Dr Wouter Jansen
Wouter teaches (clinical) linguistics, phonetics, and research methods on all 3 Speech and Language Therapy programmes offered by the university. He is currently the module lead for two MSc SLT modules: SPR7003 The Science of Speech, Swallowing and Hearing and SPR7004 Understanding Human Communication and Development. He also teaches research methods on the pre-registration Allied Health Professions MSc courses, supervises postgraduate research projects, and leads the HSC7011 / SPR7007 MSc Healthcare Professional Project (dissertation) module. Wouter is the Academic Lead for Research and Enterprise for the Department of Health and Social Care.
Wouter has a degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Groningen (cum laude, 1997; equivalent to an MA in the pre-2002 Dutch HE system). He has a PhD in Linguistics, also from the University of Groningen (completed in 2004; supervisors: Dicky Gilbers and John Nerbonne). Wouter was a Lecturer in Linguistics at University College Dublin in 2003-2004, and taught a module on advanced phonological theory at University College London in 2004-2005. In 2005-2006 he was a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics in the department of Clinical Language Sciences at Leeds Metropolitan University. Wouter joined Birmingham City University as Senior Lecturer in Clinical Linguistics in 2006.