Mat has been teaching English for Academic Purposes in various guises and institutions in China since 2005 and first worked for the Centre in 2016 on the PS6. He completed his EdD research with a focus on teaching EAP reading and writing skills in 2015. He is hoping to take this research further to explore the use of non-lexical data in academic writing and the impact of going digital.
He is an artist, educator and IT dabbler who always has lots of creative and educational projects on the go.