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Biography
Dr. Siân Alsop is Research Fellow in the Centre for Global Learning: Education and Attainment, focusing on equity and attainment in HE. She is currently developing a large corpus of texts to investigate the relationship between written feedback, attainment and ethnicity. Siân was previously a Lecturer in Academic Writing and has worked as Research Assistant on a number of projects relating to academic discourse, including the development of the British Academic Written English (BAWE) corpus. She was awarded a PhD by Coventry University in 2015 for her work on the pragmatic annotation of the Engineering Lecture Corpus (ELC).
Research Interests
education, attainment, equity, corpus linguistics, academic writing, language of lectures, data visualisation, computational methods
Vision Statement
As a sector, we know that not all students have equal opportunity to succeed in their academic careers, which poses a problem for our students, for academic institutions, and for wider society. I work with large bodies of language data to understand attainment disparities among different groups of students. Through my research I want to contribute to our knowledge of the nature of these disparities, and to find effective ways to address them.
External positions
Assistant Professor (adjunct), University of Luxembourg
1 Sep 2016 → 1 Sep 2019
Keywords
- PE English
- Corpus Linguistics
- Academic Writing
- LB2300 Higher Education
- Assessment
- Feedback
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Stories and scenarios: lecturers’ use of fantastic hypothetical events
Nesi, H. & Alsop, S., Sep 2021, In: Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 53, 101022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Uses of corpus linguistics in education research: An adjustable lens
Alsop, S., King, V., Giaimo, G. & Xu, X., 2021, Theory and Method in Higher Education Research. Tight, M. & Huisman, J. (eds.). Emerald, Vol. 6. p. 21-40 20 p. (Theory and Method in Higher Education Research; vol. 6).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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A corpus-driven investigation of connections between the language of written feedback information and ethnic attainment disparity in UK higher education
Alsop, S., Gardner, S. & Priestley, J., 6 Feb 2020, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Understanding attainment disparity: A corpus-driven analysis of the language used in written feedback information to students of different backgrounds.
Alsop, S. & Gardner, S., 26 Jan 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Understanding Attainment Disparity: The Case for a Corpus-Driven Analysis of the Language used in Written Feedback Information to Students of Different Backgrounds
Alsop, S. & Gardner, S., 2019, In: Journal of Writing Analytics. 3, p. 38-68 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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BAWE 10 Years On
Hilary Nesi (Organising Committee), Sheena Gardner (Organising Committee), Benet Vincent (Organising Committee) & Sian Alsop (Organising Committee)
7 Jun 2019 → 8 Jun 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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EMI Symposium 2017
Sian Alsop (Contributor)
22 Jun 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Corpus Linguistics in the South Conference 2017
Sian Alsop (Speaker) & Hilary Nesi (Speaker)
28 Oct 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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1st International Conference on Corpus Analysis in Academic Discourse
Sian Alsop (Speaker)
22 Nov 2017 → 24 Nov 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Invited speaker: Oxford Brookes Language and Discourse Interdisciplinary Group
Sian Alsop (Invited Speaker)
8 Nov 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Thesis
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The pragmatic annotation of academic lectures : an exploratory study applied to engineering disciplines
Author: Alsop, S., 2016Supervisor: Nesi, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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