THE SPEAKERS
KATHERINE STANNETT
Katherine Stannett is based in West Sussex, England and is an author with over twenty years of experience in editing, writing and developing materials to teach English. She specialises in writing for children and teenagers at all levels and is particularly interested in the development of 21st century skills. She is an author of National Geographic Learning’s New Close-up, Look, a seven-level series for young learners of English, and Impact, a five-level series for teenage learners of English.
DR. IMOGEN NAPPER
Imogen is a Post Doctoral Researcher at The University of Plymouth. Her research investigates the sources of plastic pollution into the environment. In 2018, Imogen became a National Geographic Explorer and Sky Ocean Rescue Scholar. This funded her ongoing research to investigate different inventions which aim to capture fibres in the washing machine cycle, to stop them potentially entering the environment.
Currently, Imogen is working as an expedition scientist with National Geographic on the ‘Sea to Source’ expedition investigating plastic pollution in the River Ganges.
CATHERINE HOLLINGS
National Geographic Learning´s ELT Sales Consultant for North-West Spain and Portugal, Catherine joined the NGL team with over 12 years’ experience of working in ELT as a teacher, teacher trainer and Cambridge English Speaking Examiner. Prior to her experiences in ELT, she worked as a Conference Producer travelling the globe far and wide until a chance encounter with a seal whilst out sea swimming led her to become a monthly subscriber to the National Geographic Magazine. A firm believer in making language learning more relevant, effective and motivating for teachers and students alike, Catherine now greatly enjoys working with National Geographic Learning’s inspirational material, helping teachers bring the world to their classroom and their classroom to life.