My work on communication and dementia won the James J Bradac Prize from the International Association of Language and Social Psychology for its outstanding contribution to the field by an Early Career Researcher in June 2010. Funded by the British Council (2014 - 16). Practices regarding appropriate models of English (English as a Lingua Franca,Įnglish as an International Language, 'Native speaker' varieties). Which English - Investigating 'non native' speaking teachers' beliefs, attitudes and Professionals, carers and people living with dementia (with Cardiff and Vale Lead of a multiprofessional and lay team in the development of aĬonceptual framework and toolkit to optimise communication between Supported by the Global Excellence and International Partnership Funds. People with dementia, collaborating with Newcastle University's Institute for AgeingĪnd Health, the Newcastle University Medical School (NUMED) in Malaysia, and the University of Malaya. Principal Investigator on a project medical undergraduates attitudes towards dementia care and communication with Principal Investigator of a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council to co-design and develop assistive communications technology for people living with dementia and their carers in the UK and Malaysia. This was an international, multiagency project funded by the European Commission (2017 to 2019).Ĥ.
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Principal Investigator of an Erasmus Project 'Critical Skills for Life and Work: Developing the Professional Intercultural Competence of Refugee Professionals'. This is a multiregional investigation and is jointly funded by the British Academy and the Thailand Research Fund (2017-2019).ģ. With Dr Navaporn Snodin, Kasetsart University in Thailand - Newton Advanced Fellowship to investigate internationalisation and the staff and student experience in Thai higher education. UK lead on a project funded by the European Commission Erasmus Programme to promote Global Citizenship and Multilingual Education in Europe, working with partners in Austria (Graz U, lead), Germany (NeoSmart), Italy (Bologna U) and The Netherlands (Mercator Institute). .
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Global citizenship and multilingual competences.Ĭommunication and disability, especially dementia, from transcultural perspectives.
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The 'International' student experience and the internationalisation of Higher Education worldwide from transcultural perspectives. Intercultural communication and competence among professionals (teachers, language learners, health care providers, social carers/caregivers, medical education). My work has a strong social inclusion and social justice focus. My research interests relate to critical perspectives on intercultural, intergroup and interpersonal communication and the social psychology of language and communication. British Association for Applied Linguistics.Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (Europe).International Communication Association.International Association of Language and Social Psychology.B.A.(Hons) English, University of Sussex, 1984.Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults, Waltham Forest College, London, 1989.MA (with Distinction) in Applied Linguistics, Birkbeck, University of London, 1999.Intercultural and intergroup communication.Between 2012 - 2015 I was an elected member of the Newcastle University.Founding convenor of the British Association for Applied Linguistics Intercultural communication Special Interest Group in 2010.Programmes, and Degree Programme Director for the MACCC International Senior Lecturer in Language and Communications, Chair ofīoard of Studies and Senior Tutor for the MA in Cross Cultural Communication (MACCC).Head of the Applied Linguistics Section of the School ofĮducation, Communication and Language Sciences 20.Director of Excellence in Learning and Teaching, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences 20.Reader in Applied Linguistics and Communication 2017 - 2020.Professor of Applied Linguistics and Communication 2020 - present I joined Newcastle University in September 2004. Learning of English as a Foreign Language, 2007), both part time, at Birkbeck. I also did an MA in Applied Linguistics (Distinction,ġ999) and a PhD (Intercultural Communicative Competence and the Teaching and
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Linguistics and the social psychology of communication at Birkbeck, University I was an English language teacher, Director of Studies, curriculumĪdvisor and Head of School for the British Council and the Bell Education Trust,Īmong others, and worked in the UK, USA, Spain, Italy and Malaysia between 1984