About
A brief description of who you are and what you do.
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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
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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
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Publications
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Supervision
A list of your current and past PhD students.
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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
A short description of your teaching interests and responsibilities.
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Courses and modules
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External roles and responsibilities
These are the public-facing activities you’d like people to know about.
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Biography
Ms Cristina García Hermoso is a Principal Teaching Fellow and the Assessment Officer for the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Southampton.
Cristina completed her degree in Modern Languages at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. She has taught at various institutions in the state and private sector both in Spain and the UK. Cristina joined Southampton University in 2007. In July 2015, Cristina qualified as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), after completing the course in the Professional Recognition of Educator Practice Framework (PREP). In July 2016, Cristina was awarded the Second prize for the ELE Teacher of the year 2015, for the project "Manos a la obra", (in collaboration with Carmen Martín de León), working with parallel texts. In November 2012, Cristina received a staff achievement award in recognition of her contribution to Santander Language Courses at the University of Southampton, which she led and coordinated. As well as Coordinator for Spanish Stage 5, Cristina teaches various Spanish stages, Translation into English, and Public Service Interpreting (PSI) for undergraduate students. She is also the Programme Lead for the MA Languages and Cultures. Cristina has been Erasmus Coordinator for Spain and has held the position of Senior Tutor for pastoral support for undergraduate students at the Languages Cultures and Linguistics Department of the University of Southampton.
In June 2018 Cristina became a UNILANG assessor by the UNILANG Certification Committee and has acted as External Examiner for the Spanish Department of the School of Management of Cardiff Metropolitan University (Sept. ´14- July ´18), for the Spanish Department of The Business School of Edinburgh Napier University (Oct.´17 – Dec. ´21) and in Sept. ´21 was appointed Module External Examiner for French, German, Italian and Spanish at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Cristina´s research interests are geared towards improving students´ communicative competence and her top priority is creating opportunities for students to develop and exercise autonomy and self-reliance as well as their all-important language skills. Cristina co-wrote a book on the subject, which provides tips and activities for Spanish students to organize texts and use language creatively: Palabras Clave para organizar textos en español (2019) Ed. Routledge.
Other information on pedagogical research and further publications, please access Cristina´s page on PURE (pure.soton.ac.uk).
Prizes
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom. (2015)
- Second Prize for the Best Teacher of Spanish of the year 2016, (2016)
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.
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