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BIOGRAPHY

Dr Matt Davies is a Senior Lecturer in English Language in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at the University of Chester, UK. He is an experienced researcher in theories of news discourse, representation, constructed binary oppositions and critical discourse analysis, using both qualitative and quantitative (e.g. corpus linguistics) approaches. He is keen to promote the use of alternative methods of assessment for students such as blogs and video presentations. To this end he facilitates the very successful Language Debates website and the on-line student magazine C.E.L.L.MATES. Recently he has been working with Cheshire Archives and Local Studies and Cheshire Life on a long-term project to digitise hard copies of the Cheshire Life magazine. He is Deputy Chair of the Faculty Ethics Committee since 2017 and is a member of the international Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), having been on the Executive Committee as newsletter editor (2014-17).

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER APPOINTMENTS

  • Senior Lecturer in English Language
    University of Chester, School of Creative Industries, Chester, United Kingdom1 Mar 2009

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • External Examiner
    Dublin City University, English for International Communication, Dublin, Ireland1 Jun 2011 - 31 Jul 2015
  • External Examiner
    Newman University, English, Birmingham, United Kingdom1 Jun 2016 - 31 Jul 2019
  • External Examiner
    University of Brighton, English, Brighton, United Kingdom1 Jan 2021 - 1 Jun 2024

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom1 Oct 2005 - 1 Jul 2008
  • MA
    Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom1 Oct 1999 - 1 Jul 2001
  • PGCert (11-18)
    University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom1 Oct 1994 - 1 Jul 1995
  • PG NCTJ
    Richmond College, Sheffield, United Kingdom1 Sep 1986 - 20 Dec 1986
  • BA (Hons)
    Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom1 Sep 1981 - 1 Jul 1984

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Senior Fellow HEA
    Advance HE
    March 2021 - present

RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE INSTITUTE

  • Culture and Society Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute

SCHOOL

  • School for the Creative Industries