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Meet the team

Postal Address

International Study and Language Institute
University of Reading
PO Box 218
Whiteknights
Reading RG6 6AA
UK

Contact us

Email:
isli@reading.ac.uk

Telephone:
+44 (0)118 378 6985

General enquiries +44 118 378 8516
Pre-sessional admissions enquiries +44 118 378 5289
Pre-sessional/AEP course enquiries +44 118 378 6553
IWLP enquiries +44 118 378 7318
IFP admissions enquiries +44 118 378 8372
IFP course enquiries +44 118 378 6983
Short courses enquiries +44 118 378 5768
Self-Access Centre for Language Learning (SACLL) +44 118 378 5422
Fax +44 118 378 5427

Head of School

Name Position Telephone Email
David Carter Head of School, ISLI +44 118 378 6473 d.m.carter@reading.ac.uk
Rachel Swift Executive Support Administrator +44 118 378 6469  r.swift@reading.ac.uk

Deputy Head

Name Position Telephone Email
Andy Seymour Deputy Head, ISLI - Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions (Associate Professor) +44 118 378 6760  a.e.seymour@reading.ac.uk

Staff leadership team

 Name Position   Telephone  Email
Sarah Brewer Pre-sessional Programme Director (summer)  +44 118 378 4289  s.m.brewer@reading.ac.uk
Bruce Howell  Associate Professor, Foundation Programmes, University of Reading Malaysia  +60 7 268 16  d.b.howell@reading.edu.my
 Kam Johal Executive Support Administration Manager  +44 118 378 7710  k.k.johal@reading.ac.uk
Alison Nader Director of Teaching and Learning  +44 118 378 4799  a.m.nader@reading.ac.uk
Steve Thomas  Head of International Partnerships  +44 118 378 7330  s.c.thomas@reading.ac.uk
Dr Elisabeth Wilding Associate Professor - oversees IFP, IWLP, AEP, PSE  +44 118 378 5646  e.a.wilding@reading.ac.uk

International Foundation Programme (IFP)

Name Position Telephone Email
Amanda Fava-Verde Programme Director (Acting IFP)  +44 118 378 8243 a.c.fava-verde@reading.ac.uk
Dr Maria Asensio Module Tutor +44 118 378 8232 m.j.asensio@henley.reading.ac.uk
Valerie Baker Module Tutor +44 118 378 5679 v.h.baker@reading.ac.uk
Dr Dawn Clarke Module Tutor +44 118 378 5123 d.clarke@reading.ac.uk
Elizabeth Glaister Module Tutor +44 118 378 8996 e.m.glaister@reading.ac.uk
Emma Grenside Module Tutor +44 118 378 7259 e.j.grenside@reading.ac.uk
Dr Prue Griffiths Module Tutor +44 118 378 8169 p.r.e.griffiths@reading.ac.uk
Meiko Murayama Module Tutor +44 118 987 5123 m.murayama@henley.ac.uk
Hania Orszulik IFP Course Tutor  +44 118 378 7259 h.orszulik@reading.ac.uk
Dr Mark Peace IFP Course Tutor +44 118 378 7227 m.h.k.peace@reading.ac.uk
Sue Peel Module Tutor +44 118 378 8232 s.d.peel@reading.ac.uk
Val Uglow Module Tutor +44 118 378 5017 v.l.uglow@reading.ac.uk
Jane Ward IFP Course Tutor +44 118 378 5196 j.e.ward@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Dawn Willoughby Module Tutor +44 118 378 5017 d.a.willoughby@reading.ac.uk
Dr David Wright Module Tutor +44 118 378 8456 d.f.wright@reading.ac.uk

Academic English Programme (AEP)

Name Position Telephone Email
Louise Bourguignon English Tutor +44 118 378 5197 l.a.bourguignon@reading.ac.uk
Barbara Loveridge Pronunciation Tutor +44 118 378 5197 b.loveridge@reading.ac.uk
Emily Salvesen English Tutor +44 118 378 5197 e.r.salvesen@reading.ac.uk
Anne Vicary AEP Co-ordinator +44 118 378 8538 a.m.vicary@reading.ac.uk
Norma Williams AEP Co-ordinator +44 118 378 5434 n.williams@reading.ac.uk
Karin Whiteside AEP Programme Director +44 118 378 5392 k.whiteside@reading.ac.uk
Aaron Woodcock AEP Co-ordinator & Pre-sessional Course Director +44 118 378 5197  a.e.w.woodcock@reading.ac.uk

Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP)

Name Position Telephone Email
Chiara Cirillo Director of IWLP +44 118 378 8885 c.cirillo@reading.ac.uk 

Arabic

Alison Nader Co-ordinator +44 118 378 4799 a.m.nader@reading.ac.uk
Younis Ali Lahwej Tutor +44 118 378 7729 y.a.lahwej@reading.ac.uk

Chinese

Name Position Telephone Email
Congxia Li Co-ordinator & Tutor +44 118 378 6560 congxia.li@reading.ac.uk
Rebekah Xiao Zhao Tutor +44 118 378 7729 r.x.zhao@reading.ac.uk

English for Erasmus

Name Position Telephone Email
Alison Fenner Co-ordinator +44 118 378 6761 j.a.fenner@reading.ac.uk
Margaret Collins Tutor +44 118 378 5621 m.collins@reading.ac.uk
Wendy Smith Tutor +44 118 378 6827 w.l.smith2@reading.ac.uk

French

Name Position Telephone Email
Alison Nader Co-ordinator & Tutor +44 118 378 4799 a.m.nader@reading.ac.uk
Alison Nicholson Tutor +44 118 378 5772 a.v.nicholson@reading.ac.uk

