Academic | Programme Manager
Nora Gavalyan
Nora Gavalyan is the Programme Manager at TEAM University.
Her primary job functions include enhancement of student experience, staffing and management of the academic module teams and implementation of the teaching philosophy of the university.
For over eight years, she has been teaching a number of modules such as Academic English, Business Communication, Strengthening Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills and a postgraduate course for in-service teachers. Nora has vast experience of working with young people and managing large cohorts of students. Her research interests include curriculum development and transnational education
Education
PGc SSTL, Westminster International University in Tashkent, 2015
MA, Bowling Green State University, USA, 2012, English
BA, The Uzbek State University of World Languages, 2010, English Philology
Publications and Conferences
Celeti, A., Nurmanova, R. and Gavalyan, N., 2019. Going Beyond the Local: Exploring the Role of Transnational Higher Education in Shaping Students’ Life Trajectories in Uzbekistan. Silk Road: A Journal of Eurasian Development, 1(1), pp.23–38. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16997/srjed.3
Pioneering Synoptic Assessment at WIUT, Annual Learning and Teaching Symposium at Westminster International University in Tashkent, 2017
Building Awareness of Effective Feedback Practices (co-authored with Anastasiya Bezborodova). Humanizing Language Teaching Magazine.Volume 19 (2). Available from http://old.hltmag.co.uk/apr17/mart06.htm , 2017
Using Teacher Student Conferences to Improve Student’s Writing Annual Learning and Teaching Symposium at University of Westminster, London, UK, 2016
Awards and Certificates
A recipient of E-Teacher scholarship sponsored by US Department of State
Completed an online course on Critical Thinking in the Language Learning Classroom offered by Oregon State University, 2015
A recipient of a Fulbright Foreign Student grant sponsored by the United States Department of State and administered by the Institute of International Education, 2010-2012
Certificate of Graduation of IELTE program (Institute for English Language Teacher Education), 2010
Trainings
ESP Materials Design Partnership Project: a joint project of the National Research Center and the U.S. English Language Specialist Program. – Stage 1 Completed, 2015
Regional English Language Teacher Trainings (RELTA), Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2013, 2014, 2015