Dr Sharon McCulloch

Sharon has published in the field of teaching English as a second language, especially English for academic purposes, including articles on plagiarism and students' use source materials in writing. Another strand of research concerns higher education and the ways in which academics' research writing is shaped by the socio-political contexts in which they work.

Sharon worked as an English teacher, examiner and teacher trainer in Central Europe and Japan for many years and before joining UCLan. She has also worked as a senior teaching fellow in applied linguistics and TESOL at University College London and in various roles as a learning developer, EAP coordinator and senior research associate at Lancaster University,