Dr Hieu Kieu is an Academic English Tutor at Teesside University International Study Centre, UK. She also taught various Educational Modules for undergraduate students at Aberystwyth Univerity, EAP at the University of Nottingham and University of Central Lancashire. Before coming to the UK, she taught English at Hanoi University, Vietnam. Her research interests include international students in the UK, student engagement, cosmopolitan learning and educational policy.