Academic Support : Writing Center

The American University in Dubai offers the services of a Writing Center where all members of the AUD community (students/staff/faculty) can receive one-to-one assistance on writing tasks.

Students can receive assistance on assignments at various stages of the process of completion.

Assistance is provided by full and part-time instructors on writing tasks in any discipline with a focus on developing overall academic writing skills.

Throughout each semester, the Writing Center staff offer workshops for all AUD members on various topics related to writing (i.e., sentence combining, in-text documentation).
Writing Center Opening Hours and Location Spring 2013
Days and Time

Sunday & Tuesday 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Monday & Wednesday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
Thursday 10:00 am - 12:00pm
Location School of Engineering Building Room E115
Tutors in the Writing Center WILL
Tutors in the Writing Center WILL NOT
  • seek to improve the writer as well as the writing
  • help students and faculty members improve their proofreading skills
  • give suggestions to strengthen writing
  • encourage the student/faculty member to do most of the talking during a tutorial session
  • encourage practice and experimentation
  • proofread or edit undergraduate students’ writing
  • impose ideas on students or faculty members
  • guarantee a good grade on students’ papers
  • evaluate the quality of a faculty member’s assignment or comments
  • cross the line between assisting students’ development of their writing abilities and “collaborating” with students on a specific piece of writing

“The Writing Center has been a work-in-progress for quite a while, and it finally came to fruition during Academic Year 2008-2009. It was happily welcomed by all areas of the AUD community. The Writing Center is another example of AUD’s commitment to excellence and providing students with the necessary support to achieve that.”

Prof. Kevin Nawn
Coordinator of AUD Writing Center, Assistant Professor of English