Iain Philip (PhD student)
Thesis title: Syrian refugees learning English in Scotland
PhD Education
- Moray House School of Education and Sport
Contact details
- Mobile: 0776 5437636
- Email: 0570853@sms.ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport, SJL 1.14
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8DD
Background
Iain was born in Fiji and grew up in Jordan, Scotland, Indonesia and Yemen meaning that while he is offically Scottish his feelings of cultural and national identity are somewhat complex. He has been a English teacher for most of his life working in Cambodia, Bhutan, Jordan, Bangladesh and Taiwan before returning to live in Edinburgh in 2014. He is married with two children and is presently completing a PhD in Education at University of Edinburgh.
Qualifications
BA (Hons) English Literature and Philosophy University of Bristol 1995
MSc Applied Linguistics University of Edinburgh 2006
Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults (DELTA) Cambridge ESOL 2008
Responsibilities & affiliations
Fellow of Royal Scottish Society of Arts (RSSA)
Research summary
English Language Teaching, Identity, Motivation and Citizenship, Intercultural Pedagogy