Mike Groves has worked in the area of English Language Teaching for 30 years, and has specialised in English for Academic Purposes since 2007. He has worked in teaching and academic management roles in universities in the UK, China and Malaysia. He has also presented widely at conferences on a variety of topics. Mike’s research interests include student transition, with a particular interest in how students overcome “Academic Shock” when moving to a new place of study. He has also published on the use of online translation tools, and their impact on Internationalised Higher Education.
In his free time, he enjoys running, cinema and wasting time on the Internet.

Groves, M. and Mundt, K. (2015) Friend or foe? Google Translate in language for academic purposes. Journal of English for Specific Purposes 37, pp.112-121. DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2014.09.001.
Mundt, K. And Groves, M. (2016) A double-edged sword: the merits and the policy implications of Google Translate in higher education. European Journal Of Higher Education 6:4, pp. 387-401. DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2016.1172248.
Groves, M. and Mundt, K. (2021) ‘A ghostwriter in the machine? Attitudes of academic staff towards machine translation use in internationalised Higher Education. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. Vol. 50 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2021.100957
Shu, Z., Zhao, S. and Groves, M. (2022) Towards a digital bilingualism? Students’ use of machine translation in international higher education Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2022.101193