education

me British, living in Wales, semi-retired
member Royal Society of Literature
Authors' Licensing & Copyrighting Society
Cardiff Univ. Astronomical Society

degrees
1971 BSc Physics Hons IIi, Nottingham Univ.
1972 MSc Physics of Materials, Bristol Univ.
1975 PhD Physics of Materials, Bristol Univ.

languages
Italian Excellent (~20 years in Italy)
French Good for reading, basic for speaking
Welsh Fair; Cardiff Univ. (2017) cert. prose
German Basic for reading
Latin Good language base
Russian Basic knowledge
Swedish Basic knowledge

other
2000 Inst. of Phys. CPD certificates in IT, Italian
2004 Oxford &Cherwell College,
Medicine Administration
2005 National Council for Further Education
Level 2 Cert. in Telematics, web design
2019- Reading Univ. certificates in:
Ancient Rome; Heart Health; Ageing