• 2 years teaching in teacher training college in Hubei province

• 6 months running in-service courses for Chinese middle school teachers for Hunan Education Commission

• MA in Social Anthropology – specialising in Chinese culture and society

• 12 years co-facilitating courses on Chinese culture with Chinese members of staff from UK universities

• Learned Mandarin to intermediate level.

• Travelled extensively throughout China

Image: Children’s embroidered shoes picked up in the 1990s in a small market.