Sep 11, 2025
Basics of Scientific Reading and Writing in the Winter Term 2025/2026
We all read and write every day. And most of us struggle with it from time to time. Academic writing and reading is more than the reading and writing you learn at school.
In the winter semester 2025/2026, the TU Dresden Writing Center and the SLUB are once again offering a joint series of events (in German) on the basics of academic reading and writing on Wednesdays, 1:00 - 2:30 pm: In lectures with tips and exercises, you can find out, for example
- what type of writer and worker you are,
- how you can organize your writing process well and overcome writer's block
- how you can structure and revise your texts sensibly,
- which reading and writing strategies can help you and
- how you can use literature management and other helpful software.
Every Wednesday, 4th double lesson (13:00 - 14:30), online or FOE room 135, from October 15, 2025 (all dates in the overview below).
You can participate in the individual courses individually, in the entire series in the studium generale and via the supplementary teaching area also with examination performance and the acquisition of credit1.
You have the following options for participation, please select the group that suits you and only register once (see also the note in the footnote):
- in studium generale: certificate of participation, 1 CP ungraded: Enrollment from September 15, 2025 to October 31, 2025 via enrollment in the OPAL course "Grundlagen des wiss. Reading and Writing" > studium generale > 1 CP ungraded, registration required for proof of attendance of the courses. Attendance > 80 % (at least 10 appointments) required to receive the certificate of attendance and, in the case of online attendance, proof of completion of the exercises for the respective session.
- in studium generale: proof of performance, 2 CP graded: 15 places, enrolment from September 15, 10 a.m. via enrolment in the OPAL course "Grundlagen des wiss. Reading and Writing" > studium generale > 2 CP graded,
Examination: portfolio and final interview. Further information at the respective enrollment - in the supplementary teaching area, 2 CP or 4 CP graded: 30 places, enrolment from September 15, 10 a.m. via enrolment in the OPAL course "Grundlagen des wiss. Reading and Writing" > Ergänzungsbereich Lehramt AND registration in Hisqis/Selma in the corresponding examination period, for information see catalogs of supplementary studies in the teaching profession.
Examination performance: Portfolio and final interview, further information on the respective enrolment - Participation in individual events of the series: Registration per event from October 01, 2025, 10 a.m., via registration in the OPAL course of the Writing Center > Workshops > Grundlagen des wiss. Reading and Writing, confirmation of participation possible on request, provided participation in presence or proof of completion of the exercises in online participation.
Participation online or in presence
The event takes place hybrid . You will receive the link for online participation by email every week before the event begins. Use it to participate online from a location of your choice via BigBlueButton or secure a place for all or individual dates in presence in the Fritz-Förster-Bau, Mommsenstr. 6, room 135 on OPAL (in addition to your registration for the event, limited places): additional registration for presence participation (OPAL). Depending on the workshop, the lecturer will be present in the room or connected online. In any case, a member of the Writing Center team will be present to support you with individual questions and concerns before and after the workshop. Afterwards, from the end of October, the room will be available to you free of charge as an open writing room with coffee and tea in the 5th and 6th double lesson until 6.10 pm: further information on the open writing room on OPAL.
Schedule and topics of the event series
Footnotes
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Important: If you have already participated in the workshop series by earning one or more credit points, you cannot earn credit points again by attending the series or taking the exam. The various participation options cannot be combined, i.e. you cannot, for example, receive 1 CP via the proof of participation and an additional 2 CP via the portfolio.
Please check whether and how the credit points from the course can be credited to your degree program before attending (except for the teaching degree).
Do you have any questions?
Feel free to send us an e-mail at any time:
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, room 571 Mommsenstr. 6
01069 Dresden
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