People
Find out more about Language Centre staff.
We all have a people page with information on who we are, what we teach and/or our areas of responsibility.
How to contact us
- For individual members of staff, please see links to 'people pages' below.
- Or follow this link to see information on how to contact the Language Centre, including Live Chat.
Teaching staff offices
- Please book office hours via the Student Hub.
- Office hours are offered for the duration of the programme only.
- Many languages offer more than one office hour and some are only for specific courses.
- Not all teachers have an office hour so you may need to see the Co-ordinator for the course(s) in question.
Directorate
Dr Neil McLean Director
Dr Alison Standring Deputy Director
Professional Services Staff
John Heyworth Manager
Ask me about: BSc programmes; 'language specialism' and choosing a language option; Applying to LSE and language options available; Communications; Strategic planning; HR; Recruitment; Financial management; Business processes and systems.
Sabrina Rabi Course Administrator
Ask me about: Non-degree programme registration and management; proofreading; translation and authentication; quick assessment.
Maggie Evans Staff and Student Relations Administrator
Ask me about: The Huddle; Office space; Procurement, orders and bookings; Facilities; Equipment; Staff and student social events.
Inés Alonso-García Teaching and Learning Facilitator
Ask me about: Moodle for staff; LSE Language community; Conversation circles; Tandem learning; Improvisation sessions; Bitesize speaking.
Helen Mayer Language Community and Communications Manager
Ask me about: The Student Hub; Social media; LSE Language community; Conversation circles; Tandem learning; Bitesize speaking.
Teaching Staff
Lourdes Hernández-Martín Language Coordinator - Arabic and Coordinator for Spanish Projects
Luay Hasan Language Teacher - Arabic
Nadim Ben-Mohamed-Mahjoub Language Teacher - Arabic
Dr. Catherine Hua Xiang East Asian Languages Coordinator
Dr Lijing Shi Assistant Language Coordinator - Mandarin
Hongyi Xin Coordinating Language Teacher - Mandarin
Fang Pan Coordinating Language Teacher - Mandarin
Meiyan Zhao Language Teacher - Mandarin
Rong Guo Language Teacher - Mandarin
Alice Yao Language Teacher - Mandarin
Yoko Aldous Language Teacher - Japanese
Yukie Yagioka Language Teacher - Japanese
Mihi Kang Language Teacher - Korean
Dr Alison Standring Deputy Director
Mike McGarvey Language Coordinator - English Language Teaching
Jim Pavitt Coordinating Language Teacher - English for Academic Purposes
Simon Mathews Coordinating Language Teacher - English for Academic Purposes
Umair Ahsan Coordinating Language Teacher - English for Academic Purposes
François Simon Language Coordinator - French
Sandrine Victor Assistant Language Coordinator - French
Bérengère Genest Coordinating Language Teacher - French
Virginie Rodriguez Coordinating Language Teacher - French
Magali Brenac Coordinating Language Teacher - French
Cécile Alais Language Teacher - French
Pierre Dagonnot Language Teacher - French
Catherine Gaitte Language Teacher - French
Patricia Gaudron Language Teacher - French
Patricia Morabo Language Teacher - French
Dr. Peter Skrandies Language Coordinator - German and Linguistics
Florian Fischer Language Teacher - German
Dr Manuela von Papen Language Teacher - German
Cavidan Seyitcemaloglu Language Teacher - German
Dr. Angus Wrenn Tutorial Fellow
Dr. Olga Sobolev Language Coordinator - Literature and Russian
Dr. Peter Skrandies Language Coordinator - German and Linguistics
Dr Neil McLean Director
Dr Alison Standring Deputy Director
Dr. Olga Sobolev Language Coordinator - Literature and Russian
Natasha Bershadski Language Teacher - Russian
Irina Forbes Language Teacher - Russian
Elena Dearden Language Teacher - Russian
Dr. Olga Makarova Language Teacher - Russian
Mercedes Coca Language Coordinator - Spanish
Lourdes Hernández-Martín Language Coordinator - Arabic and Coordinator for Spanish Projects
Dr. Roser Martinez-Sanchez Coordinating Language Teacher - Spanish
Margarita Rois-Quiroga Coordinating Language Teacher - Spanish
Pablo Sánchez-García Language Teacher - Spanish
Tatiana Suárez-Rodríguez Language Teacher - Spanish
Anna Maria Giuffria Language Teacher - Italian
Flavia D'Angelantonio Language Teacher - Italian