Ria is a qualified Speech and Language Therapist and Senior Lecturer. She initially worked full-time as a Speech and Language Therapist for Adults with a Learning Disability within the NHS in different teams in South Wales. She joined the University on a part-time basis in 2011 continuing with NHS work, before joining the University department full-time in 2014. Ria has also completed training to become a Registered Intermediary and she worked with the Ministry of Justice to support vulnerable witnesses in court for several years alongside her University role. She is the current programme director for Bsc. (Hons) Speech & Language Therapy, having previously undertaken the clinical director and admissions tutor roles.
When Ria moved into teaching at Cardiff Met, she undertook her PGC in Teaching in Higher Education and became a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In addition to this, Ria was awarded a student-led teaching fellowship for ‘Lecturer of the Year’ for the School of Sport and Health Science in 2021.
Ria is a member of the professional body, RCSLT and the regulating body, HCPC.
Adults with a learning disability
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Dysphagia
Inter-professional sessions with Cardiff Medical School
Clinical and professional development teaching across years 1, 2 and 3
Final year project
Ria’s research interests are in complex communication needs in adults, particularly in relation to their lived experience and quality of life. Ria is in the final stages of a doctorate entitled ‘Community & Inclusion: lived experiences of adult voice-output communication aid users’.
Conference presentations:
Bayliss, R; Mercer, J; Delaney, C; Hynan, A.
Researching Experiences of Community: Participation, Inclusion and Identity. Communication Matters Conference, September 2019, Leeds, UK.
Bayliss, R; Mercer, J; Delaney, C; Hynan.
Community: Participation, Inclusion and Identity. Communication Matters Conference, September 2017, Leeds, UK.
Bayliss, R; Mercer, J; Delaney, C; Hynan.
A triple hermeneutic?: Levels of interpretation in qualitative data gathering with AAC. International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Biennial Conference, August 2016, Toronto, Canada
Bayliss, R; Lee, O; White, F.
Creating an AAC Therapy Group. Communication Matters Conference, September 2015, Leeds, UK
