Dr Giulia Pinton (she/her)
Associate Tutor
Background
My tertiary education began with a passion for languages, literatures, linguistics, and cultures, but later, while studying, I worked for a no-profit organisation that offered support to students of all levels of schooling. This opportunity raised my interest in and curiosity for teaching and led me to move into the education field and pursue a Masters degree in TESOL. I obtained a PhD in education in 2024 from The University of Edinburgh.
My research is interdisciplinary; my area of expertise is collaborative learning, a student-centred approach that fosters students’ independent and active learning with the co-construction and co-production of meaning; and interculturality, especially with a view to equality, diversity, and inclusion. I am a qualitative researcher, I use a variety of methods and I believe in the importance of reflexivity in research.
Qualifications
PgCert Academic Practice
PhD in Education, University of Edinburgh - thesis title: The Interplay between Collaborative Learning an Interculturality: The Experience of International Masters Students
MSc TESOL, University of Leeds
MSc Modern Languages for International Communication and Cooperation, Università degli Studi di Padova
BA Language, Civilisations, and the Science of Language, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Erasmus Programme - University of Exeter
Responsibilities & affiliations
Language(s), Interculturality, and Literacies Research Hub
TILTED research group
HEA Associate Fellow
Reviewer for TESOL Communications
Reviewer for Journal of Pedagogical Research
Undergraduate teaching
Creating Edinburgh: The Interdisciplinary City (Edinburgh Futures Institute)
Postgraduate teaching
Language Testing (Institute for Language Education)
Second Language Teaching Curriculum (Institute for Language Education)
Online Language Learning (Institute for Language Education)
Language and the Learner (Institute for Language Education)
Sources of Knowledge (Masters programmes at MHSES)
Conceptualising Research
Dissertation Supervisor for:
MSc TESOL
MSc Language and Intercultural Communication
MSc Language Education
MSc Education
Research summary
My research interests span various fields, focusing mainly on the internationalisation of higher education, the experience of international students, interculturality, identity, social interaction, communication, and collaborative learning, with a view to deconstructing, questioning, and problematising dominant approaches. I am also passionate about research methods, especially qualitative narrative methods.
Project activity
Currently working as Research on PTAS project (Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme).
Project Title: Exploring International Students’ Awareness and Understanding of Decolonising the Curriculum in Teaching and Assessment Practices in UK Higher Education.
Project duration: August 2025 – August 2027
Principal Investigator: Dr Farah Akbar, Senior Lecturer in Language Education, Moray House School of Education and Sport
Past project grants
Student Experience Grant, Nourishing Academic Progress: A Weekly Writing Retreat for Students in Education,
(Awarded £5,000)