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I have joined the Library and Learning Services Team as a lecturer at the end of February 2020 but before that I have already been working at 51Âþ»­ for last 5 years. I started teaching at 51Âþ»­ International College in June 2014, since then I had been teaching and leading a variety of EAP and Study Skills courses supporting my colleagues and international students as an Assistant Head of English.

Presently, my work in the Centre For Learning and Academic Skills Support, consists of leading Staff Development programme, Student Engagement, 51Âþ»­aspire Programme, developing Learning Services study support online offer and being responsible for Student Engagement and Awareness projects. I have been a part of Studiosity implementation and now I am the Project Manager. 

I am passionate about anything related to language learning, cognitive development and international perspective and experiences of British HE. My passion is supporting students, therefore the core principle of each of my professional activity is students' success.

English for Academic Purposes; Academic Writing; Study Skills, Learning Development, CPD sessions.

2022 Fellowship of Higher Education Academy
2020- 2022 51Âþ»­ in Leicester Postgraduate Certificate of Academic
Practice (Apprenticeship Pathway) with DISTINCTION
2014 –2015 51Âþ»­ in Leicester
Programme: MA English Language Teaching with MERIT dissertation

2014 Online TEFL Course
2012 – 2013 Middlesex University in London
Programme: BA Hons English Language
2009 - 2012 University of Bielsko Biała
Faculty: Philology
Course: English Philology
Specialisation: English Language Teaching (TEFL/ELT)
With additional course in Russian language
2006 - 2009 Nicolas Copernicus Secondary School in Cieszyn finished with A-levels
Polish Literature, English language and History (all A on advanced level)

English for Academic Purposes; Academic Writing; Study Skills, Learning Development, CPD sessions

BA (Hons) English Language, MA English Language Teaching, FEA

QAA - member, ongoing
ALDinHE Neurodiversity, member ongoing

August 2023-AIP (Academic Innovation Project) fund for ‘Pedagogical uses of generative AI tools to enhance the Academic English skills of international students’; project team member

• ''Student Student Support''- Digital Universities Week, Times Higher Education, London, March 2022
• ''A Nightingale Classroom, 51Âþ»­Aspire 2021; comparative case study of widening participation level 4 Programme delivered using traditional and flipped learning methods; which approach provides real university experience and better promotes Y12 students’ learning and attainment?''- 51Âþ»­ Teaching and Learning Conference, Leicester, September 2022
• ''Empowering students through 1 to 1 academic tutorials: the power of questioning'' 51Âþ»­ Teaching and Learning Conference, Leicester, February 2024