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London, England, United Kingdom

Coordinating preparatory programmes for prospective postgraduate students to the institute.• Liaising with academic staff and partner institutions in Central Asia and South Asia.• Contributing to course development and syllabus design of programmes that prepare students for demanding, postgraduate courses in UK Higher Education.• Teaching courses in English for Academic Purposes and research and study skills.• Supervising MA dissertations for postgraduate students in topics including language and discourse, politics and area studies and education.

United Kingdom

Delivering lectures, seminars, and practical lab sessions on credit-bearing undergraduate modules in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics

United Kingdom

Ecctis provides a number of UK national agency functions in qualifications, skills, and global professional mobility.My responsibilities include:• Quality reviews of curriculum and assessments with a focus on language education.• Literature reviews and synthesis of research • Contributing to monitoring and evaluation for language education projects• Drafting and writing reports• Primary data collection through focus groups, interviews, and classroom observations

Cairo, Egypt

Senegal

Working on the FCO-funded 'English Connects' project, responsibilities included:• Mentoring Senegalese teacher trainers through cycles of observation, reflection and developmental conversations.• Delivering face to face and remote training to Senegalese teacher trainers.• Conducting monitoring and evaluation using qualitative and quantitative instruments.

United Kingdom

• Teaching English for Academic Purposes to students from East Asia, Europe and the Middle East. • Assessing students' speaking and writing skills. • Conducting one-to-one tutorials to support students in writing independent assignments.

Occupied Palestinian Territories

• Delivering professional development activities to tertiary level teachers including training, action research and coaching.• Writing theory of change planning documents and a reform strategy for the university.• Developing and employing a monitoring, evaluation and learning framework to measure the success of the project using qualitative and quantitative instruments. • Regularly reporting activities in oral and written form to a range of stakeholders (UK MoD, university management, British Council)

Thailand

Working on a Thai Government-funded teacher education project:• Delivering English language teaching methodology training to primary and secondary state school teachers. • Line managing two British trainers• Overseeing the professional development of two Thai master trainers.• Employing a range of monitoring and evaluation instruments to measure the quality of the professional development activities.

Myanmar

Working on a DFID-funded capacity building project at Yangon University of Education.• Delivering English language teaching and methodology training to lecturers from English and Education departments.• Observing classes and giving oral and written feedback to trainees.• Teaching EAP to teachers from a range of academic departments to improve English proficiency across the university.

Coventry

• Teaching English for Academic Purposes and study and research skills to undergraduate and postgraduate students from China, South East Asia and the Middle East.• Assessing students' speaking and writing skills in academic settings.• Using software such as Moodle and TurnItIn to give feedback to students, share materials and assess writing.

Egypt

• Managing adult programmes including general English, conversation, IELTS & business English courses.• Line managing 6 full-time teachers.• Delivering teacher training and mentoring trainees on the Teacher Support Programme.

Egypt

United Kingdom

Sevilla Area, Spain

San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain

Hamburg, Germany

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Language And Linguistics (Part-Time, In Progress)

Master Of Arts - Ma, Applied Linguistics, Distinction

The dissertation focused on the evaluation of a peer coaching programme with Palestinian teachers of English at a university.

Ba (Hons) Philosophy And Politics

The course included a focus on moral and political philosophy as well as area studies modules such as 'Extreme right-wing parties.