Dr Amanda Mason
Liverpool Business School
Faculty of Business and Law
Email: A.Mason@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 3866
Dr Amanda Mason is a Senior Lecturer in the Liverpool Business School and teaches on the MSc International Business and Management programme.
She is a PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) champion for the programme and her research interests include the sustainable and inclusive internationalisation of higher education through collaborative online intercultural learning (COIL), the international student experience, and enhancing students' digital fluency.
Amanda is an experienced teacher educator and PhD supervisor, and recently contributed to the development of an English Medium Instruction (EMI) training package for university lecturers in Armenia as part of the Erasmus+ SMARTI project.
In addition to her teaching and research, Amanda is a link tutor for LJMU’s International Study Centre and the European College of Business Management , and the institutional link for YPC International College in Malaysia.
Degrees
2010, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PhD
2002, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom, M.Ed.
1990, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, BSc (Hons)
Certifications
1995, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults
1992, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults
Journal article
Turner JC, Mason A, Harrison R, Varga-Atkins T. 2020. Culture Club: Experiences of running a journal club for continuing professional development in higher education Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 8 :81-89 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Jørgensen M, Mason A, Pedersen R, Harrison R. 2020. The Transformative Learning Potential in the Hybrid Space between Technology and Intercultural Encounters Journal of Studies in International Education, 26 :318-333 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Mason A, Hickman J. 2017. Students supporting students on the PhD journey: An evaluation of a mentoring scheme for international doctoral students Innovations in Education and Teaching International, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Mason A, Eva V. 2014. Fostering internationalisation: the benefits to home students of mentoring international students. Stewart M. Innovations in Practice, 9 :3-12 Publisher Url
Chapters
Mason A, Zhang W. 2017. An exploration of the use of mobile applications to support the learning of Chinese characters employed by students of Chinese as a foreign language Kan Q, Bax S. Beyond the language classroom: researching MOOCs and other innovations Research-publishing.net 9781908416520 DOI Publisher Url
Mason A, Robert F, Webb A, Siega AM, Mazlin AK, Jamie LMC. Sustainable Internationalisation Through Collaborative Online Intercultural Learning Wall T, Viera Trevisan L, Leal Filho W, Shore A. Sustainability in Business Education, Research and Practices :195-208 Springer DOI Publisher Url
Conference presentation:
Oral presentation, Yerevan, Armenia, SMARTI Final Conference, EMI in the digital era: collaboration across cultures. 2024
Oral presentation, Liverpool, LJMU Students at the Heart (SATH), Fostering inclusive and supportive communities of international students on MSc Management programmes though peer mentoring.. 2024
Oral presentation, Yerevan, SMARTI Event, A student-centred digital literacy approach to teaching in higher education.. 2024
virtual presentation, London, European Conference on Language Learning, Supporting students how to learn: a preliminary framework for teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) students strategies for Chinese character learning. 2023
Panel discussion, Liverpool UK, Digi:Doi UK Symposium, Exploring opportunities and design for collaborative teaching: collaborative online intercultural learning (COIL). 2023
Oral presentation, Liverpool, UK, European Symposium for Sustainability in Business Education, Sustainable Internationalisation through Collaborative Online Intercultural Learning’. 2023
Oral presentation, Liverpool, LJMU Virtual Teaching and learning Conference, Student development against a backdrop of Covid-19: Developing communities of learning through virtual exchange programmes. 2021
Oral presentation, Northern Collaboration Online Conference 2020, “Access, Success, Progress”, Developing library and academic partnerships for student success. 2020
Oral presentation, Liverpool, UK, LJMU Teaching and learning Conference, Global citizenship: an aspiration for the many or an exclusive club for the elite few?. 2018
Oral presentation, Copenhagen, Denmark, European Conference on Educational Research, Unpacking Virtual and Intercultural Spaces: A Presentation of a Conceptual Framework to Investigate the Connection between Technology and Intercultural Learning. 2017
Oral presentation, Milton Keynes, UK, International Conference on MOOCs, Informal Language Learning, and Mobility, An exploration of the use of mobile applications to support the learning of Chinese characters employed by students of Chinese as a foreign language. 2016
Oral presentation, Liverpool, EAIE 28th International Conference, Understanding international students’ experience of learning with technology. 2016
Oral presentation, Liverpool, UK, Council of Heads of the Built Environment (CHOBE) conference: Innovation on Built Environment Education, Enhancing student performance at the dissertation stage of taught postgraduate students in the Built Environment: an investigation into the needs and expectations of diverse cohorts of students. 2016
Oral presentation, LJMU Teaching and learning Conference, Mentoring International Students: narrowing the cultural divide, broadening global horizons. 2014
Oral presentation, Cardiff, UK, Symposium on Action Research in English Language Teacher Education, IATEFL Conference, Integrating a focus-on-form into a task-based approach to teaching speaking to advanced learners. 2009
Other invited event:
Goris, Armenia, Online Oral Presentation: 'Action Research in EMI', SMARTI National Awareness Day. 2024
Goris, Armenia, Online Oral Presentation: 'Educational Technology and English Language Teaching/English Medium Instruction’, SMARTI National Awareness Day. 2024
Editorial boards:
Editor, Postgraduate Journal of Management Research, https://openjournals.ljmu.ac.uk/PJMR/. 2023
Teaching qualification:
M.Ed. Educational Technology and ELT. 2002
RSA/UCLES Diploma in Teaching as a Foreign Language to Adults. 1995
Camridge/UCLES Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. 1993