Aled Rees
EAP Tutor
Biography
Aled holds a BA (Hons) in Spanish and a MA in Latin American Studies from Swansea University. In 2017, Aled obtained his PhD in Latin American Studies. He has held postdoctoral positions on the Open World Research Initiative’s (OWRI) Cross Language Dynamics: Reshaping Communities Project based at Swansea University and at the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR), London. Aled has also completed the Cambridge CELTA.
Prior to moving to King’s Foundations, Aled was the Programme Manager for the Preparation for PhD Programme at Study Group and has taught EAP at the University of Surrey, Swansea University and at Kingston University London, where he was a Subject Leader in Academic English Skills. He has also worked as a Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at Swansea University and has taught EFL/ESL in Madrid and Guadalajara, Spain.
Aled’s research interests centre on the themes of multilingualism, migration, and transnationalism in Spanish- and English-language literature and culture. In his free time, Aled enjoys learning languages and travelling.