Nicholas Avery – Resource Developer
Centre for Excellence
Since completing his first degree in French and Spanish at the University of Southampton, Nick has taught English through the British Council in Colombia and at a language school in Spain. In 2017 he completed an MA in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching at the University of York. He has worked as a summary writer for the Open Accessible Summaries in Language Studies (OASIS) initiative and has also carried out research with the NCELP Director, Emma Marsden, investigating sensitivity to grammar and cross-linguistic influence during reading in a second language. He joined the Department of Education as a resource developer in January 2019.