Peidong Yang studied his MPhil (by Research) in Social Sciences, in conjunction with Seafarers International Research Centre, under Nippon Fellowship. Here, he shares some of his highlights.<\/p>\n
I chose Cardiff University because it offered a unique opportunity to pursue a research degree in the social sciences<\/a>. Given my non-social science background at the undergraduate level, this was a great privilege \u2013 all the more so since it came with a full scholarship provided by the Nippon Foundation<\/a>. I was glad that I came to Cardiff because it proved to be an affordable and convenient place to live compared to many other places in the UK.<\/p>\n Studying at Cardiff laid the foundation to my subsequent pursuit of an academic career. It also shaped my scholarly identity because it was where I first studied social sciences.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n After Cardiff I obtained a doctoral degree from Oxford University (2014). I am now a lecturer at the National Institute of Education, Singapore. There, I teach sociology courses to students training to be social studies teachers in Singaporean schools. I also conduct educational research and supervise students undertaking teaching practicums. My sociological research on education is highly synergistic with my teaching and other duties.<\/p>\n There are many highlights from my time at the School of Social Sciences but my research field trip to India stands out as an unforgettable experience.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I feel fortunate that I have been able to pursue graduate studies in fields that I was passionate about, and that these endeavours have now led to the start of an academic career at the national educational institute of one of the world\u2019s best-performing educational systems, namely, that of Singapore\u2019s. Of course, I\u2019m glad and grateful to say that for me, Cardiff was the starting point of all these.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peidong Yang studied his MPhil (by Research) in Social Sciences, in conjunction with Seafarers International Research Centre, under Nippon Fellowship. Here, he shares some of his highlights. I chose Cardiff […]","protected":false},"author":934,"featured_media":1582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,38,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-humanities-social-sciences","category-our-alumni","category-social-sciences"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/934"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1570"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1583,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570\/revisions\/1583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}