BACKGROUND
Work​
history
Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University London
September 2022 - Present
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Lecturer at Middlesex University London
September 2019 - August 2022
Visiting Lecturer at the University of Southampton
September 2018 - August 2019
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Assistant Lecturer at the University of Kent
January 2018 - August 2018
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City Q-Step PhD Teaching Fellow
October 2014 - December 2017
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Brilliant Club PhD Tutor
​June 2016 - September 2016
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The Brilliant Club is a UK-based charity that exists to widen access to highly-selective universities for pupils from under-represented groups.
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Research Assistant at the Centre for Comparative Social Surveys
March 2015 - February 2016​
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The Centre for Comparative Social Surveys (CCSS) was established in 2003, specialising in the design, implementation, and analysis of large scale and cross-national surveys.
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Conference Content Producer at the MRO Network
​January 2013 - September 2013
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The MRO Network delivers the latest in news, opinion and analysis of engineering & maintenance as well as broader aviation developments.
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Research Associate at Private Office Communications
April ​2011 - January 2013
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Private Office Communications is a specialist communications consultancy focused on landscape analyses and branding for corporate and individual clients.
Associate Editor at The Samosa
January ​2012 - January 2013
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The Samosa is a media platform for new talent for filmmakers, journalists, writers, media activists, and a base for developing related new media businesses and projects related to South Asia.
Software
SPSS
STATA
N-VIVO
Excel
R (basic)
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Languages
English (fluent)
Hindi (written and spoken)
Punjabi (conversational)
French (basic)
Education
Middlesex University London
​2020 - 2021
PGCert in Higher Education
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City University London
​2014 - 2019
PhD Sociology
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City University London
​2015 - 2015
Certificate in Academic Practice (Merit)
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City University London
​2013 - 2014
MSc Social Research Methods (Distinction)
(Santander City Scholar 2013)
(PG Sociology Cathie Marsh Prize 2014)
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University College London
2009 - 2010
MA Legal and Political Theory
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SOAS University of London
​2006 - 2009
BA (Hons) Politics and International Studies (II:1)
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