LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

Academic Coordinator

Lisa has a background in Social Anthropology with a focus on Middle East and North African Studies and expertise in Arabic and French. She has worked for LLAS since 2007 as a research fellow and an Academic Coordinator and currently oversees the Higher Education Academy’s Islamic Studies Network.

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Academic Coordinator (e-Learning)

Kate is a linguist who spent ten years teaching English to international students across the globe and in universities around the UK, before training in the effective use of technology in language teaching. She is an experienced developer of online learning materials and an e-tutor and currently coordinates LLAS activity in relation to elearning, initiating and managing projects, devising and delivering training, and organising and running events.

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Senior Academic Coordinator (Area Studies)

John has background in geography and became interested in languages and area studies through his work on national identity in Quebec. He is an experienced academic developer with particular interests in area studies, pedagogic research and interdisciplinarity.

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Academic Coordinator (Programmes)

Erika is a historical linguist whose research focuses on how the English language transformed over time. After teaching historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and modern and ancient languages for some years, she joined LLAS in 2009. Since then, she has overseen projects in e-learning and digital rights, languages of the wider world, Islamic studies, and literature and culture.

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Assistant Director (Programmes)

Alison is a modern linguist who has worked in education for 23 years in a range of language teaching, academic development and project management roles. She currently directs the LLAS academic development programme, develops and delivers training in a number of areas including e-learning, language teaching and internationalisation.

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Senior Academic Coordinator (Languages and Related Studies)

Angela has a background in education. She is an experienced language teacher, academic developer and researcher with particular interests in language learning motivation and anxiety, transition from school to university and social science research methods across different educational sectors.

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Academic Coordinator (Development)

After finishing her MA in English language at the University of Nancy, France in 2002, Laurence has worked in a variety of environments including customer relations, project management and Higher Education management. She currently coordinates LLAS development which includes marketing, market research, project management, customer relations and sponsorship.

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Senior Academic Coordinator (Languages South East)

Zena is a languages graduate and has worked in a variety of roles since graduating nine years ago. She currently manages the Languages South East programme, co-ordinating training and support for language teachers in the primary, secondary and FE sectors across the South East of England.

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Assistant Director (Development)

Liz has worked at LLAS since 2000 initially as Subject Centre Manager and more recently as Assistant Director with particular responsibilities for operational and project management and business development. She is a graduate linguist with experience in language teaching and policy as well as higher education management.

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Director

Mike is Professor of French, specialising in modern French culture and society, and in language policy. He is currently completing a collaborative research project on languages in conflict situations. He has been Director of LLAS since 2000, and directs the Routes into Languages programme. He is Hon. Secretary of the Speak to the Future campaign on languages.

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Senior Administrator

Sue started work at the University of Southampton in 1993 when she first joined the Centre for Language Study through the temp bank. She has worked on several funded projects since then and joined LLAS as an administrator in 2000. She is currently the senior administrator for LLAS and responsible for supervising and coordinating the work of the admin team including personal assistant support for the Director of LLAS.

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Web Developer

Administrator

Marie is the first point of contact for the Languages South East. She deals with all email enquiries to languagessoutheast@soton.ac.uk and supports the Languages South East programme, including taking bookings and managing the Languages South East website.

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Administrator

After finishing University, Claire worked in retail and the NHS before joining the University. She currently works as an administrator mostly looking after the Routes into Languages national programme.

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Deputy Director

• Oversees activities designed to support those teaching in languages
• Directs the Centre for Language Study at the University of Southampton
• Acts as a academic adviser to the CETLs in Languages
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