Consultancy

As a consultant I draw on my strong academic background and extensive international experience in language education to help individuals, departments and organisations:

enhance the competence of their teachers
design, deliver, monitor and evaluate language teacher development policy, programmes and projects
carry out high quality research
communicate research findings effectively
implement educational innovations.

Current and Recent Consultancies

Evaluation of the COELT in-service teacher education programme in South Africa (Sep 2021-Mar 2022)
Case studies of the impact of COVID on language teacher education (July-Sep 2021)
Scoping Study: Understanding English Language Teaching and Learning for Children and Young Adults in Iraq (Sep-Dec 2021)
Evaluation of the Al-Azhar Teacher Activity Groups Professional Development Programme, Egypt (Jan-Mar 2021)
Evaluation of the National Teacher Training Project, Egypt, (Feb 2018-Mar 2021)
Developing an Evidence-Based Language Education Strategy in the Middle East & North Africa (Dec 2020-Mar 2021)
Using Video-Based Observation in Monitoring & Evaluation (Dec 2020-Mar 2021)
Review of the British Council’s CPD Framework for Teacher Educators, British Council (Nov 2020-Jan 2021)
Evaluation of the ‘English for Success’ Teacher Development Project, Kazakhstan (Oct-Nov 2020)
Evaluation of ‘English for the Community’ Project, Romania (July 2020)
Supporting Professional Inquiry for Teachers, Pakistan (Feb-Mar 2020).
Teacher Research for Professional Development. Language Centre, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Feb 2020)
Towards Results in Education and English (TREE), Myanmar (Jul 2019-Mar 2023).
Evaluation of the English for Universities Project, Ukraine (Sep 2018-Mar 2019)
Teacher Development Policy Consultant, Azerbaijan (Jan 2016-Dec 2019)
Evaluation of the Online English Course for Teachers Inside Syria (OETIS) (Mar-Jul 2019)
A review of ELT in Libya (Jan-Mar 2019)
Educational Podcast Series for Policy Makers in South Asia (with Rob Lewis – Oct 2018-Dec 2019)