- Professor of Language Education and Linguistics, University of Leeds
Sascha Stollhans is Professor of Language Education and Linguistics and Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor: Student Education and Experience in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures at the University of Leeds.
Areas of expertise: language teaching and learning; linguistics and its application to language teaching and learning; German; French; scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL); digital education and pedagogies; diversity and inclusion; language and educational policy
Experience
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2026–presentAssociate Pro-Vice-Chancellor: Student Education and Experience - Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds
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2025–presentProfessor of Language Education and Linguistics, University of Leeds
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2024–2026Pro-Dean for Student Education - Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds
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2022–2025Associate Professor of Language Pedagogies, University of Leeds
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2023–2024Director of the Centre for Excellence in Language Teaching, University of Leeds
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2021–2022Educational Consultant (Experte für Unterricht), Goethe-Institut Nancy (France)
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2018–2021Senior Teaching Associate in German Studies, Lancaster University
Publications
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2025Cultural and linguistic diversity in German language teaching and learning, Eberharter, Judith & Stollhans, Sascha (Eds.). Cultural and linguistic diversity in German language teaching and learning. German as a Foreign Language Journal, 2025(1). http://gfl-journal.de/current-issue/?issue=2025-issue-1
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2024Teacher perspectives on the introduction of linguistics in the languages classroom: Evidence from a co-creation project on French, German and Spanish, Sheehan, M., Havinga, A. D., Kasstan, J. R., Stollhans, S., Corr, A. & Gillman, P. (2024). Teacher perspectives on the introduction of linguistics in the languages classroom: Evidence from a co-creation project on French, German and Spanish. British Educational Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4009
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2021Studying languages in the times of COVID-19: reflections on the delivery of teaching and learning activities and the year abroad, Stollhans, Sascha. 2021. Studying languages in the times of COVID-19: reflections on the delivery of teaching and learning activities and the year abroad. In Plutino, Alessia; Polisca, Elena (Eds), Languages at work, competent multilinguals and the pedagogical challenges of COVID-19 (pp. 105-111). Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2021.49.1224
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2020Linguistic variation in language learning classrooms: considering the role of regional variation and ‘non-standard’ varieties (Policy Paper), Stollhans, Sascha. 2020. ‘Linguistic variation in language learning classrooms: considering the role of regional variation and ‘non-standard’ varieties’. Languages, Society and Policy.
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2016Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing participation and collaboration, Goria, Cecilia; Speicher, Oranna; Stollhans, Sascha (Eds). 2016. Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing participation and collaboration. Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.9781908416322
Professional Memberships
- Association for German Studies in Great Britian and Ireland
- Association for Learning Technology (ALT)
- British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE)
- Co-President of the Forum for Germanic Language Studies
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- Research supervision
- Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
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