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Dave Price-Williams

Head of Academic Operations

Centre for Foundation Studies

  • Head of Academic Operations
    Centre for Foundation Studies

BIOGRAPHY

Dave is Head of Academic Operations at the Centre for Foundation Studies. He also oversees the International Foundation Programme and Computing-related Foundation Years as Programme Leader in those areas. He also provides a Personal Academic Tutor role for a number of students.

Dave’s been working with Foundation Year-level students (UK and International) since 2011, and has had the pleasure to meet and work with an incredibly diverse range of people. He has worked at Chester’s Centre for Foundation Studies since it was established. He is a big believer in lifelong learning! He’s also passionate about helping all students - regardless of background - to feel valued and ‘at home’ in a university environment.

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER APPOINTMENTS

  • Head of Academic Operations
    University of Chester, Centre for Foundation Studies, Chester, United KingdomSep 2023
  • Deputy Head of Centre / Senior Lecturer
    University of Chester, Centre for Foundation Studies, United KingdomSep 2021 - Sep 2023
  • Senior Lecturer
    University of Chester, Chester, United KingdomJun 2020 - Sep 2021
  • Lecturer
    University of Chester, Centre for Foundation Studies, United KingdomJul 2016 - Jun 2020
  • Visiting Lecturer
    University of Chester, International Centre / Modern Languages, United Kingdom2012 - 2015

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Head of English
    Liverpool John Moores University, International Study Centre Study Group, United Kingdom2015 - 2016
  • Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes
    Liverpool John Moores University, International Study Centre StudyGroup, United Kingdom2012 - 2015
  • Teacher of English as a Foreign Language
    Liverpool International Language Academy, United Kingdom2011 - 2014
  • Teacher of English as a Foreign Language
    Freelance (Self-Employed), Chester, United Kingdom2010 - 2016
  • Teacher of English as a Foreign Language
    Teacher Training College of Foreign Languages, Leszno, Poland2009 - 2010

DEGREES

  • PhD, Child Language Acquisition
    University of Manchester, Manchester, United KingdomApr 2022
  • MRes, English
    University of Chester, United Kingdom2017 - 2019
  • BSc Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
    University of Durham, United Kingdom2004 - 2008

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Member of FYN
    Foundation Year Network
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academic (FHEA)
    Higher Education Academy
  • Diploma of English Language Teaching to Adults (DELTA)
    University of Cambridge
  • Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA)
    University of Cambridge

LANGUAGES

  • Polish
    Can read, write, speak and understand

SCHOOL

  • Centre for Foundation Studies