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As Academic Literacy and Language Liaison for Henley Business School (HBS) and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), I oversee in-sessional subject-specific provision for international postgraduate students. In this role, I am responsible for convening and teaching 4 modules which include Academic Writing for Business Management, Academic Writing for Business Management and Accounting, Academic Writing for Accounting and Finance, Academic English for Finance.
As ISLI Examinations Officer, I oversee assessment activities across various ISLI programmes such as the English for Academic Purposes Pre-sessional Programme, Foundation Programme, Academic English Programme and Global Graduates Programme. I also ensure implementation of the university-wide and the central university Exams Office policies and procedures and contribute to their development in order to enhance assessment practices.
In this role, I’m currently involved in an Enhancing Digital Assessment Project aiming to 'improve the quality, security and flexibility of EAP assessments delivered on ISLI programmes through piloting a digital assessment platform‘.
As a Co-Chair for Women@Reading, I'm committed to strengthening UoR community ties and raising awareness about equality, diversity, inclusion, and well-being - issues often overshadowed by life's pressures. I would also like to widen the audience for Women@Reading’s work and make what we do accessible to more colleagues in different roles.
As BALEAP Testing Officer, I am responsible for bringing national and international assessment specialists together in order to develop assessment literacy among EAP Practitioners. The main projects I have been leading on in this capacity are BALEAP Assessment Roadshows and the project of revisiting BALEAP Guidelines on English Language Tests for University Entry.
I am interested in developing the embedded provision of AEP courses offered to international students studying Business, Accounting and Finance and in enhancing student experience by promoting the principles of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
I started teaching at the University of Reading in 2012 and since then I have had various leadership and teaching as well assessment-related roles on English for Academic Purposes and Academic English Programmes.
Previously, I lectured and taught on English and English Literature at Loughborough University where I was awarded a doctorate degree.
HEA Fellow, University of Reading, May 2019
BALEAP Associate Fellow, July 2014
Doctorate in Seventeenth-Century Writing, Loughborough University, September 2012
Master of Arts in Early Modern Writing, 1560-1780, Loughborough University, October 2007
Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Teacher of English as a Foreign Language Diploma, University of Silesia, Poland, July 2006
The Global Forum for EAP Professional (BALEAP)
UK Association for Language Testing and Assessment (UKALTA)
Ziomek A. (2023), Achieving Authenticity in EAP. The Modern English Teacher 32 (5), 53-54
Ziomek A. (2023, March 1), Hear This: a Guide to Writing an Academic English Listening Test. The Times Higher Education March. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/hear-guide-writing-academic-english-listening-test
Cardiff University, BAAL Conference: Defining, implementing and enhancing EDI in language assessment EDI in English for Academic Purposes Summative Assessment (June 2023)
University of Reading, Teaching and Learning Research Forum (LTRF), Designing and Evaluating Speaking Assessments (co-presented) (June 2023)
University of Reading, Teaching and Learning Research Forum (LTRF), EDI in Summative Speaking Assessment (October 2023)