Mary's main focus since 2007 has been engaging with academics in English Medium Education. With her colleagues in Southampton, she developed and continues to facilitate the hugely globally successful MOOC, English as a Medium of Instruction for Academics, onthe FutureLearn platform, and is currently developing a partner MOOC, English for Administrators in the International University, which will launch towards the end of 2022.Mary and her colleagues have recently used their EMI MOOC as a springboard for aBritish Council initiative in the Philippines which enabled 49 Master Trainers to personalize and cascade EME training to around a thousand academics in Higher Education there.
After a long career in TESOL and CPD she now finds an understanding of emotion in language teaching and learning to be vital in her holistic approach to support for learners and educators alike.