Declan Cunney
- Position: Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes
- Areas of expertise: English for Academic Purposes (EAP); English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP)
- Email: D.M.Cunney@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: 3.34 Parkinson Building
Profile
I joined the University of Leeds as a Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes in 2025, having previously taught EAP at several universities in the UK, China and Vietnam
Research interests
English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP), teaching and learning in higher education, academic integrity, sociolinguistics and (English) language variation.
Qualifications
- MA Applied Linguistics
- MA Sociocultural Linguistics
- Bachelor Hons Law (BCL)
- PGCert Higher Education - FHEA
- PGCert ELT, Cambridge CELTA and DELTA module 3 (EAP)
Professional memberships
- Advance HE
- British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP)
- Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE)
Student education
I teach English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to undergraduate students at Leeds-SWJTU Joint School in Chengdu, China and pre-sessional EAP to postgraduate international students in Leeds.
Research groups and institutes
- Language Centre