Olga Gomez-Cash
Senior Teaching FellowCurrent Teaching
DELC216: Professional Contexts for Modern Languages
DELC422: Translating in a Professional Context
SPAN201: Spanish Language: Written Skills (CEFR:B2)
FREN201: French Language: Written Skills (CEFR:B2)
Additional Information
Vice Principal of Lancaster University's Furness College (2007- )
Nominated (by students), Lancaster Teaching Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher (2013)
Outstanding Contribution Award (for Student Admissions in Languages), Lancaster University (2014)
Head of Department, Languages and Cultures, Lancaster University (2016-2019)
Honorary Treasurer, University Council of Modern Languages (2017-2021, 2023-)
Internal Coach, Lancaster University (2018 - )
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Associate Dean for Education (2019-2023)
Highly Commended, Outstanding Contribution Award (for work in Faculty), Lancaster University (2021)
Academic Champion, Student Minds University Mental Health Charter (2022- )
School of Global Affairs Academic Employability Champion (2024-
External Roles
University Council For Languages Honorary Treasurer
External Examiner for Spanish Language, Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, University of Bristol.
Selected Publications
Rethinking student international mobility in the climate emergency – some pointers
Gomez-Cash, O. 27/11/2023
Web publication/site
Professional contexts for modern languages: work experience and academic reflection in a multilingual context
Gomez-Cash, O.M. 25/06/2016 In: Employability for languages. Dublin : Research-publishing.net p. 57-66. 10 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Developing a flexible framework for embedding work-based learning modules into the curriculum
Gomez-Cash, O.M., Dawes, F., Fox, S. 26/05/2016
Web publication/site
Estrategias metacognitivas y recursos tecnológicos utilizados por estudiantes universitarios de español como segunda lengua
Izquierdo, B., Renés Arellano, P., Gomez-Cash, O.M. 1/06/2016 In: Ocnos: Revista de estudios sobre lectura. 15, 1, p. 149-164 . 16 p.
Journal article
Now students are expected to study a language until age 16, the work to rebuild begins
Gomez-Cash, O.M. 2/07/2015
Other contribution
La alfabetización mediática en la universidad a través de talleres multimodales de lectura y escritura académicas.
Izquierdo Magaldi, B., Renés Arellano, P., Gomez-Cash, O. 2013 In: Edmetic: Revista de Educación Mediática y TIC. 2, 2, p. 82-100. 19 p.
Journal article
The enlightenment : a sourcebook and reader.
Gomez-Cash, O., Hyland, P., Gomez, O., Greensides, F. 2003 London : Routledge. 488 p. ISBN: 978-0415204491.
Book
All Publications
Sustainable Engagement International Travel Fund
01/08/2023 → 31/07/2025
Other
Pedagogies for Wellbeing
01/04/2022 → …
Research
Student Minds Mental Health Charter Institutional Submission Group
10/01/2022 → …
Other
Our languages
01/03/2019 → 31/12/2019
Research
Global Citizenship and Intercultural Comptencies Training
01/02/2017 → 30/06/2017
Other
Empowering Us All: A Conference on the Importance of Wellbeing in the Workplace
Participation in conference - Academic
School of Modern Languages, Bristol University
Visiting an external academic institution
Student international mobility in the climate emergency
Invited talk
Teaching Spanish writing skills for wellbeing
Invited talk
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) (External organisation)
Member of Advisory Panel
University English, AGM York
Invited talk
III JORNADAS INTERNACIONALES DE LITERATURA Y MEDIOS AUDIOVISUALES EN LENGUAS EXTRANJERAS
Invited talk
University Council for Modern Languages (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
Colleges Global Citizenship and Intercultural Competencies Programme
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
LLAS, UCML and AULC conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Lancaster University Sharing Practice Day
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Association of University Professors and Heads of French Annual Event
Invited talk
Encuentro ele uk 2016:
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
universidad de Cantabria, Fac de Educación
Visiting an external academic institution
Emerging trends in assessment: the role of technology
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Cambridge International (External organisation)
Member of Advisory Panel
Pearson Language Tests (External organisation)
Member of Advisory Panel
Reshaping Languages in Higher Education 2014 (Languages and Linguistics subject Centre conference)
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Univ Cantabria, Dept of Education
Visiting an external academic institution
Language World 2014: ALL Joined Up
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Multilingual French Identities
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Univ Cantabria, Dept of Education
Visiting an external academic institution
OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations) (External organisation)
Member of Advisory Panel
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) (External organisation)
Member of Advisory Panel
Brussov Institute of Languages, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Visiting an external academic institution
Outstanding Contribution Staff Award, Lancaster University
Prize (including medals and awards)
Highly Commended, Outstanding Contribution Staff Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
Nomination, Student Led Lancaster Teaching Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher
Prize (including medals and awards)