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To apply for a research degree, please make sure you fulfill the entry requirements and then complete the online research degree application form and upload your supporting documents.
You should have a good honours degree (2:1 or above) or masters degree or equivalent in the relevant subject area.
International applicants should be aware of our research degree English language requirements
Cyril Weir is the Powdrill Professor in English Language Acquisition and the Director of the Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment (CRELLA) at the University of Bedfordshire. The centre offers scholars, examining boards and government organisations, both domestic and foreign, a centre in Britain that can provide and assist in quality research and development in these areas.
Cyril Weir has a PhD in language testing. He is the author of a wide range of educational publications, including Communicative Language Testing, Understanding and Developing Language Tests and Language Testing and Validation: An evidence-based approach. He is also the co-author of Examining Writing, Examining Reading, Evaluation in ELT, and Reading in a Second Language and the co-editor of five Studies in Language Testing (SiLT) volumes.
In the UK, Cyril Weir has worked as a chief examiner in English for a number of examination boards including the Institute of Linguists and the Associated Examining Board and as language adviser to the General Medical Council. He was the author of the Test in English for Academic Purposes (TEAP). Internationally, he has taught short courses and carried out consultancies in language testing, evaluation and curriculum renewal in over 50 countries worldwide. Projects have included acting as senior UK consultant to the College English Test (CET) and the Test for English Majors (TEM) validation studies in China and to the Advanced Reading Test in English for Academic Purposes (AERT).
He was co-ordinator of the Universities' EAP Proficiency Test in Egypt and was senior consultant to the UK Overseas Development Administration (ODA) Evaluation Department undertaking language project evaluation studies in Nepal, Guinea and Ecuador. Most recently he was Senior Consultant to the USAID Student Achievement Test Development Project, Egypt.
Cyril Weir is a member of the Editorial Board of Language Testing, Reading in a Foreign Language, and Language Assessment Quarterly. He is co-editor for the Studies in Language Testing series published by Cambridge University Press.
