Ms Olga Nunez Pineiro


Degrees/Professional Qualifications

  • B.A. Honours in Modern Languages, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 1995
  • Postgraduate Diploma in "Fundamentos Metodológicos para la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera", Universidad Menéndez y Pelayo, Santander (UIMP), Spain, August 1995. Título de Experto en Enseñanza del Español como Lengua Extranjera (Expert in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language), 2005
  • Postgraduate Diploma in European Business Administration, West Kent College, Tonbridge, Kent, 1996
  • MA in Bilingual Translation, University of Westminster, 2000
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Translation for the Media (Dubbing and Subtitling), City University, 2002
  • MA in Cinema Studies (Máster en Historia y Estética de la Cinematografía), Universidad de Valladolid, 2004
  • MPhil in Translation Studies. Postgraduate Certificate of "Suficiència investigadora" (Research Competence in Translation Studies) and Diploma d'Estudis Avançats" (Diploma of Advanced Studies in Translation Studies), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, 2005
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, University of Westminster (2013). Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, University of Westminster (2014). 
  • MA in Higher Education, University of Westminster (2017)


I have recently undertaken a research project on the experience of undergraduate exchange students in the UK and am now working on setting up a virtual study abroad period and conducting research on learner autonomy.


In brief

Research areas

Pedagogic research