Additional Skills
Languages ('Natural' and Computer)
- Functional Italian and French (both approx. CEFR
B2).
- High level of Latin; good Old and Middle English.
- Studied Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin/汉语) and Ancient Greek to approx. equivalent of A-levels, and
Modern Icelandic and academic reading German at introductory levels.
- Extensive experience with computer languages including assembly language (65C02, 68HC11,
some 68000 and Intel MMX), ANSI C and C++,
Java, XML (TEI and xHTML), XSLT/XPath, and Python.
- Extensive experience with UNIX (primarily Solaris), Linux (Debian, Red Hat, Darwin),
MS Windows and MacOS.
- Some experience with JavaScript, Perl, Cold Fusion, ASP, SQL, Visual Basic, Visual
C++, Verilog, XQuery, Django, Cocoon, eXist, JSP
and sh scripting.
Other
- Attended training provided by
- Cambridge University Staff Development on 'Supervisions and Small-Group Teaching',
'Voice Projection', and 'Teaching-Skills in
Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic'
- Leicester University Staff Development on 'Part-Time Teacher Training'
- King's College London Staff Development on 'PhD Supervision for New Supervisors',
'Managing Research Relationships for
Supervisors and PIs', 'Data Protection', 'Successful Performance Conversations in
the Context of Performance Development Reviews',
'Subconscious Bias', and 'Introduction to TRaK' [teaching accreditation by the HEA].
- Amateur (Radio) Operator's Certificate of Proficiency (AOCP) at Australian 'Unrestricted'
level (see list of international
equivalents).
- Full, clean U.K. driver's licence; have held clean Australian, U.S. or U.K. licences
continually since 1992.
- Member, Club Alpin Français (Grenoble Isère). Active
hiker, particularly in Alps (Grenoble region and Italian Dolomites); some snow-shoeing,
cross-country skiing, indoor bouldering, indoor
top-rope climbing and belaying. Activities since August 2016 available on ViewRanger and Flickr.