Research Team

The English as a School
Subject Research Team

Professor Fiona Copland

Professor of TESOL and Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling,Stirling, Scotland, UK

Fiona Copland is the Principal Investigator of the English as a School Subject project. She Professor of TESOL in the Faculty of Social Sciences…

Professor Sue Garton

Associate Dean Education, and Professor in Applied Linguistics, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aston University, Birmingham, England, UK

Sue Garton is Co-Investigator of the English as a School Subject Project…

Professor Arifa Rahman

BRAC Institute of Educational Development (Brac IED), BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Arifa Rahman is Co-Investigator of the English as a School Subject project, and leads the research in Bangladesh. Arifa is an established academic with many years of experience as an English language teacher…

Dr Elizabeth Selemani Meke

Senior Research Fellow, Chancellor College, Centre for Educational Research and Training (CERT), University of Malawi, Zomba, Malawi

Elizabeth Meke is Co-Investigator of the English as a School Subject project, and leads the research in Malawi. She is a Senior Research Fellow working with the…

Professor Mario López-Gopar

Professor, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

Mario López-Gopar (PhD, OISE/University of Toronto) is Co-Investigator of the English as a School Subject project, and leads the research in Mexico. Mario is professor at Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca (UABJO)…

Associate Professor Nargiza A. Makhmudova

Linguistics and English Literature Department, Uzbekistan State World Languages University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Nargiza A Makhmudova is Co-Investigator of the English as a School Subject project, and leads the research in Uzbekistan. Nargiza is a Senior Teacher of the…

Syeda Tasnima Tasnin

Research Assistant, Bangladesh

Syeda Tasnima Tasnin has been working in the development sector for the past eight years, focusing mainly oeducation

Mrs Lizzie W Chiwaula

Research Fellow, Centre for Educational Research and Training, University of Malawi, Zomba, Malawi

As well as contributing to the English as a School Subject project as Research Assistant, Lizzie W Chiwaula is a Research Fellow at the University of Malawi, Centre for Educational Research and Training (CERT)…

Lic. Belem López Ocampo

Research Assistant, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

Belem López-Ocampo works as Research Assistant, supporting the English as a School Subject project in Mexico. Belem is a bilingual elementary school teacher. She holds a BA in ELT from the University…

Mukhayyo R. Fayzullaeva

Research Assistant, Linguistics and English Literature Department, Uzbekistan State World Languages University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

As well as working as Research Assistant for the English as a School Subject project in Uzbekistan, Mukhayyo R Fayzullaeva is a Teacher at the Linguistics and English…

Dr Aileen Ireland

Research Assistant, Faculty of Social Sciences, Division of Education, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK

Aileen supports the English as a School Subject project as Research Assistant, based at Stirling University. She also works at as a Lecturer and researcher in the field of…