I am currently a doctoral candidate working on a project exploring Family Language Policy and Child Language Brokering in the Scottish context. See my PhD student profile.

In 2018, I received Early Career Researcher funding through the AHRC-OWRI Creative Multilingualism project. This ongoing project All the World is Our Stage: primary pupils never lost in translanguaging continues to find success under its own momentum — see Research Interests and Publications sections for further information.

In parallel to my research interests, I have a lifelong passion for teaching with teaching experience spanning over two decades. Since 2015, I have also been delivering GTCS-accredited professional teacher trainer courses — see Teaching section for further information.

Before beginning my research career, in 2006 I started a successful Translation and Interpreting business, and maintain my links and involvement with the languages industry in Scotland and the wider UK. With the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) I was elected to Council, acted as the Secretary of its Scottish Society and coordinated the HE Language Partnership Scheme in Scotland, facilitating a professional partnership between the five main T&I studies providers in Scotland – including our own SMLC – and CIOL.

I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Chartered Linguist, and fully registered with the GTCS for secondary Spanish, additionally holding provisional registration for ESOL — see Additional Information section for further information.

My current research interests lie in translation and interpreting studies, sociolinguistics, language learning and teaching and bilingual studies with a special focus on:

• child language brokering
• language ideologies
• language policy and planning
• multilingualism
• translanguaging
• 1+2 approach to language learning
• ethics of public services interpreting
• scholarship of learning & teaching
• educational research

I am a Multilingual Advisory Board Member for Target Online.

Current Research Projects

Principal Investigator, All the World is Our Stage, 2018–present

This OWRI-funded project celebrates linguistic diversity and reflects on the multilingual, multicultural and superdiverse society represented in Glasgow today. This multilingual performance supports the teaching and learning journey of primary schooling in non-affluent areas of the city. Acknowledging that embedding every community language in the curriculum is not feasible, we specifically focus on creating contexts where the languages spoken at home enjoy the same status as those taught at school.

The public engagement activity of this project ranges from extraordinary school and local authority engagement, to taking the multilingual performance ‘All the World is Our Stage: primary pupils never lost in translanguaging’ to the Scottish Parliament. During lockdown, the project received additional funding and a series of mini webinars has been produced and published fostering knowledge exchange and contributing to the legacy of Creative Multilingualism.

See Publications for other outputs.

Doctoral Project

Within my PhD, I investigate the language ideologies and linguistic practices of Spanish speaking families in contemporary Scotland, using a critical ethnographic sociolinguistic approach.

Additional Information

I am member of

• The Language and Society Cluster (SocioLang)
• Language Teaching Scholarship Cluster

Please see my staff profile for additional information.

List by: Type | Date

• Research Support Award, UofG College of Arts (2022)
• 3-month fully-funded PhD Extension, UofG College of Arts (2022)
• Research Fund award for 'All the World is Our Stage...' website build, UofG SMLC (Summer 2021)
• College of Arts PGR Community Building and Public Engagement Fund award (2021)
  • Lead for Writing Retreat with a Beat♩♫♬ a virtual space for the UofG PGR community to write with music
• AHRC–OWRI Creative Multilingualism Funding Extension (2020)
  • For All the World is Our Stage: primary pupils never lost in translanguaging Webinar Series
• ISSOTL International Collaborative Writing Group Travel Award (2019)
• ISSOTL International Collaborative Emerging Scholar Award (2019)
• AHRC–OWRI Creative Multilingualism Early Career Researcher Funding (2018)
  • PI: All the World is Our Stage: primary pupils never lost in translanguaging
• College of Arts Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Glasgow (2018–22)
  • Tuition fees and research support
• School of Social Sciences Postgraduate Scholarship, Heriot-Wat University (2018)
  • Fee waiver and research support

Previous Committees and Other Roles

• Coordinator 1+2 Training collaboration Local Authority and Head of Languages, UWS (2016–18)
• Lead Language Immersion Days for Higher and Advanced Higher, UWS (2017–18)
• Liaison Officer (Languages & Education) PGDEs Programme Board; Learning and Teaching Committee BAs; Education and UG and PGDE Programmes; Member Languages Section Learning & Teaching Committee, UWS (2015–18)

