Top Prizes Up For Grabs As DUT Writing Centres Launch Today
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DUT Writing Centres
DUT staff and students can use the writing centres for writing support. The centres are available across DUT and PMB campuses, except Brickfield and Ritson.
- Who it is for
- DUT staff and students
- How to act on it
- Use the writing centre serving the relevant DUT or PMB campus.
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the centres are not remedial but provide writing support for staff and students
DUT Writing Competition
The competition accepted short stories, poetry and essays (opinion pieces) on the theme Tradition and Modernity. Winners in each category were to receive a laptop for first prize, an iPad for second prize or an eBook reader for third prize.
- Who it is for
- People submitting entries to the DUT Writing Competition
- How to act on it
- Submit a writing competition entry by the submission deadline.
- Closes
- 8 August 2013
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Writing Competition submission deadline: 8 August 2013
Official launch of DUT Writing Centres
The official launch of the DUT Writing Centres was scheduled for 1pm at Ritson Hall on Wednesday, 11 September 2013.
- Who it is for
- DUT staff, students and other launch attendees
- How to act on it
- Attend the launch at Ritson Hall at 1pm on Wednesday, 11 September 2013.
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official launch of DUT Writing Centres
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DUT Writing Centres
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Where: DUT and PMB campus communities, excluding Brickfield and Ritson · DUT and PMB campuses, Brickfield, Ritson
DUT Writing Competition
- Submit a short story, poem or essay (opinion piece).
- Address the theme Tradition and Modernity.
Official launch of DUT Writing Centres
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Where: Attendees at Ritson Hall · Ritson Hall
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eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal
Key Takeaways
- Organisation: Durban University of Technology (DUT)
- News title: Top Prizes Up For Grabs as DUT Writing Centres Launch Today
- Date of article/event: Wednesday, 11 September 2013
- Launch time: 1pm
- Launch venue: Ritson Hall
- Writing Centres run under: Office of the DVC: Academic (Professor Nomthandazo Gwele)
- Writing Centres locations: all DUT and PMB campuses except Brickfield and Ritson; City and Steve Biko campuses service staff/students for those campuses
- Writing Centre in Faculty of Arts and Design (City Campus): operational since 2008
- Writing Competition submission deadline: 8 August 2013
- Writing Competition genres: short stories, poetry, essays (opinion pieces)
- Competition theme: Tradition and Modernity (with listed sub-themes)
- Prizes: 1st prize laptop; 2nd prize iPad; 3rd prize eBook reader (per category)
- Writing assistance visits (excluding City Campus): 555 students between 14 May and 25 July 2013
- Staff recruitment: complete; total of 26 employees
- Durban University of Technology (DUT)
- Professor Nomthandazo Gwele
- Dr Gift Mheta
- DVC: Academic (DUT)
- City Campus (DUT)
- Steve Biko campus (DUT)
- Ritson Hall
- Brickfield campus (DUT)
- Ritson campus (DUT)
- PMB campuses