German

Name Position Telephone Email
Alison Fenner Co-ordinator & Tutor +44 118 378 6761 j.a.fenner@reading.ac.uk
Wendy Smith Tutor +44 118 378 6827 w.l.smith2@reading.ac.uk
Karin Herbst Tutor +44 118 378 7729 k.b.herbst@reading.ac.uk

Italian

Name Position Telephone Email
Chiara Cirillo Co-ordinator & Tutor +44 118 378 8885 c.cirillo@reading.ac.uk
Ugo Marsili Tutor +44 118 378 7729 u.marsili@reading.ac.uk
Daniela Standen Tutor +44 118 378 5163 d.standen@reading.ac.uk

Japanese

Name Position Telephone Email
Kazumi-Hiramatsu-Kidd Tutor +44 118 378 5434 k.hiramatsu-kidd@reading.ac.uk
Asako Partington Coordinator & Tutor +44 118 378 7729 a.partington@reading.ac.uk

Russian

Name Position Telephone Email
Chiara Cirillo  Co-ordinator  +44 118 378 8885 c.cirillo@reading.ac.uk
Nigora Nasirova Tutor +44 118 378 7729 n.nasirova@reading.ac.uk

Spanish

Name Position Telephone Email
Pilar Gray-Carlos Co-ordinator & Tutor +44 118 378 5623 m.p.gray-carlos@reading.ac.uk
Virginia Dimitroff Tutor +44 118 378 7729 v.g.dimitroff@reading.ac.uk
Mari Carmen Maybank Tutor +44 118 378 7729 m.c.maybank@reading.ac.uk
Amparo McEwen Tutor +44 118 378 7729 a.mcewen@reading.ac.uk

Portuguese

Name Position Telephone Email
Pilar Gray-Carlos Co-ordinator & Tutor +44 118 378 5623 m.p.gray-carlos@reading.ac.uk
Cristiana Rodrigues Sessional Lecturer   c.m.p.rodrigues@reading.ac.uk

Pre-sessional English (PSE)

Name Position Telephone Email
Sarah Brewer Pre-sessional Programme Director (summer) +44 118 378 4289 s.m.brewer@reading.ac.uk
Margaret Collins Course Tutor: Pre-sessional and IWLP +44 118 378 5621 m.collins@reading.ac.uk
Colin Campbell Associate Professor/Course Tutor Pre-sessional +44 118 378 8510 colin.campbell@reading.ac.uk
Deborah Murphy Director of SACLL/Course Tutor Pre-sessional, +44 118 378 5621 d.a.murphy@reading.ac.uk
Joan McCormack Pre-sessional Programme Director (academic year) +44 118 378 8407 j.c.mccormack@reading.ac.uk
Svetlana Mazhurnaya Course Tutor +44 118 378 7259 s.mazhurnaya@reading.ac.uk
Sarah Pachonick Course Tutor +44 118 378 5621
Jonathan Smith Director of TEL Projects +44 118 378 8339 j.p.smith@reading.ac.uk
Wendy Smith Course Tutor +44 118 378 6827 w.l.smith2@reading.ac.uk
John Slaght Director of Assessment/PSE Course Director +44 118 378 6470   j.slaght@reading.ac.uk
Karin Whiteside AEP Co-ordinator & Pre-sessional Course Director +44 118 378 5392 k.whiteside@reading.ac.uk 
Brian Turner Course Tutor +44 118 378 6828 b.j.turner@reading.ac.uk
Anna Ziomek Course Tutor (EAP & Assessment) +44 118 378 6828 a.k.ziomek@reading.ac.uk

Professional Development Courses

Name Position Telephone Email
Dr Daguo Li Director of China Partnerships +44 118 378 5769 d.li@reading.ac.uk
Sebastian Watkins Programme Director, International Professional Development at HE Level +44 118 378 6719   s.a.watkins@reading.ac.uk
Sharon McIlroy English Language Trainer +44 118 378 5781  s.e.r.mcilroy@reading.ac.uk
Carrie Zhang Teaching Fellow, China Partnerships +44 118 378 5781 c.x.zhang@reading.ac.uk

SACLL

Name Position Telephone Email
Deborah Murphy Director of SACLL +44 118 378 5621 d.a.murphy@reading.ac.uk
Jan Trebacz SACLL Administrator +44 118 378 5422 j.p.trebacz@reading.ac.uk
Daphne Henriquez-Guerrero Part time staff +44 118 378 5422

TEEP

Name Position Telephone Email
John Slaght Director of Assessment/PSE Course Director +44 118 378 6470 j.slaght@reading.ac.uk

Administrative & Support Staff

Name Position Telephone Email
Rachel Wood Programme Administrator +44 118 378 7318 r.m.wood@reading.ac.uk
Melissa Holland Programme Co-Ordinator +44 118 378 6985 m.holland@reading.ac.uk
Lauren Andrews Programme Administrator +44 118 378 6553 l.e.andrews@reading.ac.uk
Helen Ullock Short Courses Co-Ordinator +44 118 378 5768 h.ullock@reading.ac.uk
Louise Crompton Short Courses Administrator +44 118 378 8287 l.crompton@reading.ac.uk
Laura Coomber IELTS Manager +44 118 378 6223 l.coomber@reading.ac.uk
Kam Johal Executive Support Administration Manager   +44 118 378 7710 k.k.johal@reading.ac.uk
Rachel Swift Executive Support Administrator  +44 118 378 6469 r.swift@reading.ac.uk  

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