Personal Statement
After completing a tenure of 11 years as Associate Dean UG in the Management School (ULMS), I am currently Faculty Quality Assurance lead and developing international partnerships in the School.
I have been in ULMS since its establishment in 2002, and before that joined the University of Liverpool as part of the (then) Football Research Unit in the Dept of History. My background is as a linguist with research interests in cultural, political and linguistic aspects of European and South American football. I still believe that learning a language offers a rich intercultural experience and I speak Spanish, French, Italian and more recently some (very basic!) Russian and Ukrainian.
As Associate Dean in ULMS (2010-2021) I was responsible for the strategic oversight of the ULMS undergraduate portfolio of programmes, and all aspects of learning, teaching and the undergraduate student experience in ULMS.
I have presented many conference papers on various aspects of learning and teaching, with a particular focus on transnational education, student employability and enhancing the success of students from widening participation backgrounds.
As Associate Dean I have represented the School and Faculty on many institutional committees, and currently sit on the Academic Quality and Standards Committee, University Approvals Panels, Collaborative Provision Committee and Student Evaluation Board. I have also undertaken a range of Internal Periodic Reviews across the institution.
Externally, I am involved with the work of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and chaired the recent Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Review of Subject Benchmark Statements for Business and Management (undergraduate and postgraduate).
In September 2021 I was elected to Senate as one of the representatives for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and was re-elected in 2024. I feel humbled and honoured to represent the Faculty and am committed to ensuring that staff have a voice in the ethical governance of the University.

Research Overview
Most research and publications to date have involved interdisciplinary and cross-cultural issues including language and gender; nationalism and national identity expressed via football and football writing; various aspects of the history, politics, business and sociology of football, with particular interest in Spain, Italy, Argentina and Mexico. More recently I have been doing some research into football and homophobia and the impact of language and gender policy in international (football) organisations. I have also presented and published on various aspects of the undergraduate student experience: in particular, successful outcomes for students with non-traditional qualifications, graduate employability, internationalisation and transnational education.
I have published in a range of journals and books, including the co-authorship of three books and one co-edited text. My research outputs have had impact in the football industry (e.g. club and international corporate social responsibility policies), language debates in the EU, and on the scholarship of learning and teaching in HE (especially transnational education).