Staff profile

Sharon is a doctoral student in the School of Education. Her research focuses on the positioning of English for Academic Purposes in UK higher education.

Following a career in libraries in the NHS and the British Council, Sharon retrained as an English language teacher. She completed an MA in Applied Linguistics for TESOL at Durham University in 2018.

• Higher and Further Education
• International and Comparative Education

Conference Paper

• Riddle, Sharon (2020), English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in UK higher education: examining the impact of EAP’s position within the academy on service delivery, identity and quality, in Axbey, Harriet & Riddle, Sharon eds, Imagining Better Education Imagining Better Education 2019. Durham, Durham University, School of Education, Durham, 71-85.

Conference Proceeding

• Riddle, Sharon & Bhatia, Priyanka (2021). Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2020. Imagining Better Education 2020, Durham, England, Durham University, School of Education.