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IMPORTANT! Read the instructions before booking your consultation.

Writing Centre consultations are given either online or in person using your Bishop’s University Microsoft Teams account.  Each student is allowed two appointments per week. Appointments are available from Mondays to Fridays and can be booked up to two weeks in advance.

The appointments are given in 45-minute blocks.  To allow for some buffer time between appointments, expect to spend 30 to 40 minutes with your writing consultant. Be ready to explain the requirements of your assignment to her.

Remember, your writing consultant may not be able to review your text completely. However, she will be able to give you some guidance as to how to edit the rest of it on your own.

Questions? Email the Coordinator at ewpchair@ubishops.ca

Online Instructions:

Make an appointment on our booking site using your full name (as it appears on BU documents) and your Bishop’s email address.

Conduct a spelling and grammar check on your text before your appointment to save time.

Your writing consultant will video call you on your BU Teams account. You will NOT receive a link in advance.

Ensure that you are logged in to your Bishop’s Teams account to receive the video call.

Have your Word document ready to upload to Teams before your appointment.

If you do not respond to the call, you can video call your writing consultant back as long as there is at least 15 minutes left in your appointment. If you experience technical difficulties, your writing consultant will determine the best solution to getting your paper reviewed.

In-Person Instructions:

Make an appointment on our booking site using your full name (as it appears on BU documents) and your Bishop’s email address.

Conduct a spelling and grammar check on your text before your appointment to save time.

Arrive at the Writing Centre (located on the second floor of the Library Learning Commons) with your laptop for an electronic review of your text (using your BU Microsoft Teams account) or arrive with two paper copies of your text for a non-electronic review. 

Appointments are available from Mondays to Fridays.