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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

School leadership team

 Name Position   Telephone  Email
Dr David Carter Head of Institute  +44 118 378 6473 d.m.carter@reading.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Brewer Head of English for Academic Purposes  +44 118 378 4289 s.m.brewer@reading.ac.uk
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
Andy Seymour Deputy Head, ISLI  (Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions)  +44 118 378 6760 a.e.seymour@reading.ac.uk
Steve Thomas Head of International Partnerships  +44 118 378 7330 s.c.thomas@reading.ac.uk

International Foundation Programme (IFP)

Name Position Telephone Email
Amanda Fava-Verde Director of IFP +44 118 378 8243 a.c.fava-verde@reading.ac.uk
Natalie Drake IFP Course Tutor +44 118 378 7259 n.drake@reading.ac.uk
Julia Kerr IFP Course Tutor +44 118 378 7259 j.kerr@reading.ac.uk
Dr Noor Mat Nayan IFP Course Tutor +44 118 378 7259 n.f.b.matnayan@reading.ac.uk
Hania Orszulik IFP Course Tutor +44 118 378 7259 h.orszulik@reading.ac.uk
Dr Mark Peace School Director of Academic Tutoring +44 118 378 7227 m.h.k.peace@reading.ac.uk
Robert Playfair IFP Course Tutor +44 118 378 7259 r.g.f.playfair@reading.ac.uk
Rachel Rushton IFP Course Tutor +44 118 378  7259 r.rushton@reading.ac.uk
Jane Ward School Director of Academic Tutoring +44 118 378 5196 j.e.ward@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Dawn Willoughby School Director of Academic Tutoring +44 118 378 5196 d.a.willoughby@reading.ac.uk

IFP AFFILIATED TEACHERS

Name Position Telephone Email
Dr Edward Anyaeji Module Tutor +44 118 378 8232 e.anyaeji@reading.ac.uk
Dr Maria Asensio Module Tutor +44 118 378 8232 m.j.asensio@henley.reading.ac.uk
Dr Joanna Bagniewska Module Tutor +44 118 378 7029 j.m.bagniewska@reading.ac.uk
Dr Dawn Clarke Module Tutor +44 118 378 5123 d.clarke@reading.ac.uk
Dr Haitham Etman Module Tutor +44 118 378 6711 h.a.etman@reading.ac.uk
Jenny Eyley Module Tutor +44 118 378 6315 j.eyley@reading.ac.uk
Elizabeth Glaister Module Tutor +44 118 378 8996   e.m.glaister@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
Lyn Newdick Module Tutor +44 118 378 5679 l.f.newdick@reading.ac.uk
Dr Lindsey Thompson Module Tutor   lindsey.thompson@reading.ac.uk

Academic English Programme (AEP)

Name Position Telephone Email
Dr Karin Whiteside AEP Director +44 118 378 5392 k.whiteside@reading.ac.uk
Louise Bourguignon English Tutor +44 118 378 5197 l.a.bourguignon@reading.ac.uk
Vicky Collins AEP Co-ordinator +44 118 378 4726 v.collins@reading.ac.uk
Dawn Dinsdale English Tutor +44 118 378 6828  d.v.dinsdale@reading.ac.uk
Clare Pembroke English Tutor +44 118 378 5197 c.pembroke@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 English Tutor +44 118 378 6828 n.williams@reading.ac.uk
Aaron Woodcock AEP Co-ordinator +44 118 378 6759  a.e.w.woodcock@reading.ac.uk
James Wylie English Tutor +44 118 378 5197 j.wylie@reading.ac.uk

Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP)

Name Position Telephone Email
Dr Chiara Cirillo Director of IWLP +44 118 378 8885 c.cirillo@reading.ac.uk 
Jenny Birk French Tutor +44 118 378 7729 j.birk@reading.ac.uk
Marie-Chantal Brault French Tutor +44 118 378 7729 m.brault@reading.ac.uk
Virginia Dimitroff Spanish Tutor +44 118 378 7729 v.g.dimitroff@reading.ac.uk
Alison Fenner German & English for Erasmus  Co-ordinator +44 118 378 6761 j.a.fenner@reading.ac.uk
Pilar Gray-Carlos Spanish Co-ordinator +44 118 378 5623 m.p.gray-carlos@reading.ac.uk
Karin Herbst German Tutor +44 118 378 7729 k.b.herbst@reading.ac.uk

Kazumi Hiramatsu-Kidd

 Japanese Co-ordinator +44 118 378 5434 k.hiramatsu-kidd@reading.ac.uk
Younis Lahwej Arabic Tutor +44 118 378 7729 y.a.lahwej@reading.ac.uk
Cong Xia Li Chinese Co-ordinator +44 118 378 6560 congxia.li@reading.ac.uk
Ugo Marsili Italian Tutor +44 118 378 5781 u.marsili@reading.ac.uk
Sabine Martinez French Tutor +44 118 378 7729 s.martinez@reading.ac.uk
Amparo McEwen Spanish Tutor +44 118 378 7729 a.mcewen@reading.ac.uk
Nigora Nasirova Russian Tutor +44 118 378 7729 n.nasirova@reading.ac.uk
Ali Nicholson French Co-ordinator +44 118 378 5772 a.v.nicholson@reading.ac.uk
Asako Partington Japanese Co-ordinator +44 118 378 5434 a.partington@reading.ac.uk
Diego Soto Hernando  Spanish Tutor    d.sotohernando@reading.ac.uk
Daniela Standen Italian Co-ordinator +44 118 378 5163 d.standen@reading.ac.uk
Rebekah Xiao Zhao Chinese Tutor +44 118 378 7729 r.x.zhao@reading.ac.uk

