Dr. Nicola Dawson

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Biography

Nicola Dawson is a Career Development Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, specializing in Language and Cognitive Development. Her work broadly focuses on typical and atypical language and literacy development during childhood and adolescence. She is particularly interested in adolescent learning and the skills underpinning reading and oral language development. Her research combines experimental and corpus linguistic methods to examine written language experiences and how they change throughout development, ultimately shaping learning and emotional well-being. As a research speech language therapist, Dawson conducts research to develop and trial intervention approaches that support language learning and educational achievement for children and adolescents with language disorders. She is currently leading projects that examine the impact of vocabulary intervention strategies on language comprehension and mathematics, and is affiliated with the ReadOxford research group.

Research Interests

Experience

Career Development Research Fellow

2018-09-01 — Present

University of Oxford • Oxford, England

Conducting research on language and cognitive development, focusing on adolescent learning and intervention strategies for language disorders.

Requirements for University of Oxford

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.7
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:24
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:110
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Politics, International Relations, Economics, History, Law, Philosophy or Sociology
Application Checklist
  • Three academic references
  • Official transcripts
  • CV/Resume
  • Statement of Purpose (1,000 words)
  • Two academic essays (2,000 words each)
Specialization Notes

Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.