Presenter Profile

Elina Stylianou

Session Title(s)

Presenting and publishing with personal tutees to empower international student voices: The tutor’s reflections

Biography

Elina Stylianou is a Student Development Coach at the University of Leeds, supporting students at the Faculty of Social Sciences to thrive academically. She has a PhD in TESOL; she designed and delivered a novel intervention to explore the use of a culturally familiar literary text in teaching English as a foreign language. She has a bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature and a master’s in English Literature. Her academic experience includes roles as a Teaching Fellow in TESOL and an Academic Skills Tutor. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Recognised Senior Advisor, and her research interests include literature in EFL teaching and academic skills provision in Higher Education. She is a member of the ALDinHE CPD working group.

Last modified: 14/01/2026