Neil Richards

EAP Programme Manager

Contact details

Email: n.j.richards@bham.ac.uk

Address: Birmingham International Academy
46 Priorsfield
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

I am the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Manager responsible for the provision of the EAP component in Foundation Pathways for international students at Birmingham International Academy (BIA).

Qualifications

M.Ed. TESOL, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

BA (Hons) Film and Media Studies, University of Central Lancashire

UK Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)

Biography

I have worked in English language teaching for over 20 years. I have taught in Japan and Australia and have worked in the Australian university sector since 2013 both as a teacher and academic manager. Although originally from the UK, I have spent most of my adult life in Brisbane, Australia. I relocated to the UK in 2024 to take up my role at the Birmingham International Academy.

Other activities

Conferences

Closing the feedback loop: how technology can increase student agency in the feedback process, English Australia Conference, Melbourne 2019.

The potential of complaint: a non-reactive approach to student counselling, English Australia Conference, Melbourne 2009

Publications

Richards, N (2020) Closing the feedback loop using screen capture technology, Modern English Teacher 29 (1) 34-36