Mrs Katherine Mansfield

Biography

At the University of Westminster, I am a Senior Lecturer and the Module Leader for Undergraduate (Level 4) and Postgraduate (Level 7) Academic English.  I am a member of the Centre for Education and Teaching Innovation (CETI)'s comms team which entails organising regularly #Talkteaching events and publishing the monthly 'CETI on the Scene' newsletter.  I am doctoral student at UCL, London.     

My higher education career began with teaching undergraduate courses in UK Business and Culture, Work placement skills and Academic English.  After a few years, I taught postgraduate Academic English and I got involved with the organisation and teaching of the summer pre-sessional courses.  In 2012, as part of my MA in Applied Linguistics and ELT (at King's College, London), I performed research on the academic requirements of different disciplines, and this led me to develop discipline specific materials for different courses at the University of Westminster.  Since then, I have been involved in numerous research projects, been one of the editors in an edited collection and been an active contributor to THECampus (see below).  I understand the importance of sharing knowledge and for this reason, I present my research findings at conferences in the UK and abroad.  

Research Interests

Working at a Higher Education Institution, I realise the importance of research and scholarly activity and have taken part in projects that have contributed to both pedagogic practice and my own personal development.  

Recent publications:

• Breen, P. & Mansfield., K. (forthcoming). ‘Bridging the Gap: Fostering Social Justice Through Inclusive Research Spaces’. British Association of Lectures in English for Academic Purposes.   
• Farag, R., Mansfield, K., McDowell, H., Page, S., & Pereira, I. (2024). ‘The evaluation and evolution of a framework that integrates the awareness of social justice into EAP teaching and learning materials’, in Breen, P. & Le Roux, M. (eds.). Social Justice in EAP and ELT Contexts. London: Bloomsbury.  
• Mansfield, K. (2023). ‘Four key hurdles international students face and what to do about them’, THECampus, 5^th December 2023. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/four-key-hurdles-international-students-face-and-what-do-about-them
• Mansfield, K. (2022). Five tips for showing compassion towards and supporting new students. THECampus. Available at: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/five-tips-showing-compassion-towards-and-supporting-new-students
• Fenton, J., Gimenez, J., Mansfield., K., Percy, M., & Spinillo, M. (2022). International Perspectives of Teaching and Learning Academic English in Turbulent Times. Routledge.  
• Mansfield, K. (2022). Are your first-year students disengaging.  Here's how to get them back on board.  THECampus. Available at: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/are-your-firstyear-students-disengaging-heres-how-get-them-back-board
• Mansfield, K., & Paterson, R. (2021). Case Study 3: Ipsative Feedback at the University of Westminster. In Irons, A., & Elkinton, S., Enhancing Learning through Formative Assessment and Feedback (pp.120-123) (2nd ed.) Routledge.

In recent years, I have presented my research findings at a number of conference: 

Academic presentations at conferences:

Mansfield, K. (2024) Always Swimming Upstream – Imported Bilingualism: A Comparative Analysis of the Family language Policy of Bilingual English-Spanish Families at the Family Language Policy Conference – Reimagining the Field, University of Galway, Oct 2024. 

Mansfield, K. (2024). ‘– Imported Bilingualism: A Comparative Analysis of the Family Language Policy of Bilingual English-Spanish Families’.  British Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, University of Essex, Sep 2024 – (Poster Presentation)

Mansfield, K. (2024). ‘Incorporating social justice in the activity of EAP teaching’. Plenary speaker at Whose English? Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in English Language Teaching. Berlin School of Economics & Law, 15^th June 2024.  

Mansfield, K. (2024). ‘Facilitating the incorporation of Social Justice within English for Academic Purposes teaching practice’. Guest speaker at Language Teaching & Scholarship Forum. Queen Mary University, London, 29^th February 2024.  

Breen, P., Gray, J., & Mansfield, K., (2024). ‘Critical EAP: A forum discussion of Social Justice in EAP and ELT Contexts – Global Higher Education Perspectives’. Panel member at London TESOL Research Forum. University College London. 12^th February 2024.  

Mansfield, K., Percy, M., & Rappoport, A., (2024). ‘Language use at the University of Westminster’. Speaker at Linguistic Diversity at Westminster: Celebrating, Embracing and Strengthening Multilingualism in our University. University of Westminster, 31^st January 2024.  

Mansfield, K. (2023). ‘Unlocking success: Empowering International Students through tailored support’. CETI’s #Talkteaching, University of Westminster, 28^th November 2023.  

Mansfield, K. & Page, L. (2023). ‘Mediating a role for social justice in the activity of EAP teaching’. CETI Symposium, 4^th September 2024.  

Mansfield, K. (2023). ‘What have we have learnt about teaching and learning from the pandemic? An international perspective’. Presentation at Improving University Teaching Conference, University of Heriot Watt University, Malaysia, 13^th July 2023.  

Mansfield, K. (2023). ‘Family language policy: exploring the differences between parents with middle childhood passive bilingual and productive bilingual children’. Presentation at 10^th Education Studies Postgraduate Research Conference.  University of Warwick, 22^nd April 2023.  

Mansfield, K., and Breen, P. (2023). ‘Mediating a role for social justice in the activity of EAP teaching’. Presentation at BALEAP 2023 Conference. University of Warwick, 20^th April 2023. 

Mansfield, K. (2023). ‘‘Mediating a role for social justice in the activity of EAP teaching’. Presentation at Diversity in Academia: Equality, diversity and inclusivity in the multi-cultural Higher Education classroom Conference.  University of Masaryk, Czech Republic, 29^th April 2023.   

Oct 2022        #Talkteaching, University of Westminster, Demonstrating compassion through written feedback 

Mansfield, K. (2022). ‘Experiences of an editor on publishing in academia’.  Presentation at Academic Writing Conference.  University of Masaryk, Czech Republic, 10^th November 2022.  

Sep 2022        Learning and Teaching Symposium, University of Westminster, Compassionate and inclusive strategies for first year transitions (presented with James Fenton, University of Westminster) 

Oct 2021        #Talkteaching, University of Westminster, Challenges of online learning.  

July 2018        Learning and Teaching Symposium, University of Westminster, Ipsative feedback (presented with Dr Richard Paterson, University of Westminster) 

April 2015        BALEAP – University of Leicester, Tailoring presentation materials in accordance with the discipline: A genre-based approach

April 2014        Academic Writing Conference at Masarykova University, Brno, Teaching academic writing and developing materials using a genre based approach

Sep 2013         Academic Skills Conference at Masarykova University, Brno, How to teach writing to postgraduate students

May 2013        BALEAP – University of Nottingham, The development of discipline specific materials (presented with Kwab Asare, University of Westminster)

April 2013        Lexical Approach Conference, University of Westminster, Exploiting Academic Vocabulary (presented with Dr Richard Paterson, University of Westminster)