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Dr Sara Young
London
Appointment
- Lecturer (Teaching)
- IOE - Culture, Communication & Media
- UCL Institute of Education
- Lecturer (Teaching) MA Education
- IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy & Assessment
- UCL Institute of Education
Biography
I am a Lecturer at UCL Institute of Education, where I have worked in the Dept. of Culture, Communication and Media (CCM), the Dept. of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (CPA), and the Centre for Language and International Education (CLIE). I received my PhD in Applied Linguistics from UCL, following my MRes in Educational and Social Research at the Institute of Education. Prior to this, I worked in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and FLE (French as a Foreign Language), and lived in Greece and Hungary for several years.
Research Themes
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Research Summary
My research focuses on the relationship between language and identity, especially in the context of contemporary Britain, pre- and post-Brexit. My current projects investigate bi/multilingual practices and identity construction amongst adolescents, and how these various practices may be at play in different spaces. I am currently working on a Covid-19 related project which explores the impact of the lockdown on Polish complementary schools, and the subsequent impact on heritage language learning. I specialise in narrative inquiry, exploring how narrative can be a means to construct identity, both for the individual and for nation states.
I am also involved with the ethical nature of research, including the questions that arise when working with adolescents and young people; and the ethics of data translation and transcription in multilingual research.
Teaching Summary
From January 2021, I have been working as an Academic and Pastoral Tutor on the MA Education, where I also supervise Dissertations. I have also been a Dissertation Supervisor on the MA Applied Linguistics/TESOL programme from 2019; and have also worked on the MA English Education.
During the academic year 2020/21, I have taught on the Research Methods Module for the MA Applied Linguistics/TESOL, and the Understanding Research Module for the MA Education.
I also worked on the pre-sessional courses for the Centre for Languages and International Education (CLIE) in 2019 and 2020.
Academic Background
| 2020 | Recognised by the HEA as a Fellow | UCL | |
| 2019 | ATQ02 - Recognised by the HEA as an Associate Fellow | University College London | |
| 2018 | Doctorat | University College London | |
| 2014 | Master of Research | University College London | |
| 1994 | Master of Arts | Queen Mary College, University of London | |
| 1993 | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) | Royal Holloway |
