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My Career As A School Teacher

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I started my academic teaching career as a school teacher back in my country of birth, Nepal. Then, became college lecture before moving to the UK in 2005. Since 2005, I have been involved in the higher education (HE) practice in the UK in different capabilities, first as a postgraduate student, followed by a research student (PhD), then a post-doctorate researcher and finally a lecturer. I am now involved in delivering a number of undergraduates and postgraduate modules as well as module leader for a postgraduate module on digital image and signal processing (M03CDE). During these years, I have formally involved in three UK universities (Northumbria University, Oxford University and Coventry University). All these years, my involvement…show more content…
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