Last summer in Sydney, I first started actively talking about a metaphor I have been using in my work, to help parents and children to try and take a step ba...

The 2018 Yearbook from NORDICOM has been published, entitled "Digital Parenting: The Challenges for Families in the Digital Age", and I am delighted that my ...

I am delighted that my latest journal article, '"Is there an app for that?" Exploring games and apps among heritage language families" has been published by ...

I spent the month of April on secondment in Berlin as part of the Makerspaces in the Early Years project – an interesting experience, as a native German who ...

Last week, I spent three days in Dublin, attending the "Language, Identity and Education in Multilingual Contexts" Conference, and presenting about my resear...

Just how much time should your child spend in front of a screen? As parents, we are our children’s gatekeepers (Hamilton, 2016), providing access not only to...

Does Harry Potter translate? What experiences do readers in other languages get of Harry, Hermione, Hagrid & Co.? Sometimes, everything comes together. I was...

The Sheffield Winter Gardens were transformed into a multilingual reading corner as part of the Festival of Social Sciences. Books in 40+ languages, cushions...

This public lecture took place as part of Sheffield's 2017 Off The Shelf Festival. The session focused on how research participants recounted positive readin...

Hundreds of members of the general public enjoyed "Researchers' Night", an opportunity to find out about ongoing research across the University. I shared my w...

Sheffield families visited the wonderful Weston Park Museum to play games, solve riddles and have fun! 📷 Over 400 visitors came to enjoy an event that was p...