Teaching

Course Coordination

• Co-convener Level 1 & 2 Spanish BAs Education, UWS (2015–18)
• Convener Level 2 Spanish BAs Education and PGDE Primary and Secondary, UWS (2016–18)

Supervision and Mentorship

• Supervisor non-Arts Languages and Law Honours student, UofG (2019)
• Mentor and Tutor Erasmus + interns BAs Education, UWS (2015–18)
• Mentor Club En español initiative led by Erasmus+ Interns, UWS (2015–18)
• Mentor Students on placement in Secondary Education (2014)
• Supervisor 3^rd year student summer work placement abroad, UWS (2017)

Assessor and Developer Roles

• Examiner DELE C1–C2 (Spanish as a foreign language) Instituto Cervantes 2016–
• Content Developer Spanish Advanced Higher Prelims, City of Edinburgh Council (2015–16)
• Developer PLL resources and materials, LFEE GTCS-Accredited (2015–16)
• Examiner IGCSE Spanish Cambridge International Examination Board 2014–
• Content Developer, Voice Over, Translation Nat 5, New Higher and AH, City of Edinburgh Council (2014–16)
• Examiner DPSI (SQCF Level 10) CIOL (2011–20)

Course Delivery

Teaching 2020/21

• Tutor 'Module 2: Transformative Pedagogies', Learning Design and ESD – 1st Ed. Online Course, UNESCO IESALC
  • Mentor specialist training for the practical portion of the module 'Transformative Pedagogies' as part of the first UNESCO–IESALC mentor training in 'Pedagogical Design and Education for Sustainable Development Bootcamp' https://www.iesalc.unesco.org/en/eds-bootcamp/ In Spanish: https://www.iesalc.unesco.org/2021/10/15/60-mentores-voluntarios-seleccionados-para-transformar-a-la-sociedad-a-traves-de-la-educacion-para-el-desarrollo-sostenible/?fbclid=IwAR2nnfi3HbntGtNToAyQsBQRqXv8dg6AcXKPaEHVzTteu8gwgu6KRmF7_qI

PGR Tutor Widening Participation, UofG (2015–)

Teacher Trainer LFEE, Erasmus+ funded GTCS-accredited courses in Spain (2015–)

Previous Teaching

• GTA Spanish Language 2 (Level 2) UofG (2020–21)
  • Oral Spanish Junior Honours (Level 3)
  • Oral Spanish Senior Honours (Level 4)
• GTA Translation Studies: An intro. to key topics in theory & practice (Level 4) UofG (2019–21)
• Tutor Business and Liaison Interpreting (Level 5) HWU (2018–19)
  • Mini-Conferences (Levels 2 & 5)
  • Intro. to Languages and Intercultural Studies Seminar (Levels 1 & 2)
• Marker Translation and Interpreting Studies Dissertations (Level 4) HWU (2018–19)
• Associate Lecturer Spanish BA Hons. Ed. (Level 1) UWS (2015–18)
  • Spanish BA Hons. Ed. (Level 2)
  • Spanish BA Hons. Ed. PGDE Primary (Level 5)
  • Spanish BA Hons. Ed. PGDE Secondary (Level 5)
  • Spanish, Spanish Teaching methodologies & pedagogies (Levels 1, 2, 5 & 1+2)
  • 1+2 Approach to Language Learning (linguistic component) UWS (2015–18)
• Associate Lecturer Spanish BA Hons. Community Education (Level 1) UWS (2016–18)
• Teacher Trainer Spanish PLL CPD training in Scotland, LFEE (2015–16)

