About

We are a collaborative of educators, researchers, and school leaders who share a vision: international schools that are truly international, linguistically inclusive, culturally aware, and deeply equitable.

We are rooted in decades of research and real practice.

Oxford Collaborative for Multilingualism in Education (OCME) brings together the most experienced and respected experts, researchers and practitioners working with international schools today, specialising in language education, bilingualism, psychology, policy development and professional education. 
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We believe that every language matters.

Not just in the classroom, but in every corridor, staff meeting, and policy document. In every relationship. In every child’s sense of self. Language is identity, and every student’s identity deserves to be seen, supported, and celebrated.
Because linguistic inclusion is not an add-on. It is a whole-school commitment.
It is not something schools do. It is something they are.

Why schools choose us

We work in partnership with schools from the inside out - starting with leadership, reaching every teacher, staff member, and family. We embed change that transforms school cultures, not just the classrooms.

Whole-School, Whole-Hearted

Sustainable change starts with leadership and flows through the entire community, rom headteacher to caretaker.

Research-Informed, Practice-Driven

Our work is grounded in the latest academic insights and shaped by real-world experience.

Collaboration Over Prescription

We co-create with schools, respecting each unique context and working in true partnership.

When multilingual learners thrive, everyone benefits.

Meet our team

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Dr Eowyn Crisfield

Dr Eowyn Crisfield is the Founder and Director of Oxford Collaborative for Multilingualism in Education.
She is a specialist in bi/multilingualism in families and schools and in teaching English as a second/foreign language. Eowyn is an accredited educational consultant and an Honorary Norham Fellow, Department of Education, University of Oxford.

She works with schools internationally on areas related to language acquisition and bilingualism. She is author of Bilingual Families: A practical language planning guide (2021) and the popular blog “on raising bilingual children”. She has raised three multilingual children.
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Jane Bloggs

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Nikki Cooper-Robbins

Niki is British and Dutch, and she’s currently living in the Netherlands. She’s an Educational Development Consultant, an Artist, a PhD candidate and an Art Therapy Student.

Niki’s a keen advocate for multilingualism and student voice, particularly for ESL and refugee background students and those who are neurodivergent, like herself. She’s developed expertise in multilingualism in education, specifically ELL and home/best language maintenance programmes to support emergent multilingual students.
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Jo Bloggs

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