Writing Across the Curriculum recognises that students learn disciplinary thinking through disciplinary writing. The UCU Writing Centre partners with lecturers so writing instruction supports course outcomes.
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Assignment design
The centre can help lecturers clarify task purpose, audience, genre, deliverables, stages, source expectations, and feedback points so students understand what successful writing looks like.
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Rubric support
Rubrics can make assessment fairer and feedback clearer. The centre supports rubrics that define expectations for argument, evidence, organisation, citation, language, and disciplinary conventions.
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Course workshops
Lecturers may request targeted workshops on lab-report writing, business proposals, literature mapping, legal writing, reflective writing, or research communication.
Before you come
- Share the course learning outcomes.
- Share the assignment prompt.
- Identify common student difficulties.
- Build revision into the timeline.
- Invite the centre early, not only before submission.