Elsa Huertas Barros

Elsa Huertas Barros serves as Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies and BA Translation Course Leader at the University of Westminster's School of Humanities, with prior academic appointments at Imperial College, UCL, and Royal Holloway University of London since commencing her career as a Visiting Lecturer in 2009.

Her academic credentials include:

• 4-year degree in Translation and Interpreting (University of Granada)
• Masters in Advanced Studies in Translation and Interpreting
• PhD in Translation (2013, University of Granada) focusing on interpersonal competence in translator training
• Qualifications in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language and TEFL

Her research centers on translator training with emphasis on translator competence development, interpersonal dynamics in translation education, and student-centered assessment methodologies. As co-editor of The Interpreter and Translator Trainer, she actively shapes discourse on evaluation standards through collaborations with the PACTE research group and EU-funded projects.

Recent publications reveal a decisive shift toward analyzing assessment practices in translator education amid technological disruption, particularly examining generative AI's impact on evaluation frameworks and the evolution of translation competence standards across European institutions.

Dr. Huertas Barros provides one-to-one supervision for BA/MA translation projects and theses while mentoring CIoL Diploma candidates. She secured European Commission funding for the 2021 EFFORT project developing a European Framework of Reference for Translation, demonstrating sustained grant acquisition capability.

She operates within international research consortia including PACTE (NACT/EACT projects) and EFFORT, coordinating cross-institutional efforts to establish competency benchmarks for translator training programs across 28 European countries through workshops and stakeholder engagements.