writing
- incorporating writing into teaching as a means of thinking and solving problems
This means that the Writing Centre's programme includes further training in university and written didactic approaches, which are currently gaining in importance at many German universities with the terms "writing in teaching" or "writing focused teaching".
The further training courses are recognised within the framework of the Saxon University Didactics Certificate Programme (HDS).
Would you like individual support in addition to our further training programme? We will be happy to advise you or work with you to develop formats tailored to your needs for academic writing in your department.
You can also get assistance from our writing tutors or key competence tutors, e.g. on:
- regular writing counselling for your students
- supervised writing groups for your students who are currently writing their Bachelor's, Master's or Diplom thesis.
Workshops in English are highlighted.
- 22.08.2019 - 23.08.2019
Durch Schreiben zum fachlichen Lernen: Schreibaktivitäten in Lehrveranstaltungen - 12.09.2019 - 13.09.2019
Schreiben in den MINT-Fächern – vom Projektbericht bis zur Abschlussarbeit Schreibkompetenzen fördern - 26.09.2019 - 27.09.2019
Wissenschaftliches Schreiben auf Deutsch und Englisch - Auffrischungskurs für Lehrende - 07.10.2019 - 08.10.2019
Schreiben in Studium und Beruf: Welche Texte spielen eine Doppelrolle? - 14.11.2019 - 15.11.2019
Gute Betreuung von Abschlussarbeiten in den Naturwissenschaften - 18.11.2019 - 19.11.2019
Academic Writing in English (Humanities and Social Sciences) - in English - 29.11.2019
Schreibaufgaben transparent und effektiv begleiten und bewerten - 13.01.2020
Feedback zu schriftlichen Arbeiten geben - 14.01.2020
Mit Studierenden wissenschaftliche Texte lesen
Information Desk for Students and Teachers
Software, collected by Team Initiation & Interaction of TU Dresden
Other Information Desks:
Infotheque of the Central Student Information and Counselling Service
Online-Programme against Test Anxiety
Further to our offers, you would like individual support in the implementation of your ideas in academic writing? Working closely with you, we develop discipline-specific formats.
We are open to your suggestions. Feel free to contact us:
© Schreibzentrum
Visitor Address:
Zentrum für Weiterbildung und
Career Service
Bürogebäude Strehlener Straße (BSS), room 571
Strehlener Strasse 22/24
01069 Dresden
Postal Address:
Technische Universität Dresden
Zentrum für Weiterbildung/Career Service
Schreibzentrum
01062 Dresden
We are a cooperation project of the Career Service and the Centre of Continuing Education as part of the Concept for Academic Success of TU Dresden.