Sandra Strigel

• Doctor of Education - Newcastle University, 2020
• 2. Staatsexamen - Seminar für Didaktik und Lehrerbildung (Gymnasien), Esslingen, Germany, 2008
• Magister Artium - Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany, 2005
• 1. Staatsexamen - Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany, 2005

After having qualified as a secondary school teacher in Germany (EFL/History; additional certificate in DaF) with a specialism in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), I moved to the UK where I have held various teaching positions in FE, HE and on international foundation programmes. I completed my doctoral studies (EdD) at Newcastle University, with the topic of my thesis drawing on an interdisciplinary project concerned with CLIL professional development for pathway teachers.

Involvement in research projects:

• Research Assistant on the British-Academy-funded ‘Learner conversations as models of spoken language in second language German’ (led by Dr Chris Jones and Dr Ulrike Bavendiek, University of Liverpool), 02/2022-01/2023. German Conversations - Centre for Teaching Excellence in Language Learning - University of Liverpool
• Teacher advisory board member of the Erasmus+-funded ‘Global Citizenship and Multilingual Competences (GCMC) Toolkit’ project 02/2021-06/2023 Global Citizenship and Multilingual Competences

Pedagogical and research interests:

• digital technologies to support language learning, particularly generative AI and H5P
• teacher education and professional development; reflective practice
• pedagogical implications of the HE internationalisation agenda/pathway provision
• Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), English-medium instruction (EMI)

• DAAD Ortslektor (German Academic Exchange Service)
• Fellow of Advance HE
• Alumna of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation)