Dr Margaret McAliskey is a clinical linguist, voice coach, examiner and speech and drama teacher for some years, as well as having a national and international experience of media and communications training. She has lectured in Trinity College Dublin on under and post graduate linguistic, communication and research based programmes. Dr McAliskey currently lectures on the International Media programme and is the International Moderator and Examiner for all speech, drama and communications subjects for Trinity Guildhall Examinations London.

Margaret holds Ph.D; PGC (Dist) in the field of linguistics and research methods. She has also been awarded Fellowships with London College of Music and The Lenister School of Music; Licentiates with London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA); London College of Music (LCM); Institute of English Language Arts International.

Dr McAliskey is an adjudicator with the British and International federation of adjudicators and she has adjudicated and examined in Hong Kong, South Africa, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, Dubai, Malta, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Ireland.