CO-CONVENOR
Dr. Phil Smyth is the Deputy Director Academic English Assessment at the University of Reading. His interests in assessment relate to assessment in higher education, learning-oriented assessment, exemplar use, feedback, assessment literacy, and the assessment of writing. CO-CONVENOR Chris Smith is Head of English Language Pre-Sessional at the University of Edinburgh. EVENTS OFFICER Dr Dina Strong is a Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes Education at King’s College London. She's an applied linguist specialising in the relationship between language and identity. She focuses on how language choice and emotions impact student language learning. Dina holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Birkbeck, University of London. With extensive experience in teaching EAP and ESP, she is passionate about assessment for learning and feedback provision. Dina has developed educational programmes and materials and presented her research at various academic institutions. Her interests lie in enhancing assessment methods and feedback to support student growth and learning outcomes. SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICER Eddie Cowling is a departmental Assessment Lead at the University of York, and he also teaches English for Academic Purposes and study skills. Eddie is interested in test design and piloting, peer feedback, and the role of technology and generative AI in teaching, learning, and assessment. TREASURER Paul Dickinson is a University Teacher at the University of Liverpool's English Language Centre. His interest in assessment, formative feedback, how students perceive and act on feedback, and how this can be reflected in assessment criteria stems from his involvement in curriculum and assessment design for various pre-sessional courses, particularly for the written research strand for science and engineering students. WEB OFFICER Graham Shipman is an Educational Software Developer and English Lecturer, specialising in EAP and Medical English. He has developed numerous online and face-to-face training courses, as well as a number of secure online exams, and has a particular interest in adaptive assessment, database driven self-generating exercises, and the development of effective scaffolding and feedback techniques for use in online materials. ORDINARY MEMBER Marousa Pavli works as an EAP tutor and course coordinator in Greece and the UK on presessional and insessional programmes, both General EAP and Subject-Specific (Business & Management, Marketing, Law, Dietetics, Tourism, Occupational Therapy). She is interested in how EAP- subject tutor collaboration can shape course design, testing, assessment and feedback practices and promote autonomy and success in HE and beyond. |