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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You can update the information for this section in Pure (opens in a new tab).
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
Previous 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 convene the modules Intercultural Communication in a Global World (BA) and Principles of Communicative Language Teaching (MA). Both aim to engage critically with ideas in these fields as they relate to real-world practice, encouraging students to explore and reconsider key concepts as they relate to their own interests, practices, and backgrounds.
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
These are the public-facing activities you’d like people to know about.
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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
I have taught at the University of Southampton since 2008, when I also began my PhD on the topic of English-medium higher education, and the ideas/discourses of 'English' it carried. I am a founding member of the Centre for Global Englishes, and I apply a concern for inclusivity, fairness, and conceptual rigour into my work at the university, whether designing communicative assessment and learning tasks for students here, or leading teacher-education projects outside the UK.
My primary role:
- I am currently Director of Pre-sessional Programmes. These programmes seek to enhance transitioning students' academic literacies and preparedness for study in their fields by encouraging guided, exploratory engagement with academic communication. From ongoing, supported tasks, students can develop their confidence and awareness in relation to the communicative practices they will engage with on their substantive programmes.
International engagement:
- I lead on worldwide collaborations in the area of English-Medium Educaiton (EME), especially in the area of teacher development and establishing sustainable networks to facilitate support and solidarity among educators in the area.
- I co-lead the MOOC English as a Medium of Instruction for Academics, on the FutureLearn platform, which has brought together tens of thousands of educators for critical discussions around policies, pedagogy, communication, and values in the area.
- I have led on various contextualised projects and programmes in the area of EME, most providing teacher education and/or teacher-educator development in EME settings. These draw on insights from research and developments in pedagogy.
Supervision:
- I supervise PhD students in the areas of internationalisation of higher education, English-medium education, teacher development, culture and identification in ELT, English as a Lingua Franca in higher education and professional settings, and digital learning in higher education.
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.