Peter Joseph Corbishley  PhB PhL BSc MPhil  CELTA FCTBE

68 Bromley Street E1 0NA UK

peter@english-english.co.uk

 

QUALIFICATIONS

2004

King’s College, London

MPhil by Research (Theology)

2003

LCCIEB  (London Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Further Certificate in Teaching Business English (FCTBE)

2002

Tower Hamlets College

Certificate in Teaching English to Adults (CELTA)

1970

Leicester University

BSc (Sociology)

1967

Gregorian University, Rome

PhB PhL (Philosophy )

 

EMPLOYMENT

1970-1981 – Academic Research

1970-1973 PhD student with Professor Bernstein, Institute of Education

1973 Research Assistant the Institute of Education, London University

1919-1981 Research Officer at Institute of Education & Chelsea College working on ‘Mixed Ability Teaching and Learning in London Secondary Schools’.

1979-1983 - Teaching

Ø      Teaching postgraduate Research Methods at London and Middlesex Universities

1983–2005 – Evaluation and Development Consultancy

v     Consultant to Small Businesses and Organisations

v      Lay Member on Clinical Research Board – Barts & Royal London Hospital 

v      Contract Manager MEHC Ltd

v      Company Secretary CATES Ltd

v      Director eregen services ltd

2001-2005- Teaching English As A Second Language

ü      One to One English Tuition

ü      Spoken English tuition with women graduates from Bangladesh, Italy, the Punjab, Russia and South Korea – E3, L1

ü      Spoken English tuition with older Bengali men, mainly graduates –E3

ü      ESOL tuition with Somali men – Pre-entry

ü      ESOL development work for Southern Housing Group – Pre-entry

ü      Intergenerational ESOL tuition with Grandparents and grandchildren 

ü      Designing ESOL materials for museum visits at Tower Hamlets College –E2

ü      Internal moderator for ESOL classes with Bangladeshi women in Spitalfields

ü      Gained CELTA qualification at Tower Hamlets College with teaching practices that included refugees and recent immigrants from Algeria, Bangladesh, Croatia, Russia and Vietnam. One group was adult, the other young people, both within E1 level. On the course I produced my own original materials, set and marked homework,

ü      Weekly conversation classes 2001-2002 when interim manager of Franciscan International School in Seoul, South Korea.

 

FORMAL PUBLICATIONS

 

1977

'Research Findings on Teaching Groups in Secondary Schools' in Davies, WB. & Cave, R. (eds) 1977 Mixed Ability Teaching in the Secondary School 1977 Ward Lock.

 

1979

'Do Schools Make a Difference?' Review Article of "Fifteen Thousand Hours" (with Hurn C.) British Journal of In-Service Education Vol 6 no 1. 1979.

 

1980

'Religious Education in the  Curriculum' The Month April 1980

 

'Teachers and Pastoral Care: an empirical comment' (with Evans, J.) in Best, R. et al. Aspects of Pastoral Care 1980 Heinemann.

 

1981

'Teacher Strategies and Pupil Identities in Mathematics' (with Evans, J.) in Schools Teachers and Teaching Barton, L. and Walker, S. (eds) 1981 Falmer Press.

 

1983

'Wapping : a culture under threat' (with Chester, P., Jempson, M., Newton, T.) ILEA Contact May 27 1983 Vol 12 Issue 6.

 

1985

'Integrating Methodologies: if the intellectual relations don't get you, then the social will' (with Davies, WB., Evans, J., Kenrick, C.) in Burgess, RG. (ed) Strategies of Educational Research: Qualitative Methods 1985 Falmer Press.

 

1995

 'A  Parish Listens to Children' Children’s Environments Vol 12 no 4 December

 

1999

‘Frequent Moving. Looking for Love?’ (with K Richardson)

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

 

2001

 ‘Neighbourhood management must value local knowledge’ p14 Urban Environment Today Issue 114 1 February 2001

 

2002

‘Housing Regeneration in Canning Town’ with Lorraine Hart

for the Joseph  Rowntree Foundation

 

2004

Planet Volco : report on a formative evaluation for cSpace, University of East London

 

 

CLIENTS

 

AND Software

1983

The Wapping Parents Action Group

1983

The Westminster Diocesan Trustee

1984 1985 1986

Spitalfields Small Business Association Ltd

1984 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994  1995 1999 2000

Half Moon Theatre Company Ltd

1985

The Greater London Council

1985

The Greater London Enterprise Board

1985

The Half Moon Theatre Company Ltd

1985

Campaign for Press Broadcasting and Freedom

1985 1986

Kingsway Children's Centre

1985 1986

The Linacre Centre

1985 1991

The Children's Society

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992   1994

Christian Aid

1989

CAFOD

1989 1990 1991

St Anne and All Saints Church, Vauxhall

1989 1990 1991

Community Development Foundation

1992

The Columban Fathers

1992

Wandsworth Youth Enterprise Centre Ltd

1992

Catholic Marriage Advisory Council / RELATE

1993

Bethnal Green City Challenge

1994

Central Stepney Regeneration Board

1995

Belgrave Street Housing Co-operative Ltd

1995 1996 1997

Communicate

1995 1997 1998 1999

Ankur Architects

1995 1998 2000

London East Training and Enterprise Council

1996 1997 1998

Newcastle City Council

1997

Bengali Workers Action Group

1998

Derwentside District Council

1998

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

1998 2001

Cityside Regeneration Ltd

1999

Corporate Strategy Consultants Ltd

2001

Ocean New Deal for Communities Ltd

2001

The Environment Trust

2001

E-Regen Ltd

2001 2002

The Franciscan International School Seoul

2001 2002

cSpace

2002-2004

SSBA Community Trust

2002-2005

Mile End Housing Co-operative Ltd

2002-2005

Tower Hamlets College

2003

Oxford House

2004