CUT | Writing Centre

The Writing Centre aims to assist students with academic writing at any stage of the writing process. Help first-year students transition to a university relevant to academic writing and post-graduate students with research projects and proposals.

How do we do this?

This service is offered at no cost by Writing Advisors, who are mainly postgraduate students (Masters & PhD), including part-time lecturers.

Services offered

Assist undergraduate students in learning how to write academically for their disciplines.
Supporting postgraduate students in learning how to write for research purposes.
Creating collaborations with staff to enhance academic writing in their modules and conducting writing workshops.
Structuring an essay or assignment, analysing questions and developing the structure of the assignment.
Developing a coherent argument and providing evidence to support an argument.
The use of relevant sources from literature, referencing and avoiding plagiarism.
Supporting students’ projects of creative writing.
Assisting with the usage of appropriate writing style and tone of voice in writing.
Helping students with similarity reports using SafeAssign and Turnitin.

The Lexicon Project

In the year 2023, the Writing Centre continued with the ongoing project of lexicon development. In collaboration with the Faculty of Management Sciences, the Centre successfully produced a lexicon booklet. This collaborative effort involved the faculty management, lecturers, and students, who worked together to ensure the effective development of terminologies for Human Resources Management, Office Management and Technology, and Accounting and Auditing. The terminologies were successfully verified, authenticated, and endorsed by the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB).