Chris Heady has been involved in international student education for the past 24 years. Currently working for INTO Newcastle University, he is responsible for Foundation and Diploma programmes in the areas of Business, Social Sciences and Architecture. An experienced IELTS examiner, QTS qualified secondary teacher and Cambridge ESOL teacher trainer, Chris has managed both English language pre-sessional programmes as well as academic pathway programmes.

Previously he has worked for large private sector organisations in variety of roles from teacher trainer to Centre Director. He has presented at several professional conferences and has recently been involved with studies for INTO and Newcastle University into the relationship between external and internal English language test performances.