Rob is a Departmental Lecturer in Modern Language Education (Mandarin) and Course Director for both the PGDip Mandarin and PGCE Mandarin.
Rob has spent the last two decades engaging with Mandarin as a learner, teacher and researcher. His research focusses on the learning and teaching of Mandarin at schools with a particular focus on the intelligibility of young beginner learners of Mandarin. Rob hopes that Mandarin will increasingly be seen as a school subject that can be taken by learners from all backgrounds and all learning capabilities, as well as a vehicle for raising aspirations and opening opportunities.