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Mr Nick Oldham

Job: Senior Lecturer in English Language and Modern Languages

School/department: School of Humanities and Performing Arts

Address: Ογ½ΆΙη, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: 0116 257 7167

E: nick.oldham@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

I joined Ογ½ΆΙη in August 2018 and have a taught on a range of English and Modern Languages programmes both here and at other Higher Education Institutions around the Midlands, including Coventry University, Warwick University and The University of Birmingham. I manage the #Ογ½ΆΙη Global Languages Programme and lead the With Languages degree programme. I am also Programme Leader for the Pre-sessional English Language courses within the Centre for English Language Learning (CELL). I collaborate closely with colleagues from Ογ½ΆΙη China and regularly support colleagues across China as well as at our partner universities by undertaking recruitment and marketing visits, teacher training work and Transnational Education English language teaching.

I teach English for Academic Success (in -sessional) and embedded English as part of the MSc in Sport and Cultural Event Management programme.

I am also a member of the School Leadership team for The School of Creative Industries and Culture, leading on our School's EDI strategy.

I am the Authorised Officer for the Faculty of Technology, Arts and Culture.

I sit on the CELL Quality Improvement Committee and Management Board. I also sit on the TAC Faculty EDI Committee and the Confucius Institute Management Board.

I am Chair of Ογ½ΆΙη’s Shadow Academic Board, an advisory forum running in parallel with the main Academic Board, providing a platform to influence academic policy, with a broader range of voices feeding into decision making.

Research interests/expertise

  • English Language and Modern Language education and assessment
  • Reflective learning
  • Effective educational intervention for L2 students
  • Digital developments in language pedagogy

Areas of teaching

  • Modern Languages: French and German
  • English Language/English for Academic Purposes (In-sessional and Pre-sessional)

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons) York
  • PGCE (Nottingham)
  • SFHEA (Ογ½ΆΙη)

Ογ½ΆΙη taught

Modern Languages: French and German

English Language/English for Academic Purposes (In-sessional and Pre-sessional)

Membership of professional associations and societies

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, HEA (May 2026)

fCMgr Foundation Chartered Manager status,  Chartered Management Institute (January 2025)

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