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Patricia Couturas

Assistant Professor in French (Language Studies)

School of Media, Arts and Humanities

  • Assistant Professor in French (Language Studies)
    School of Media, Arts and Humanities
  • +44 (0)1273 876738 Ext.6738 (Work)

BIO

I was born in Paris but grew up in Brittany. I joined the University of Sussex in 2005 and am a Fellow of higher education. I work as an Assistant Professor  in French at the School of Media, Arts and Humanities (MAH) at the Department of Language Studies (SCLS), where I teach and convene some French languages and content courses on the Language Elective pathways. My other roles are : MAH Year Abroad Convenor, COIL Facilitator, Language Student Mentoring Scheme Supervisor (up to now), and Student Welfare Advocate / Academic Advisor (ended in September 2025)

I hold a:

- MA in French language diversity, Interculturality, language policies (University of Tours)
- Post graduate certificate in teaching in higher education (University of Sussex)
- Maitrise in occupational psychology (University of Nantes and CNAM)

Other relevant training courses:
- Cross-border telecollabrative virtual exchange programmes (Unicollaboration)
- Introduction to film making (Brighton Film School)

 

DEGREES

  • Maitrise Occupational Psychology
    CNAM and University of Nantes, France28 Jun 1996

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Teaching of French to Adults
    International House, London, England28 Aug 2001 - 28 Sep 2001
    100-hour training course
  • CPCAB Level 2 in initial Counselling Skills - Working with Young People
    Vardean College, Brighton, United Kingdom23 May 2006 - 25 Jul 2006
    30 hours delivered over 10 weekly sessions of 3 hours each The course introduce us to some basic counselling concepts and practice, and to listening and helping skills that can be used in everyday life

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • MA French Language diversity, Interculturality, Language Policies
    University of Tours, Lettres, Tours, France25 Sep 2019 - 30 Jun 2020
  • Post Graduate Certificate Teaching in Higher Education
    University of Sussex, Brighton, England3 Oct 2016 - 30 May 2017

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • French
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read and understand

FIELDS OF RESEARCH