In addition these are some more of my core skills. Teaching: Research Methodology in Social Sciences, Comparative and International Education, Islamic Studies (History and Civilisations), Languages and Literature (Tajik/Persian, Russian). Research: Comprehensive knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of qualitative design, its conduct and analysis and historical research methods. Languages: Shughnani-native, Tajik/Persian-fluent, Russian-fluent, English-fluent, Arabic-intermediate. I have worked with DETAIL (Development of English Teaching and Internship Learning) at the Department of Education at Oxford University as a researcher, which gave me a lot of experience in conducting research in a British school context. I am a lecturer at a new and exciting programm, which offers 2 Master Degrees ( one in Muslim Cultures and Civilizations and one in MEd) course. This is a joint programm of the Institute of Education, London and Institute of Ismaili Studies, London.