Cristina Pinto da Silva is currently Vice-President of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP), whose responsibilities include the evaluation/accreditation process of study programmes. She has been a teacher at ISCAP for more than three decades, where, among other management roles, was Head of the Scientific Board. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from Lancaster University, UK. Her research endeavours are focused on TEFL, Classroom Language Research, and, more recently, on quality assurance and management in Higher Education.