Areas of interest
From a researcher and practitioner perspective, I am interested in academic genres, disciplinary discourses, and corpus linguistic approaches in EAP.
My PhD research in Applied Linguistics involved a corpus-driven discourse analysis of undergraduate writing in humanities and social sciences subjects. I have recently completed research projects investigating postgraduate written coursework genres and research grant proposal texts. I am currently involved in a cross-institutional collaborative project exploring Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) affordances in the teaching of doctoral writing.
I convene the BALEAP (British Association of Lecturers in EAP) Special Interest Group for Doctoral Education, and am Incoming Chair for the BALEAP Accreditation Scheme (BAS).
Background
I have worked in English for Academic Purposes since 2004, and started working at Reading in 2014. In my current role as Head of EAP, I have academic oversight of both the Pre-sessional English Language Programme and the Academic English Programme.
Academic qualifications
BA, BA Hons History & MA Applied Linguistics (Victoria University, Wellington, NZ), PhD Applied Linguistics (Warwick)
CELTA (A), DELTA
Professional bodies/affiliations
Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy
Member of BALEAP (Global Forum for EAP Practitioners), EATAW (European Association for Teaching Academic Writing) and BAAL (British association for Applied Linguistics)
Assessor, BALEAP Accreditation Scheme (BAS)
Reviewer: Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Journal of Academic Writing, Studies in Graduate & Postdoctoral Education
Selected publications
In press – Whiteside, K & Collins, V. 2024. An updated account of master’s level Business School writing: Revisiting the genre family framework. International Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 4:2.
Charles, M & Whiteside, K. 2024. Seeking research funding in a peripheral context: A learner corpus genre study of grant proposal summaries. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 71, 1-12
Gardner, S., Whiteside, K & Yakovchuk, N. 2024. Teaching citation to university students. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching.
Charles, M., Jenkins, M. & Whiteside, K. 2022. ‘More meaningful and better paced’: Lessons from 3 years’ online teaching of Syrian academics in exile. Proceedings of the 2021 BALEAP Conference.
Cranwell, P., Li, D., Page, E., Whiteside, K & Woodcock, A. 2021. Understanding the barriers faced by TNE-students when completing advanced-level laboratory-based practical classes. International Journal of Chinese Education
Cranwell, P., Li, D., Page, E., Whiteside, K & Woodcock, A. 2021. Challenges faced by transnational education students in advanced STEM practical classes in Dippold, D. & Heron, M. 2021. Meaningful Teaching Interaction at the Internationalised University. London: Routledge
Cranwell, P. & Whiteside, K. 2020. Investigation into the Semantic Density and Semantic Gravity Wave Profile of Teachers When Discussing Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (SEAr). Journal of Chemical Education, 97, 3540-3550
Whiteside, K & Wharton, S. 2019. Semantic patterning of grammatical keywords in undergraduate writing across two close disciplines. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 39, 1-20
Brewer, S. & Whiteside, K. 2019. The Cara Syria programme – combining teaching of English for Academic Purposes and academic and research skills development. Language Learning in Higher Education, 9, 161-172 May 2018
Parkinson, T., Brewer, S., Camps, C., Turner, J., Jenkins, M., Whiteside, K., Zoubir, T. 2018. Supporting Syrian Academics to be Agents for Change: The role of UK universities. Educational Developments, ISSN 1469-3267.Supporting Syrian Academics to be Agents for Change: The role of UK universities.
Whiteside, K. 2016. A corpus-driven investigation into the semantic patterning of grammatical keywords in undergraduate History and PIR (Politics and International Relations). Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Warwick
Whiteside, K. & Wrigley, S. 2015. Adapting the scaffolding academic literacy pedagogy for an EAP context, in Kavanagh, M. & L. Robinson (eds), Proceedings of the 2013 BALEAP Conference
Hunter, D. & Whiteside, K. 2010. Developing a Core Module for a Foundation Programme, Inform (A journal for international foundation professionals), Issue 6, October 2010
Digital materials for disciplinary writing: Piloting online writing resources for undergraduate Psychology and doctoral Education (jointly delivered with Sarah Mattin), European Association of Teachers of Academic Writing (EATAW), 2023, Winterthur, Switzerland, June 2023
Peer Reflections on Using SFL in Doctoral Writing Instruction (jointly delivered with Nadya Yakovchuk, University of Surrey), BALEAP 2023, Warwick: Deconstructing Pedagogic Practices, April 2023
Helping beginner researchers begin: Genre analysis and teaching materials for writing grant proposal summaries (jointly delivered with Maggie Charles, Oxford, Ahmed Halil, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey and Michal Jenkins, Edinburgh), Norwegian Forum for EAP (NFEAP), Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, June 2022
Raising the profile of ESAP In-sessional practice and practitioners: Modularisation and Academic Language and Literacy (ALL) Liaison.’ Durham BALEAP PIM - Leadership and Management in EAP: Insights, Issues and Experiences, 5th June 2021
The Cara programme for Syrian academics in exile. “I’ve learnt I mustn’t leer into the screen”: Evidence from 3 years of online teaching.’ (jointly delivered with Maggie Charles and Michael Jenkins), BALEAP 2021, Glasgow, 7th April 2021
Core Corpus Skills for designing In-sessional ESAP Materials’. BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG, Coventry (online), January 2021
Writing development across an undergraduate degree: A contrastive corpus analysis of student writers’ first- and third-year Essay texts from the disciplines of History and Politics & International Relations (PIR)’ TaLC (Teaching and Language Corpora) 2020, Perpignan, France (online), July 2020
Utilising the BAWE Genre Family Framework to redesign a discipline-specific in-sessional provision: An analysis of core module PGT Business School genres’ (jointly delivered with Vicky Collins), Symposium: BAWE 10 years on, Coventry University London Campus, 8th June 2019
EAP for Syrian academics at risk: facilitating engagement and collaboration’ (jointly delivered with Sarah Brewer, Michael Jenkins and David Read), BALEAP (The global forum for EAP professionals) Conference, Leeds, 12th April 2019
The Cara Syria Programme: integrating the teaching of English for Academic Purposes into a programme to support exiled Syrian academics’, (jointly delivered with Sarah Brewer), ProLanguage Conference, Reading, 20th September 2018
The semantic patterning of grammatical keywords in undergraduate History and PIR (Politics & International Relations) essays: a corpus-driven investigation’, Poster Presentation, Corpus Linguistics 2017, Birmingham, 26th July 2017
The Pedagogic Potential of the Appraisal Framework in teaching Dissertation Writing’, EAP in the South East, 9th June 2017
Engaging a mixed native-speaking and non-native-speaking group in the learning of written genres for Psychology’, InForm (A journal for international foundation professionals) Conference 2017, Reading, 15th July 2017
