About
A brief description of who you are and what you do.
This section will only display on your public profile if you’ve added content.
You can update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘About’.
Write about yourself in the third person. Aim for 100 to 150 words covering the main points about who you are and what you currently do. Clear, simple language is best. You can include specialist or technical terms.
You’ll be able to add details about your research, publications, career and academic history to other sections of your staff profile.
Research
Your current research, published research topics, projects and groups.
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Research groups
Any research groups you belong to will automatically appear on your profile. Speak to your line manager if these are incorrect. Please do not raise a ticket in Ask HR.
Research interests
Add up to 5 research interests. The first 3 will appear in your staff profile next to your name. The full list will appear on your research page. Keep these brief and focus on the keywords people may use when searching for your work. Use a different line for each one.
In Pure (opens in a new tab), select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading 'Curriculum and research description', select 'Add profile information'. In the dropdown menu, select 'Research interests: use separate lines'.
Current research
Update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’ and then ‘Curriculum and research description - Current research’.
Describe your current research in 100 to 200 words. Write in the third person. Include broad key terms to help people discover your work, for example, “sustainability” or “fashion textiles”.
Research projects
Research Council funded projects will automatically appear here. The active project name is taken from the finance system.
Publications
Public outputs that list you as an author will appear here, once they’re validated by the ePrints Team. If you’re missing any outputs that you’ve added to Pure, they may be waiting for validation.
Supervision
Current PhD Students
Contact your Faculty Operating Service team to update PhD students you supervise and any you’ve previously supervised. Making this information available will help potential PhD applicants to find you.
Teaching
I currently teach a Masters module in Individualisation and Autonomy in which the participants work together to identify a curriculum which addresses the needs and interests of all. I also teach a core Masters Applied Linguistics / ELT which focuses on analysing different aspects of language.
At Undergraduate level, I am the School of Humanities Study Abroad coordinator delivering a module which prepares students for a year or a semester abroad.
You can update your teaching description in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’ , select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select – ‘Teaching Interests’. Describe your teaching interests and your current responsibilities. Aim for 200 words maximum.
Courses and modules
Contact the Curriculum and Quality Assurance (CQA) team for your faculty to update this section.
External roles and responsibilities
You can update your external roles and responsibilities in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘+ Add content’ and then ‘Activity’, your ‘Personal’ tab and then ‘Activities’. Choose which activities you want to show on your public profile.
You can hide activities from your public profile. Set the visibility as 'Backend' to only show this information within Pure, or 'Confidential' to make it visible only to you.
Biography
After a first degree in Modern Languages and then a PGCE, I spent a few years teaching French and German in secondary schools in the UK before moving into teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
For a number of years, after an MA Ed in Applied Linguistics at Southampton, I taught EFL and carried out many development and research projects in the area of language teaching and learning within the Language Centre at Southampton, later the Centre for Language Study.
My teaching and research interests are now in the area of innovation in language teaching and in learner and teacher autonomy. Autonomy in this sense implies setting personal learning and professional goals and taking responsibility for one's own actions towards these goals. These interests feed into my teaching at Masters Level and the supervision of PhD students who are working in these areas.
I am also involved in language strategy and in promoting the uptake of language learning both within the University of Southampton and within the UK more widely. I am the vice-Chair of the University Council of Modern Languages which is a UK-wide umbrella association working with other professional associations and national bodies to represent Languages in the UK higher education sector. As Vice-Chair of UCML, I represent language learning and teaching and chair the national Routes into Languages Committee. Routes into Languages is a network of universities working together across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to promote language learning and closer cooperation between schools and universities. It seeks to address the falling numbers of foreign language learners in UK schools and universities.
You can update your biography section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select your ‘Personal’ tab then ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading, and ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘Biography’. Aim for no more than 400 words.
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Prizes
You can update this section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘+Add content’ and then ‘Prize’. using the ‘Prizes’ section.
You can choose to hide prizes from your public profile. Set the visibility as ‘Backend’ to only show this information within Pure, or ‘Confidential’ to make it visible only to you.