Graduate Communication Support Space
About
We are excited to announce the launch of the Graduate Writing Consultation service by the Graduate Student Support Space (GCSS) at the Centre for English Language Communication (CELC). This service is designed to provide dedicated writing support to graduate students working on their theses.
What We Offer:
Our primary focus is to help improve thesis writing, but our consultants are also equipped to assist with all kinds of academic writing. Whether you're at the beginning, middle, or final stages of your Master’s or PhD journey, our consultants are here to support you. With expertise across a range of disciplines, our consultants can offer advice on discipline-specific structural and linguistic conventions, including argument development, appropriate style, and tone.
What You Can Expect:
Our consultation services are designed to offer practical, hands-on support tailored to your specific needs:
- Engaged Discussions: Expect an in-depth, supportive conversation about your ideas and the writing process. Our consultants are here to listen and engage with your work at every stage.
- Targeted Guidance: Whether you’re facing challenges or just need a second pair of eyes, our consultants will focus on your specific concerns and offer constructive feedback to help you overcome obstacles in your writing.
- Collaborative Problem-Solving: If something in your writing isn’t clear, our consultants will work with you to unpack your ideas and refine your draft. Together, you’ll find practical solutions to enhance your work.
Service Details:
- Launch Date: Week 2
- Consultation Duration: 1 hour
- Format: Virtual or face-to-face, depending on your preference
Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your academic writing with the guidance of our graduate consultants. To book a consultation click here. Biographies and information about our consultants are available below.
The Graduate Communication Support Space can be contacted at wchg@nus.edu.sg
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Our Writing Consultants
Agimaa Otgonbaatar
Graduate Programme: MD programme at Duke-NUS
Bachelor’s Degree: Life Sciences (BS with Honours, Yale-NUS College)
Language: English
Agimaa is currently pursuing an MD degree at Duke-NUS and has previously worked as a writing tutor at Yale-NUS College for three years. She has personal and tutoring experience with academic science writing including research proposals, undergraduate/graduate module assignments, and large bodies of work such as theses and capstones. As a liberal arts college graduate, she likes working with students from diverse backgrounds and disciplines to help them find and strengthen their personal voices in their writing. She avidly reads memoirs, has perfected the art of spending time with friends, and tries to find balance in the hectic medical school life!
Lee Jia Wei
Graduate Programme: NUS Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme (ISEP)
Bachelor's Degree: Life Sciences (BSc with Honours, NUS)
Languages: English, Mandarin
Jia Wei is a PhD student in the NUS Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme, under the Department of Biochemistry in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Her current research focuses on computational genomics and bioinformatics, where she applies data-driven approaches to explore biological questions.
Previously, she received her Bachelor’s degree from NUS, majoring in Life Sciences and Statistics. Jia Wei has a passion for writing, as she believes that putting her ideas into words brings clarity of thought and fosters deeper understanding. She is always excited to help others discover and refine their voice through writing! Her experience lies mainly in academic science writing, including research proposals, research manuscripts, and academic theses. In her free time, she enjoys reading and hiking.
Suman Padhi
Graduate Programme: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Bachelor's Degree: Economics (BA with Honours, Yale-NUS)
Languages: English, French, Hindi, Odia, Latin, Ancient Greek
Suman is a concurrent degree student pursuing their master’s in public policy at the LKY School of Public Policy. They graduated from Yale-NUS College in 2025, majoring in Economics. As an aspiring economist, their research and work focuses largely on the intersection of labour and development economics through policy work targeting urban interventions and labour market issues. As an undergraduate, they’ve been attached with the Writer’s Centre since their second year, whilst serving as Co-Editor in Chief of The Octant, Yale-NUS' student publication, and as a writer for Wingspan, Yale-NUS' alumni newsletter publication. Besides journalistic writing, they are also fond of creative non-fiction and poetry, having focused on creative writing as part of their minor. With experience in various fields of writing, they're happy to help you in whatever type of writing you are looking to work on--whether it be research, essayistic, or something technical. Suman sees writing as a journey, a lifelong one, with there always being something to learn at every stage in the process, and at any age. As a peer tutor, they hope to help you become more comfortable in your writing and your shoes as a writer.
Camille Arcinas
Graduate: Medicine and Computational Biology/Bioinformatics (MD-PhD, Duke-NUS)
Major: Life Sciences (BSc Hons, NUS)
Languages: English
Camille is currently pursuing a dual clinical and research degree in medicine and computational immunology under Duke-NUS Medical School. An alumnus of the NUS University Scholars Programme and Faculty of Science, she has 4+ years' experience as a writing tutor and has worked with students from a wide range of disciplines across the humanities, social sciences and STEM. She focuses primarily on academic texts, including argumentative/expository essays, thesis chapters, and research manuscripts for journal or conference submission. Her priority is to help graduate students achieve clarity of thought, flow and purpose in their writing.