Mrs. Vanisha Dyall

Biography

Vanisha Dyall is a lecturer on the International Foundation Programme at Middlesex University Mauritius, where she teaches academic skills, critical thinking, and mathematics to a diverse international student cohort. Her teaching focuses on supporting students’ transition into higher education by developing academic literacy, analytical thinking, and quantitative confidence across disciplines. Before working in higher education, she taught Mathematics and English at the secondary school level in England for over a decade.

She has a teaching qualification from the University of Cambridge and holds an MSc in Educational Assessment from the University of Oxford. Her research interests centre on classroom-based assessment, feedback practices, and student engagement with feedback. She is particularly interested in how assessment and feedback can be designed to enhance learning, promote equity, and support the academic development of students from diverse educational backgrounds.

In addition to her teaching role, Vanisha is a member of the Assessment Project team at Middlesex University, working with a global group of academics across the Middlesex international campuses to explore and develop assessment philosophy and practice. This work includes critical discussion of assessment design, feedback approaches, and constructive alignment within an international context.

Teaching

Vanisha Dyall currently teaches Academic Skills, Critical Thinking and Mathematics on the IFP Programme at Middlesex University Mauritius.