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The new format - watching and discussing a short film over tea and cookies - as part of the "Five-o'clock tea at the AWC"project was a success.

The Academic Writing Center ran a face-to-face workshop on constructive criticism in the academic context with our speaker Heather Belgorodtseva.

The AWC successfully completed the online course with the trainer Varvara Sosedova "Targeting your Writing to the Journal Requirements: Preparatory Stage." 

Every year the third week in November is dedicated to celebrating the benefits of- international education and exchange worldwide in an initiative called International Education Week.

On November 8, the Academic Writing Center hosted a very helpful online seminar "Identifying Disciplinary Preferences in Research Writing."

Abstract is the first and often the only description of a study that potential readers see; therefore, it plays a crucial role in promoting your research. This is why we chose writing an abstract as the topic of the first face-to-face workshop in a long time.

On October 20-22 the AWC team members took part in the IV international conference "Academic Science Communication: Teaching Non-Native English Speaking Scholars in a Multidisciplinary, Multicultural Context" organized by the National Writing Centers Consortium (NWCC).

This question is always tricky. Even if you ask a native English speaker why they use this or that article, the answer could often be “I just feel it.” Extremely unpredictable, meaningful, and impactful in terms of creating a certain context, articles can confuse even the most proficient non-native speakers.