SFHEA, SFSEDA, IFNTF
Lecturer
- About
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- School/Department
- School of Education
Biography
I originally trained as a secondary school teacher of modern languages, before moving into adult education and teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. After a few years working in France, I returned to the UK and led the ESOL team at HMP Wandsworth in London. More recently, I've just returned from New Zealand, where I've been living since 2007, initially working in Foundation programmes at a university in Auckland, and then moving into Learning & Teaching Development at Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin (in the south of the South Island). My research interests are primarily in teaching excellence (what does that look like in practice?) and teacher development.
Qualifications
- BA (Honours) French / Management Science1994 - University of Keele, UK
- Postgraduate Diploma European Business Practice / Formation aux Affaires Européennes1995 - Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland / Institut de Formation Internationale, Rouen, France
- PGCE Modern Foreign Languages1997 - Worcester College of Higher Education, UK
- Licentiate Diploma (LTCL) Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages2006 - Trinity College London, UK
- PGCE Coaching and Mentoring2008 - University of Wolverhampton, UK
- MA Applied Linguistics2010 - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Postgraduate Diploma Education (E-learning)2014 - Massey University, New Zealand
- D. Prof. Prac. (Professional Practice)2021 - Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand
Investigating the stories of National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awardees
External Memberships
Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA) and of the Staff and Educational Development Association (SFSEDA); member of the International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF)
Prizes and Awards
National Aotearoa New Zealand Tertiary Educator Awardee, 2024
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 1 , September start
