Professor Jocelyn Wyburd

Profile

Roles in the University of Cambridge

• Jan – Sep 2023 Interim Head of School of Arts & Humanities: in that capacity, member of the University’s Senior Leadership Team and numerous University committees; Chair of Council of the School of Arts and Humanities and various other School level committees.
• 2017-2020 Elected member of the University’s Council (4 years).

Previous Position

• 1999-2011 Director of the University Language Centre, University of Manchester

Education

• BA (Hons)/MA (Cantab) Modern and Medieval Languages (Italian/French), Trinity College, Cambridge
• PGCE (Secondary languages), St Martin’s Lancaster
• MA in Applied Languages and New Technologies, University of Hull

Awards and Fellowships

• Vice President and Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL)
• National Teaching Fellowship (2002)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

National Board Memberships

• Institute of Linguists Educational Trust Board - Chair (2022-2024); Board member (2017-2024)
• Languages Advisory Board, British Academy (2017-2020)
• Advisory Board, AHRC funded OWRI Creative Multilingualism Project (2016-2020)
• Advisory Board, British Academy Flagship Skills project (2016-2017)
• Board of the University of London Institute in Paris (2014-2018)
• Chair of the University Council of Modern Languages (UCML) (Jan 2014-Dec 2016). [Previously Vice Chair (2011-13) and Hon Secretary (2008-11)]
• Chair of the national Advisory Board for Routes into Languages (2013-16)

University of Cambridge Board and Committee memberships

• University HR Committee (2023 to present)
• Foundation Year Management Committee (2021 to present)
• Chair, Estates/HR Maintenance Working Group (2021-2022) 
• Elected member of the Board of Scrutiny (2021-2025) 
• School of Arts & Humanities Equality and Diversity Forum (from 2021 to present)
• Working Group to review the Professorial Pay Review scheme (from 2021 to present)
• Chair: Teaching Focussed Academic Career Path Working Group (2019-2022); resulting in introduction to the University of the Academic Teaching and Scholarship contract and career path (promotions scheme)
  
• Reward Working Group (2018 to present)
  
• Remuneration Committee (2019-2020)
• Council Committee for the Supervision of the Students’ Unions (2017-2018)
  
• Prevent and Freedom of Speech Committee (2017-2020)
• Honorary Degree Committee (2019-2020)
  
• Standing Appointments Committee for the University’s Administrative Service (UAS - 2017-2020)
  
• University and Assistants Joint Board (2017-2018)
• Ourcambridge project Oversight Board (2018-2020)
  
• Staff Survey Steering Group (2018-2019)
  
• Council of the School of Arts and Humanities
• MML Faculty Board
• AMES Faculty Board
• Department of Engineering Centre for Languages and Inter-Communication (CLIC) Management Committee

External quality/strategic review panel memberships

• External member, Language Centre strategic review, University of Oxford (2020-2021)
  
• Member of 5-person international external panel conducting a strategic and quality review of the Technische Universität Darmstadt Language Centre (2019)
• Chair, Quality Review Group, Department of Languages & Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick, Ireland (2017)
• Member of 3-person international external panel conducting strategic and operational review of University of Cyprus Language Centre (2016)
• External member, Language And Linguistic Science Steering Group for the review of language provision at the University of York and subsequently member of the Implementation Group. (2015)
• Panel member, AHRC assessment panel for Expressions of Interest to the Open World Research Initiative (OWRI) (2014)
• External reviewer, new combined languages/linguistics degree programmes, University of Warwick (2014)
• External panel member, School of Modern Languages 5-year Review, University of Bristol (2014)
• External reviewer, Department of Languages Strategic Review, University of Westminster (2013)
• Consultant, Language Centre Review & external panel member for the Language Centre Chair/Director recruitment/appointment.  Queen Mary University of London. (2011-2012)
• External member, Panel to review languages provision within the University, Sheffield Hallam University (2010-2011)
• HE Member, Qualifications Review Group, Diploma in Languages and International Communication (2009-2010)
• External panel member, Teaching Learning and Assessment Committee Review of Educational Provision of Language Centre, London School of Economics (2009)
• External reviewer, institution-wide language programme, Roehampton College (2004)

Selected Publications

Critchley, M & Wyburd, J (2021) "Evolution of University Internationalisation Strategies and Language Policies: Opportunities and challenges for Language Centres" in  Language Learning in Higher Education 11:1 pps 3-13. Journal of the European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education (CercleS).

Wyburd, J (2021) "'Linguist' or 'Global Graduate'? A matter of identity for the global graduate with languages". In Plutino, A & Polisca, E "Languages at work, competent multilinguals and the pedagogical challenges of COVID-19. Research-publishing.net (2021) (pp. 11-21).

Wyburd, J (2018) "Building Capacity in UK Higher Education". In Kelly, M (Ed) "Languages after Brexit: How the UK speaks to the World", Palgrave Macmillan (2018) (pp. 173-183).

Wyburd, J (2017) "Transnational graduates and employability: challenges for HE languages departments". In Alvarez-Mayo, C, Gallagher Brett, A & Michel, F (Eds) “Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing employability”, Research-publishing.net  (2017) (pp. 11-19).

Wyburd, J (2016), "Learning without EU: Jocelyn Wyburd predicts the fate of UK languages education post-Brexit", The Linguist Vol/55 No/5 Oct./Nov. 2016 (pp. 11-13).

Wyburd, J (2016), "Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #3", University of Cambridge News 13 Oct. 2016. Also published in the Cambridge Independent Newspaper 20/10/2016.

Wyburd, J (2016), "Multilingualism – the norm in a 21st Century global society", Education News CUP 04 Jan. 2016.

Wyburd, J (2016) "We need a national debate on multilingualism". Languages Today 21 (Autumn 2015). Association for Language Learning.

Wyburd, J (2014) “Give languages a fair shout”. Opinion piece on languages and language policy. Times Higher Education.

Wyburd, J (2012) ‘‘Blended modes of language learning and teaching in the Language Centre”, University of Cambridge Learning and Teaching Support News Issue 23.

Wyburd, J & Chadha, A (2006) “Keep Talking”, (school outreach project case study) in Crossing frontiers: Languages and the international dimension conference proceedings, CiLT/LTSN Subject Centre for LLAS.

Wyburd, J (2006) “Autoaprenentatge i autonomia en el context de l’entorn de l’aprenentatge presencial i virtual” in L’espai d’autoaprenentatge: les noves necessitats i els models de funcionament en la societat actual^[1] – proceedings of the XI Trobada de Centres d’Autoaprenentatge, Generalitat de Catalunya.

Wyburd, J, Chicken, E, Doherty, J (2005) “LATCOF: lessons from a secondary/sixth-form/HE consultative forum for language teachers” in Navigating the New Landscape for Languages conference proceedings,CiLT/LTSN Subject Centre for LLAS

Armstrong, A and Wyburd, J (2004) “HE initiatives with secondary school partners: Multiple strands of activity to benefit us all?” in Higher Education Bulletin. CiLT, London. (Autumn 2004 edition)