Current Position
Academic Director – Imperial English UK

Qualifications
- MA in ELT for Specific Purposes (Distinction) – University of Warwick – awarded January 2006
- BA (Hons.) Combined Studies 1979
- Trinity College (London) TESOL Certificate
- Trinity College (London) TESOL Licentiate Diploma
- LUK Professional Recognition (ESOL Specialist) Adult Education QTS

Experience
- Grade 1 Lecturer Staffordshire University, Edge Hill University and Warwickshire College
- Professional Recognition (ESOL Specialist). Awarded LLUK April 2007
- External Assessor of the University of Warwick Foundation Programme (2005)
- DELTA Local Tutor
- IELTS Examiner (2003 – 2017)
- MASK Award (Motivation/Attitude/Skills/Knowledge) Warwickshire College June 2009 (25 awards made each year from 2,000+ staff)

Subject Specialisms
- English Language
- Study skills
- English for Academic Purposes
- English for Specific Purposes

Career Summary & University Responsibilities

- 41 years’ experience of teaching ELT/EAP/EAP/TESOL
- Designed a professional course of 12 weeks for Edge Hill University for the top-up BSc in Public Health
- Teacher training in Russia, Egypt, China and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
- Teacher training in the UK, including groups from Thailand, Turkey, Hungary and China. 
- Module Designer for Master Teacher Trainer Programme for Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Research Interests and Publications
- Recent CPD includes:

BAAL Seminar ‘Connecting Discourses: Academic & Professional Worlds’. Warwick University. 
12th Warwick Postgraduate Conference in Applied Linguistics. Warwick University.
’10 Challenges & Opportunities in Health Communication’. Warwick University Medical School. 
Warwickshire College staff training: Child Protection/DDA/Equal Opportunities/Dyslexia 
- Areas of interest include:

Communication in the Workplace
Classroom Discourse
History of ELT (contributed to the Warwick University ELT Archive)