Dr. Tözün Issa

Qualifications

BEd Degree Primary Education (South Bank)

MSc. (South Bank)

PhD (University of North London)

Regional Trainer for KS2 Framework for Languages

Trainer for ESL in the Mainstream programme.

Member of Association of London Government, Commission on Race and Education Committee.

Role

Director, Centre for Multilingualism in Education

Senior Lecturer

PGCE primary and Early Years Community languages tutor

Tözün’s research interests include bilingual education and the education of the linguistic minority communities. He has focused on a number of community education programmes particularly those of Supplementary schools in UK.

Tözün was a primary school teacher for 12 years and worked as an adviser for Ethnic minority Education for 6 years. He studied for his doctorate at the university of North London before becoming the course tutor for the PGCE Community Languages course. He is currently working as group tutor for PGCE primary and Early Years course and is the Director of the newly formed Centre for Multilingualism in Education. He is co-coordinating a number of research projects and has co-ordinated the work of a steering group which organised a successful conference titled ‘Bilingualism Learning and Achievement’ in March 2007.

He is involved in a number of consultancy activities with the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Schools and CILT (National Centre for Languages) providing training for supplementary schools teachers.