Academic Writing Support
We support students at the University of Bern with their writing projects and challenges. Contact us for a consultation or join one of our courses.
Our services
Do you struggle to
- start or restart writing?
- find and narrow down a topic?
- structure a text?
- write a first draft?
- revise a text?
- stick to your writing schedule and meet deadlines?
The Academic Writing Consultation is a free service for all students and researchers at UB and PH Bern - whether you are in your first semester or on your dissertation. We focus on your personal writing process and help you tackle not only the current but also future writing assignments and projects.
Drop in during our consultation hours (Friday 9-12 during the semester) or contact us for an appointment. Your concerns and questions will be treated confidentially.
We are open for all disciplines with a focus on the humanities and social sciences. If you are a writer from the medical or natural sciences we suggest you look into the specialized course offer by the Medical Library at the University of Bern.
Consultation hours
For an individual consultation (in person or via Teams/Zoom) please contact us at schreibberatung.ub@unibe.ch. Consultations are free for all members of the University Bern and PH Bern.
Please not: between July, 25 and August, 4, 2024, there will be no consultations.
Courses (mainly in German)
Team Academic Writing Support
- Name / Titel
- Gesche Gerdes
- Funktion
- Executive administrator for information literacy and equality
- gesche.gerdes@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 93 54
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Rebecca Iseli
- Funktion
- Subject librarian philosophy and classical philology, coordinator subject indexing
- rebecca.iseli@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 94 41
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Eva Maurer
- Funktion
- Head of the Swiss Library of Eastern Europe, subject librarian East European Studies
- eva.maurer@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 41 78
- Phone2
- +41 31 684 41 80