David Anstey

Centre Operations Director, Senior Tutor in English For Academic Purposes

Centre for English Language Education

Senior Fellow of AdvanceHE (SFHEA)

Cambridge DELTA

MA TESOL (University of Nottingham)

BA Politics (University of Essex)

I joined CELE in September 2014, after working on preparatory English for Academic Purposes (EAP) classes at Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea and Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. I was promoted to Senior Tutor in 2018 and have since convened a number of our principal EAP modules.

As Centre Operations Director, I am responsible for oversight of operations for CELE, which includes representing CELE on University planning and operations committees and working groups. I collaborate with colleagues across campus to ensure that departmental and University KPIs are met and assist where necessary with University planning and communications.

My Operations Director role within CELE also means providing support wherever possible for colleagues in a variety of contexts. This includes oversight and management of recruitment and onboarding, probation, observations, staff induction and leave, as well as events management, creation and review of CELE policy and planning documents, publicity and  correspondence with counterparts in UNUK/UNMC and beyond.

Module Convenorship

Module Convenor for English in Specific Academic Contexts B (ESACb).

Previous convenorship:

• CELE Summer Presessionals
• Listening and Speaking in Academic Contexts / Academic Oral Presentations (now Oral Communication Skills A/B)
• English in Specific Academic Contexts A (ESACa)
• Co-convenorship of ESACa International Studies
• Co-convenorship of ESACb Engineering

EAP; Educational Leadership; Project Management; Operations Management; Behavioural Leadership Theory.

O'Connell, J. and Anstey, D. (2025) Enhancing EAP Provision through BALEAP Accreditation: Reflections and Impact. BALEAP Conference 2025, Plymouth, UK, 15^th April.

Anstey, D. and Stauffer, M. (2025) The University of Nottingham in China at 20: A Retrospective on the Centre for English Language Education. TESOL25 International Convention and Expo, Long Beach, CA, USA, 21^st March.

Theaker, B. J. and Anstey, D. (2024) Academic Transitions: EAP and STEM Collaborations at an EMI University in China. 4^th International Conference on English Across the Curriculum, Hong Kong, China, 3^rd December.

Anstey, D. (2024) EAP-STEM Discussions at the Centre for English Language Education, UNNC. Conference of Pre-University Education 2024 (COPE24), Putrajaya, Malaysia, 20^th August.

Yang, S. and Anstey, D. (2024) Academic Transitions: STEM and EAP at UNNC. Global English Education China Assembly, Zhuhai, China, 25^th July.

Anstey, D. (2024) STEM and EAP Education at an EMI University in China. 31^st Korea TESOL International Conference, Seoul, South Korea, 28^th April.

Theaker, B. J., Yang, S. and Anstey, D. (2024) CELE-STEM Roundtable Discussions at the Centre for English Language Education, UNNC. University of Nottingham Teaching and Learning Conference, Nottingham, UK, 23^rd April.

Anstey, D. and Stauffer, M. (2024) The University of Nottingham in China at 20: A Retrospective on the Centre for English Language Education. International Symposium of Language Centers in Chinese Universities 2024, Haining, China, 20^th April.

Anstey, D. (2023) STEM and EAP Education at an EMI University in China. 16^th National TEFL / 12^th Mongolia TESOL Conference, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 23^rd September.

Theaker, B. J. and Anstey, D. (2023) Teaching STEM to Multilevel Students. Best Practices at Global Universities in China Forum: Ensuring First-Year Student Success, Shanghai, China, 27^th October.

Yang, S. and Anstey, D. (2023) STEM and EAP Education at an EMI University in China. Global English Education China Assembly, Macau, China, 27^th July.