Prof Nigel Reeves, OBE's Biography

Prof Nigel Reeves, OBE's Professional Career

Career

lectr in English Univ of Lund 1964-66, lectr in German Univ of Reading 1968-74, Alexander von Humboldt fell Univ of Tübingen 1974-75, Univ of Hamburg 1986; Univ of Surrey: prof of German 1975-90, head Linguistic and Int Studies Dept 1979-89, dean Faculty of Human Studies 1986-90, dir Surrey Euro Mgmnt Sch 1989-90; Aston Univ: prof of German and head of Languages and Euro Studies Dept 1990-96, pro-vice-chllr 1996-2007, prof emeritus 2007-; visiting prof and memb Cncl Euro Business Sch London 1983-90; chm Inst of Linguists 1985-88 (vice-pres 1989-2009); pres: Nat Assoc of Language Advsrs 1986-90, Assoc of Teachers of German 1987-89; vice-pres Conference of Univ Teachers of German 1995-97 (exec vice-pres 1988-91), chm Nat Congress on Languages in Educn 1986-90; memb: Governing Bd Inst of Germanic Studies Univ of London 1989-94, Academic Advsy Cncl Linguaphone Inst 1989-2005, Steering Ctee Centre for Modern Languages Open Univ 1991-95, Academic Advsy Cncl Univ of Buckingham 1991-2002, Educn Ctee London C of C and Industry Examinations Bd 1993-2006, Bd of British Training International 1998-2000, Advsy Cncl Scot Higher Educn Funding Cncl (SHEFC) Scotlang Project 2000-02, Irish Research Cncl for the Humanities and Social Sciences 2001, Univ Cncl for Modern Languages 2002-07; chm Academic Advsy Bd Br Inst of Traffic Educn Res 2001-02; tstee London C of C Industry Educn Tst 2001-08; chm of govrs: Matthew Boulton Higher and Further Educn Corp Birmingham 1999-2002 (govr 2002-07), Quality Assurance Agency Benchmarking Steering Ctee 2003-07, Languages Ladder Working Gp DfES 2004-06; medal Euro Fndn for Quality Mgmnt 1996; hon fell Hong Kong Translation Soc 2006, FIL 1981, FRSA 1986, CIEX 1986; Goethe Medaille (Goethe Inst Munich) 1989, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit (Germany) 1999

Prof Nigel Reeves, OBE's Publications

Books and Publications

Heinrich Heine, Poetry and Politics (1974, 2 edn 1994), Friedrich Schiller, Medicine, Psychology and Literature (with K Dewhurst, 1978), The Marquise of O and Other Short Stories by Heinr Kleist (with F D Luke, 1978), Business Studies, Languages and Overseas Trade (with D Liston, 1985), The Invisible Economy, A Profile of Britain's Invisible Exports (with D Liston, 1988), Making Your Mark, Effective Business Communication in Germany (with D Liston, M Howarth and M Woodhall, 1988), Franc Exchange, Effective Business Communication in France (with C Sanders, Y Gladkow and C Gordon, 1991), Spanish Venture. Basic Business Communication in Spanish (with B Gould, L Nogueira-Pache and K Bruton, 1992), Linguistic Auditing: A Guide to Identifying Foreign Language Communication Needs in Corporations (with C Wright, 1996), The European Business Environment: Germany (ed with Helen Kelly-Holmes, 1997), Pathways to Proficiency: The Alignment of Language Proficiency Scales for Assessing Competence in English Language (with Richard West, 2003)

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