Stephanie Aldred BA MA(lit) PGCE MA (ling) SFHEA FSEDA

After graduating in General Linguistics (MA at university of Manchester) I went to work at Naples University in language education. I returned to UK to take a PGCE in Higher Education and then moved into the teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages. I worked first in Community Education then in the private sector, which meant leading language training programmes in Italy, Germany, Sweden, Finland and Japan. Whilst bringing up three children  I taught Italian part time at University of Manchester. I joined MMU in 2008, initially as a co-ordinator in the Department of Languages and latterly in the (now) University Teaching Academy, as an Academic Developer.

I support colleagues in planning delivering and assessment activities, helping them align intended learning outcomes to classroom activities to facilitate learning. As well as teaching on formal courses, I offer webinars, discussion opportunities and individual advice and mentorship. I am linked to the faculty of Business and Law as UTA representative.

I am co-lead of the Professional Standards Framework helping colleagues gain fellowship of the HEA (championing individual teaching excellence) and also work with colleagues on CATE claims (collaborative teaching excellence).

Research interests include uses of professional dialogue and the development of multi-sensory learning techniques.