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Past News
Individual consultations from Week 3
1 August 2011
The ELSSA Centre offers two types of individual consultations from Week 3 to Week 14: drop-in consultations and consultations by appointment.
New online resources for nursing students
20 April 2011
New online video clips to help prepare nursing students for clinical practice. Access these and much more on the Clinically Speaking webpage.
Walk-in consultations available at the ELSSA Centre
17 March 2011
If you have a brief question about referencing, clarifying an assignment question, grammar problems, etc. (max. 10 minutes), the ELSSA Centre provides Walk-in consultation sessions.
Academic English drop-in workshops: Autumn 2011
4 February 2011
The academic English drop-in workshops will commence in Week 2 in Autumn semester 2011 (week beginning 7 March 2011)
ELSSA Centre opening hours
21 December 2010
The ELSSA Centre will be closed from 24 December to 7 January 2011.
Dr. Terry Royce's publication reviewed
1 November 2010
Dr. Terry Royce’s co-edited book “New Directions in the Analysis of Multimodal Discourse” by L. E. Erlbaum (now Routledge) has just been reviewed
UTS 2010 Human Rights Awards
1 November 2010
Caroline San Miguel received a commendation in UTS social inclusion category.
Barbara Lasserre's journal article 'Theory and practice: reconciling design-as analogies with ‘real’ talk in design education'
12 August 2010
This journal article focuses on two linguistic forms of discourse that are essential to the way knowledge is created in the discipline of design.
Roslyn Appleby's new book 'ELT, Gender and International Development'
11 August 2010
This book presents the paradoxes of language aid in the twenty-first century in a way that will challenge your views of English and its power to improve the lives of people in the developing world.
Special Conditions in Exams: end-of-semester Centrally-conducted Exams
29 July 2010
Last day to apply for Special Conditions in end-of-semester Centrally-conducted exams: Thursday, 14 October 2010.
Individual consultations in Spring semester 2010
29 July 2010
Individual consultations will commence in Week 1 (the week beginning 2 August 2010). Please visit Our Programs for details.
Academic English drop-in workshops in Spring semester 2010
19 July 2010
Academic English drop-in workshops will commence in Week 3 (week beginning 16 August 2010). The printable version of the timetable will be available from 2 August 2010
Intensive academic English workshops in July
27 May 2010
Intensive academic English workshops (9-23 July 2011): Academic Writing & Grammar, Seminar Presentation, and Pronunciation.
Sang-Eun Oh - recognised for being UTS high performing support staff
4 March 2010
Sang-Eun Oh, the ELSSA Centre Office Manager, recently received the 2010 UTS Career and Professional (CAP) Development Award for high performing support staff.
Dr Liz Craven awarded a research grant from IELTS
4 March 2010
Dr Liz Craven, an ELSSA Centre lecturer, was recently awarded a competitive research grant to investigate IELTS score gains and attrition in higher education.
Dr Roslyn Appleby - 2010 UTS Early Career Researcher Grants recipient
4 March 2010
Dr Roslyn Appleby, a senior lecturer with the ELSSA Centre, was recently awarded one of eighteen grants under the 2010 UTS Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme.
Special Conditions in Exams: end-of-semester Centrally-conducted Exams
4 March 2010
Closing date to apply for Special Conditions in end-of-semester Centrally-conducted exams: Thursday, 13 May 2010.
Special Conditions in exams: Centrally-conducted exams
4 March 2010
Application deadline for end-of-semester Centrally-conducted exams: 12 May 2011
Registration open for interlinks program semester 1, 2010
1 March 2010
Interested in meeting and spend time with exchange and study abroad students? Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your intercultural skills and broaden your participation in the university community? Then, register for the Interlinks program. Interlinks is a one-week program which links a UTS student with an exchange or study abroad student enrolled in the Advanced Diploma in Australian Language and Culture.
Academic English drop-in workshops in 2010, semester 1
7 December 2009
Academic English drop-in workshops will commence in Week 3 (week beginning 15 March 2010). The printable version of the timetable will be available from 1 March 2010.
