Helen Spencer-Oatey is Director of the Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick. She was manager for HEFCE of their 4M GBP eChina-UK Programme and directed its final project, the Global People Project, on intercultural partnerships. Helen has worked extensively overseas, including teaching at Shanghai Jiaotong University for seven years on a British Council project. Her book publications include Culturally Speaking (Continuum, 2000-2008), e-Learning Initiatives in China (Hong Kong University Press, 2007), Handbook of Intercultural Communication (Mouton de Gruyter, 2007) and Intercultural Interaction (Palgrave, 2009).

Helen Spencer-Oatey is participating in the Embedding global citizenship within the student experience session.