
Language, Literacies and Learning Research Group
The Surrey Language, Literacies and Learning Research Group is interested in the role of language and literacies in different learning contexts.
Current projects
- 2022-2023 Belonging to and beyond higher education in hybrid spaces: collaborative SRHE-funded project with Deakin University and Curtin University to examine how and in what ways educators can foster students’ sense of belonging and engagement in the digital university.
- 2021 – 2023: Performing knowledge in spoken and written contexts: non-funded project based at the University of Surrey exploring PhD students’ experiences of confirmation viva.
- 2022 User experiences of a Whatsapp-supported appointment scheduling system: funded through ESRC Impact Accelerator.
- 2020 – 2021 Staff and Educational Development Society (SEDA) grant: Developing a dialogic teaching approach to teach critical thinking skills
- 2019 – 2021 British Academy grant: Supporting Exiled Syrian Academics in preparing journal articles from research
- 2020 – 2021 Collaborative project with University of New South Wales, Australia: Scoping study on oracy and equality
- 2020 – 2021 Collaborative project with Birkbeck University, UK: Translanguaging in collaborative research project meetings: linguistic repertoires and strategies of exiled Syrian academics
- 2019 – 2021 Collaborative project with Drake University and the University of Maine (USA), Maynooth University (Ireland) and the University of Edinburgh (UK): Writing beyond the University – an exploration of connections and transitions.
Funders
Our work has been funded by the following organisations.
Upcoming events
We don’t currently have any upcoming events. Check back soon for further announcements.
Meet the team
Directors

Dr Marion Heron
Reader in Educational Linguistics

Dr Doris Dippold
Senior Lecturer in Intercultural Communication

Dr Karen Gravett
Senior Lecturer in Higher Education; Director of Research; Director of the PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in HE.
Staff

Dr Ana Frankenberg-Garcia
Reader in Translation Studies

Dr Nadya Yakovchuk
Teaching Fellow in Academic Writing
PhD students
- Priyanki Ghosh
- Ayesha Mudhaffer
- Luke Draper
- Jessica Marsh
- Dominique Hopgood
- Samaher Aljabri
- Lingyu Wang
- Hanaa Abdullah Al-Ghamdi
- Adeeba Ahmad
- Thiago Bogossian Porto
- Esad Bodur
- Raniah Kabooha
- Fengmei Zhu
- Asif Soofi
- Gustavo Zomer
- Razan Al Adwan
- Bianca Sanfilippo
- Beyza Uçar
- Hebba Himdi
- Dina Mousawa
- Claire Seller
- Mohammad Makram Mareye
- Paul Fernandez
- Lingyu Wang
- Razan Abourabi Al-Adwan
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