Pre-sessional English (PSE)

Name Position Telephone Email
Sarah Mattin Pre-sessional Programme Director (summer) +44 118 378 7760 s.mattin@reading.ac.uk
Joan McCormack Pre-sessional Programme Director (academic year) +44 118 378 8407 j.c.mccormack@reading.ac.uk
Colin Campbell Associate Professor/School
Co-ordinator of Teacher Development		 +44 118 378 8510 colin.campbell@reading.ac.uk
Margaret Collins Course Tutor: Pre-sessional and IWLP +44 118 378 5621 m.collins@reading.ac.uk
Sarah Harford Course Tutor +44 118 378 5621 s.k.harford@reading.ac.uk
Gill Kendon  ISLI Deputy Director of Assessment & Pre-sessional Course Director +44 118 378 6477 g.b.kendon@reading.ac.uk
Svetlana Mazhurnaya Teaching Fellow EAP +44 118 378 6828 s.mazhurnaya@reading.ac.uk
Deborah Murphy  Director of SACLL/Course Tutor Pre-sessional +44 118 378 5621 d.a.murphy@reading.ac.uk
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
Claire Tolley Pre-sessional Lecturer +44 118 378 4010 c.c.tolley@reading.ac.uk
Brian Turner Course Tutor +44 118 378 6828 b.j.turner@reading.ac.uk
Dr Anna Ziomek Course Tutor (EAP & Assessment) +44 118 378 6828 a.k.ziomek@reading.ac.uk

short 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
Bruce Howell Currently seconded to University of Reading Malaysia +60 7 268 6229 d.b.howell@reading.edu.my
Sharon McIlroy School Director of Academic Tutoring, China Partnerships +44 118 378 5646 s.e.r.mcilroy@reading.ac.uk
Dr Carrie Zhang Teaching Fellow, China Partnerships +44 118 378 5781 c.x.zhang@reading.ac.uk

ERASMUS AND STUDY ABROAD OFFICE

Name Position Telephone Email
Marcus Dowse Erasmus and Study Abroad Manager +44 118 378 8322 m.a.dowse@reading.ac.uk
Chris Bonham Erasmus and Study Abroad Officer +44 118 378 7220 c.i.bonham@reading.ac.uk
Emily Davis-Williams Erasmus and Study Abroad Officer +44 118 378 8504 e.j.davis-williams@reading.ac.uk

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

Name Position Telephone Email
Wajid Ali International Partnerships Manager +44 118 378 4908 w.ali@reading.ac.uk

Ashley Burke

International Partnerships Manager +44 118 378 4909 a.burke@reading.ac.uk
Martin McCarthy International Partnerships Manager +44 118 378 7607 martin.mccarthy@reading.ac.uk
Maria Thurston International Partnerships Manager +44 118 378 4909 m.thurston@reading.ac.uk
Dr Elisabeth Wilding  TNE Programme Director +44 118 378 6560 e.a.wilding@reading.ac.uk

Administrative & Support Staff

Name Position Telephone Email
Takeshi Adachi Language Learning Technologist +44 118 378 8241 t.adachi@reading.ac.uk
Lauren Andrews NUIST Programme Co-ordinator +44 118 378 6983 l.e.andrews@reading.ac.uk
Emma Beschizza Executive Support Administrator +44 118 378 8254  e.beschizza@reading.ac.uk
Laura Coomber IELTS Manager +44 118 378 6223 l.coomber@reading.ac.uk
Louise Crompton Short Courses Administrator +44 118 378 8287 l.crompton@reading.ac.uk 
Melissa Holland Programme Co-ordinator +44 118 378 6985 m.holland@reading.ac.uk
Clara Lauer Programme Administrator +44 118 378 6553  c.h.lauer@reading.ac.uk
Tracy McAuley Executive Support Finance Administrator +44 118 378 6750 t.mcauley@reading.ac.uk
Karen Miller Programmes Assistant +44 118 378 8516 karen.miller@reading.ac.uk
Rachel Swift Executive Support Administrator +44 118 378 6469 r.swift@reading.ac.uk
Jan Trebacz SACLL Administrator +44 118 378 5422 j.p.trebacz@reading.ac.uk
Helen Ullock Short Courses Co-ordinator +44 118 378 5768 h.ullock@reading.ac.uk
Rachel Wood Programme Administrator +44 118 378 7318 r.m.wood@reading.ac.uk

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