Andrea's current role involves in participating in policy making at the University of Bedfordshire's Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning. She is at present putting that policy into practice by supporting colleagues in integrating personalized, realistic and transformative learning into curricula as part of processes designed to promote autonomy, employability and lifelong learning. Her research interests lie in exploring the potential of threshold concept theory to enhance the student experience. She is particularly interested in the interplay between language and resource in learning and teaching, and the genres involved in transferring control from academic to student.
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