I’ve been teaching Foundation Year students (UK and International) since 2011, and have had the pleasure to meet and work with an incredibly diverse range of people. I have worked at Chester’s Centre for Foundation Studies since it was established, and am now deputy head of centre and senior lecturer in Study Skills and English for Academic Purposes. I also manage the Engineering & Computing programme route.

My academic background and interests are quite varied: I studied biochemistry at undergraduate level, later trained and practised in English language teaching, later achieving a Masters by Research in English, and my current research interest is child language acquisition. As you may have guessed, I’m a big believer in lifelong learning! I’m also passionate about helping all students - regardless of background - to  feel valued and ‘at home’ in a university environment.