Jocelyn Wyburd
Executive Director of the University Language Centre
Address: Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 7963
E-Mail: jocelyn.wyburd@manchester.ac.uk
Roles within ULC/School:
In addition to role as Executive Director of the ULC,
- 2007-present, Director of Language Teaching and Learning for the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (SLLC) 2004-2007,
- Director of External Relations for SLLC
Roles within University:
- Chair Manchester Steering Group for LearnHigher CETL
- Chair of TRDN - Teaching Research and Development Network 2003-2005, (Victoria) University of Manchester and UMIST - from 2004: University of Manchester)
- Tutor and Mentor, Developing Learning and Teaching module (for staff): half the credits required for Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. 2003-2006
Other roles:
Regional
- Director, NW Regional Support Centre, Links to Languages
- Member of Steering Group for NW Regional Consortium, Routes into Languages
- Chair, Manchester and NW Steering Group for European Year of Languages 2001: organised Manchester Festival of Languages
National
- Chair of Standing Conference of Heads of Modern Languages in Universities (SCHML) 2003-2008; member of Executive Committee since 2002;
- Hon Secretary of University Council for Modern Languages (UCML) from 2008; co-opted Executive Committee member 2005-2008;
- Member of Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies Subject Centre Advisory Board since 2005;
- Member of Languages Expert Panel for the Specialist Schools Trust since 2005;
- Member of DfES Higher Education consultative group on the National Languages Ladder scheme (HELL) 2004-2008
- Member of HEFCE e-Languages Initiative Steering Group 2001
- External panel member for LSE Language Centre's Teaching, Learning and Assessment Review Panel, 2009
- External member, University of Limerick Language Centre Advisory Board, from 2009
- External reviewer for Roehampton College's institution-wide language programme, 2004
Previous Positions
- 1999-2004: Executive Director of the Language Centre at the Victoria University of Manchester.
- Before 1999: Language Centre Coordinator and Senior Learning Adviser for Curriculum Development, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside. Background is in language teaching (Italian & French)
Further information:
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 2002
- Language proficiency (as per Common European Framework): Italian (C2); French (C1/C2); German (C1 spoken, B2 written); Spanish (A2/B1); Nepali (A2 spoken).
- Awarded National Teaching Fellowship 2002
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (formerly member of ILTHE) since 2002.
- Regular conference and workshop presentations over many years in the UK and internationally, on outreach work with secondary schools, autonomy and independence in language learning, language centres and strategies for multilingualism, language centre organisation and management issues.