Carole Sedgwick

Dr Carole Sedgwick is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Roehampton. She is interested in the assessment of writing, qualitative research and cross-cultural issues associated with standardisation of language qualifications. Her PhD thesis was an investigation of literacy practices on the same academic program in two different linguistic and cultural contexts in Europe in relation to the Bologna Process. She has published and delivered papers on different aspects of this research, as well as earlier projects in her field of interest. She delivers undergraduate modules on sociolinguistics and individual differences in language learning, and a postgraduate module on language assessment. She has acted as an external examiner for degree and pre-sessional programs and participated as an external expert on university validation panels for new bachelor’s and master’s programs in the UK. She has also assisted as an external expert in CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) benchmarking projects for commercial organisations.