People
Mrs Margaret Adamson
Joint Director of Teaching
Head of Learning Technology and IT Skills Development
Dr Mark Carver
Director of Postgraduate Research
DProf TESOL Programme Director
Senior Lecturer (Education Focused)
Prof Sin Wang Chong
Director of Impact and Innovation
Director of Research
Director, Centre for International, Language and Teacher Educational Research (CILTER)
Mrs Kirsty Duff
Director of Foundation Studies
Programme Director: Medical Sciences (International Pre-Med)
Academic Misconduct Officer
EH
Dr Eilidh Harris
Learning and Writing Centre Coordinator
Educational and Student Developer
Ms Alison Malcolm-Smith
Deputy Director of Foundation Studies
Programme Director: Science (International Year One)
Employability Officer
Examinations Officer (Foundation and Undergraduate)
Dr Heather McKiggan-Fee
Head of Educational Development
Programme Director: PGCert in Academic Practice
Mrs Nicola Miller
Director of Extension Courses
Acting Head of Administration and Communications
Dr Amritesh Singh
Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Deputy Director of Postgraduate Taught
Associate Lecturer in Academic English and TESOL
Programme Director: MSc International Education (on-site/online)
Ms Jennifer Taylorson
Joint Director of Teaching
Senior Lecturer (Education Focused) in Academic English and TESOL
Ms Lesley Thirkell
Deputy Director
Director of Postgraduate Taught
Programme Director: MSc TESOL (online)
Director of Wellbeing
Examinations Officer (Postgraduate)
EB
Miss Ellen Ballard
Senior Administrator - International Foundation Programmes and Ethics
Mr Steven Bartholomew
Senior Administrator (Learning and Teaching; IT Support)
MC
Mr Malcolm Chalmers
Specialist (Communications)
Institute Scholarships Committee Convener
NC
Dr Nick Cott
Associate Lecturer in Foundation History and International Relations
JD
Dr Janice Deary
Associate Lecturer in Foundation Philosophy and Academic English
Mr Alan Duncan
Associate Lecturer in Academic English
Programme Director: Business - Management, Economics and Finance (International Year Zero)
IH
Dr Izabela Handzlik
Associate Lecturer in International Education and TESOL
Mr John Hughes
Associate Lecturer in Academic English and TESOL
Programme Director: Medical Sciences (Extended International Pre-Med)
Programme Director: Social Sciences and Humanities (International Year Zero)
Mrs Beatriz Martin-Andrade
Academic Induction Coordinator
Associate Lecturer in Foundation Psychology
Dr Blair Matthews
Associate Lecturer in Academic English and TESOL
Institute Research Ethics Committee Chair
Dr Stefan O'Grady
Deputy Academic Misconduct Officer
Lecturer in Academic English and TESOL
Miss Jennifer Robb
Senior Administrator (PGT and PGR applications; Learning and Teaching support)
Dr Paula Villegas Verdu
Lecturer (Education Focused) in TESOL and International Education
LW
Ms Lynn Wilson
Associate Lecturer in Academic English and TESOL
Programme Director: MSc TESOL (on-site)
Prof Peter De Costa
Honorary Professor
Prof Luke Plonsky
Honorary Professor
Prof Don Snow
Global Fellow 2022-23
Mitchell R. Bradford Jr.
DProf TESOL - English for Academic Purposes; Teacher Development; Transnational Higher Education; Intercultural Communication
Michela Gronchi
DProf TESOL - English for Academic Purposes and English Medium Instruction
Virginia Parker
DProf TESOL - Transnational continuous professional development
Mohamed Sitheeque Peer Mohamed
DProf TESOL - AI, Teacher and Learner Agency, CALL, ESP and Business English
Zainab Abdali Ahmed Teraif
DProf TESOL - Andragogy / Adult Education in relation to TESOL, Teacher Training in ELT
Minh Trung Tran Dac
DProf TESOL - Technology-mediated and behaviours in education / Dynamics of affect and content interactivity in learning/Instructional design and technology in TESOL
Jing Yun
DProf TESOL - Intercultural Communication, Task-based Language Teaching, Learner Autonomy and Language Advising
Dr Mark Carver
Director of Postgraduate Research
DProf TESOL Programme Director
Senior Lecturer (Education Focused)
Prof Sin Wang Chong
Director of Impact and Innovation
Director of Research
Director, Centre for International, Language and Teacher Educational Research (CILTER)
IH