Esteem Indicators

• Estelle Brisard Memorial Prize Winner 2021 for the research paper Pedagogical translanguaging in mainstream education: a case study
  • The Estelle Brisard Memorial Prize is is an annual accolade to an early career educational researcher for excellence and promise in their work awarded by the Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA)
• Shortlisted for GUSRC Student Teaching Awards 2021 Outstanding Contribution to Teaching (Video available)
• Shortlisted for GUSRC Student Teaching Awards 2021 Best feedback (Video available)
• Fellow Higher Education Academy FHEA AdvanceHE (2019, direct application)
• Elected Member CIOL Council (2018–20, resigned from post)
• Scotland-wide Coordinator CIOL HE Language Partnership (2017–20)
  • Spearheaded the Scheme in Scotland facilitating a professional partnership between the five main T&I studies providers in Scotland and CIOL
• Secretary CIOL Scottish Society, Twitter Content Manager & Events Joint Coordinator (2016–19)
  • Focused on bridging the gap between academia and the profession, in charge of communications, event organisation and promotion ensuring that events with academics and practitioners cater to topics that matter to members
  • Launched Twitter acc. and grew it to 845 followers (~23 new/month)
• Member Scottish Government SIG Wider Engagement Network (2017–)
• Member Working Group FE/HE & UCMLS/SCILT Joint Initiatives (2017–18)
• Member UCMLS Regional Cross-Sector Hub West Hub (2015–)

Academic Impact and Public Engagement

• 'A multilingual performance to raise awareness about multilingualism and celebrate home languages' TeachMeetIcons (Dec '22)
• Online Multilingual Performances via Teams over 100 attendees (Jun '21)
• TiLT webinar 'A virtual multilingual performance to celebrate language learning and linguistic diversity in isolation', Association for Language Learning (ALL) London Branch (Apr '21)
• Multilingual Performance, Scottish Parliament over 100 attendees (Nov '19)
• Multilingual Performance, Community Central Hall Glasgow over 100 attendees (Nov '18)
• Multilingual Performance, Greenock over 300 attendees (Nov '18)

Invited Presentations, Workshops

'All the World is Our Stage...'

• Presentation 'All the World is Our Stage...' for implementation East Dunbarton (Feb '20)
• Workshop on translanguaging and 'All the World is Our Stage...', PGDE University of Strathclyde (Jan '20)

Translation and Interpreting

• Presentation-workshop ‘The Ethics of PSI in the Scottish Context’ International Translation Day, CIOL Scottish Society (Sep '19)
• Public Service and Conference Interpreting Workshops 9th Young Interpreters Conference, Hampshire EMTAS (Jun '19)
  • T&I Workshops Primary, Secondary & College
• T&I Presentation on behalf of CIOL University of Stirling (Nov '17)
• Chair of the Medical and Legal Translation Discussion 'Translation Training Symposium in your Subject in the Digital Age' University of Stirling (Apr '14)
• 'The Ethics of Interpreting in the Scottish Criminal Justice System', Elite Linguists (Apr '14)
• T&I Presentations on 'Starting Work as Translator or Interpreter' HWU (Feb'13, '18 & '19)

Education 

• Guest Lectures MEd Prog.: ‘Language Power Differentials in Public Service Interpreting’ UWS (Mar '18 & '19)
• Presentation at Languages Network Group Scotland, UWS (Jun '17)
• Workshop CLIL interdisciplinary multilingual lecture 'Into Teaching Conference' UWS (Apr '17)
• Presentations on Spanish cultural and education topics, 3Ls Spanish Club, University of Strathclyde (2016, '18 & '19)

Conference Organiser / Administration

• Co-organiser and Discussion facilitator ‘On the move: children and family’s communication and wellbeing’ Seminar University of Stirling (Feb '19)
• AGM 2018 Co-organiser Conférence Internationale Permanente d’Instituts Universitaires de Traducteurs et Interprètes (CIUTI) HWU (May '18)

Professional activities beyond the University

Professional memberships

• Anglo-Catalan Society Member 2019–
• BAAL Member 2018
• IAPTI Member 2017–
• CIOL Chartered Linguist, Interpreter 2017–
• SALT Member 2016–
• MCIL English & ACIL Catalan 2010–
• ITI English 2010–
• GTCS – Full registration Spanish & Provisional ESOL 2009–

Translation and Interpreting

Freelance Linguist Spanish (A) English (B) Catalan and French (C)

• Professional website – EneidaLinguist
  • Translation and Transcription
  • Conference Interpreting
  • Cinema Industry
  • Public Service Interpreting and Translation (PSIT)

Clearance

• Vetted by Vetting Unit FCO Services 2016–
• PVG Scheme 2013–
• Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance 2012–
• Enhanced Disclosure Scotland 2008–
• Spanish Enhanced CRB 2007