In addition to my experiences teaching at undergraduate level I have also worked for a leading education management company focussed on establishing and coordinating a range of academic partnerships between UK and Chinese Universities. Employed as both an International Visiting Lecturer, and latterly Associate Lecturer for Aberystwyth University, I have gained extensive experience teaching art at undergraduate level to students in China and preparing them for further study in the UK. These experiences have equipped me with a detailed insight and understanding of Fine Art higher education in China and the challenges facing students adapting to different cultural approaches.

Having taught a cohort of Chinese students at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020, I was in a unique position to experience the early months of the pandemic from both a western and eastern perspective. Over the course of a number of months students developed a range of visual responses to the theme of ‘Home’ and the domestic interior at a time when ‘isolation’ and ‘quarantine’ become global buzz words. The resulting student works responded overtly to the uncertain political climate in which they were made. To see range of the students work produced at such a unique and unprecedented period in our history, click on the link below titled: ‘From West to East…’ to view the exhibition catalogue..