Bad news: You missed a lot
Warm May weekends tempt us to leave the bustle of the city and relax in the countryside. However, the colleagues who chose to spend a Saturday at the one-day course “Master Academic Vocabulary” with Tatiana Golechkova didn’t regret a single minute.
Happy Birthday AWC!
On Saturday, April 25, the 2nd International Conference of the Academic Writing Center, Celebrate Writing with Us, came to a close — a true celebration that our team had been preparing for over several months. And now, looking back on those days, we can confidently say: the celebration of writing was a success.
“It was a game-changer for me”
On April 16th, a group of HSE researchers completed the AWC course “Writing an Empirical Research Article in English. Advanced Level” with the trainer Natalia Smirnova. They were the third cohort to take this course - and, as the quote in the title suggests, we’ll definitely run the course again.
Tired of AI? Let’s talk EI!
In the time of artificial intelligence’s prevalence, has the value of other intelligences diminished? Of course not. This week we decided to focus on emotional intelligence.
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Articles in articles
For many people learning English, articles seem to be a constant source of frustration. This grammar phenomenon causes trouble especially for those whose mother tongue doesn’t have articles.
On logic, structure, and your authorial voice
Ever felt frustrated with a paper that just won’t come together — where your argument falls apart, rewrites never end, and reviewer comments keep piling up? You’re not alone.
Through the editor’s eyes: How to avoid desk rejects
Desk-reject is a nightmare of many researchers, do you agree?
How not to get lost in communication
What do good jokes have in common? Just one principle of effective communication taken to the point of absurdity.
How does AI change the writing instructor’s roles?
That is one of the questions that was widely discussed at the world biggest forum on academic writing - The 21st Symposium on Second Language Writing. It was held in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 23-25, 2025.