Rob is a Departmental Lecturer in Modern Language Education (Mandarin) and Course Director for PGDip Learning and Teaching Mandarin and Subject Lead for 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.