Past Events
1st Year Primary Education (KG): Writing clinic -Updated on 29 SEP
25 August 2011 to 10 November 2011
BN accelerated (KG): Assignment writing workshop
18 August 2011 to 25 August 2011
1st Year BN (KG): Assignment writing workshop
16 August 2011 to 20 September 2011
1st Year BN (City): Assignment writing workshop
15 August 2011 to 19 September 2011
1st Year Primary Education (KG): Academic writing workshops
15 August 2011 to 7 November 2011
Academic Literacy workshops for ALL students
11 August 2011 to 3 November 2011
BN Accelerated (KG): Writing clinic
10 August 2011 to 24 August 2011
Academic English workshops for NESB students
10 August 2011 to 26 October 2011
Pronunciation workshops for NESB students
9 August 2011 to 6 September 2011
July Intensive Workshops: Seminar Presentation
18 July 2011 to 22 July 2011
July Intensive Workshops: Pronunciation
11 July 2011 to 22 July 2011
July Intensive Workshops: Academic Writing & Grammar
9 July 2011 to 23 July 2011
Sociocultural Concepts
7 June 2011
Editing skills and grammatical accuracy (repeat)
3 June 2011
Editing skills and grammatical accuracy (repeat)
2 June 2011
Sociocultural Concepts
31 May 2011
Comparing essays and reports (repeat)
27 May 2011
Comparing essays and reports (repeat)
26 May 2011
Sociocultural Concepts
24 May 2011
BN accelerated (KG) assignment writing workshop
24 May 2011
1st Year BN (City) assignment writing workshop
18 May 2011
Sociocultural Concepts
17 May 2011
1st Year BN (KG) assignment writing workshop
17 May 2011
BN accelerated (KG) assignment writing workshop
17 May 2011
Reading, note-taking and avoiding plagiarism; Introducing referencing and citing (repeat)
13 May 2011
Reading, note-taking and avoiding plagiarism; Introducing referencing and citing (repeat)
12 May 2011
Sociocultural Concepts
10 May 2011
1st Year BN (KG) assignment writing workshop
10 May 2011
Sociocultural Concepts
3 May 2011
1st Year BN (KG) assignment writing workshop
3 May 2011
Making oral presentations (repeat)
15 April 2011
The Tourist Experience
15 April 2011
Making oral presentations
14 April 2011
Visual Arts Teaching Method 1
14 April 2011
Tourist Behaviour
14 April 2011
Sociocultural Concepts
12 April 2011
Editing skills and grammatical accuracy (repeat)
8 April 2011
The Tourist Experience
8 April 2011
Editing skills and grammatical accuracy
7 April 2011
Tourist Behaviour
7 April 2011
1st Year BN (City) assignment writing workshop
6 April 2011
Sociocultural Concepts
5 April 2011
1st Year BN (KG) assignment writing workshop
5 April 2011
Comparing essays and reports (repeat)
1 April 2011
The Tourist Experience
1 April 2011
Comparing essays and reports
31 March 2011
Tourist Behaviour
31 March 2011
1st Year BN (City) assignment writing workshop
30 March 2011
1st Year BN (City) assignment writing workshop (repeat)
30 March 2011
Sociocultural Concepts
29 March 2011
1st Year BN (KG) assignment writing workshop
29 March 2011
BN accelerated (KG) assignment writing workshop
29 March 2011
Tourist Behaviour
24 March 2011
1st Year BN (City) assignment writing workshop
23 March 2011
1st Year BN (City) assignment writing workshop (repeat)
23 March 2011
Extra workshop for EN students in BN Accelerated course
23 March 2011
Sociocultural Concepts
22 March 2011
1st Year BN (KG) assignment writing workshop
22 March 2011
BN Accelerated (KG) assignment writing workshop
22 March 2011
Reading, note-taking and avoiding plagiarism; Introducing referencing and citing (repeat)
18 March 2011
The Tourist Experience
18 March 2011
Tourist Behaviour
17 March 2011
1st Year BN (City) assignment writing workshop
16 March 2011
1st Year BN (City) assignment writing workshop (repeat)
16 March 2011
BN Accelerated (KG) assignment writing workshop
15 March 2011
Analysing assignment tasks; Planning an assignment
10 March 2011
Orientation: Developing Academic Language Skills workshops
22 February 2011 to 23 February 2011
IAP program: January - February 2011
20 January 2011 to 9 February 2011
Issues in Australian Health Services workshops
20 October 2010
Issues in Australian Health Services workshops
6 October 2010
Clinically speaking for Year 1 Nursing students
28 September 2010 to 1 October 2010
Venue & Facility Management: Academic writing & speaking workshop
14 September 2010
Tourism & Sustainability (KG campus): assignment writing workshop
13 September 2010
Researching Design History
2 August 2010
Developing academic language skills during Orientation
29 July 2010 to 30 July 2010
Making Presentations At Conferences
26 July 2010
Clinically speaking for Accelerated Nursing students
27 April 2010 to 30 April 2010
Write better paragraphs
31 March 2010
Talking to patients and staff on clinical practice
30 March 2010
