The Guardian - Teaching in further education alongside his industry job gave an IT expert the variety he craved

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Teaching in further education alongside his industry job gave an IT expert the variety he craved

Link [2022-03-16 18:14:28]

Keen for a new challenge, IT professional Christian Nunez Fuentes took a course at Bedford college … and soon ended up teaching there himself

Christian Nunez Fuentes’s path into further education (FE) has been one of twists and turns. Brought up in Peru, at the age of 22 he moved to the UK to study English – a language he proceeded to learn from scratch. That led to a 13-year career in retail IT, initially as a technician and then as a business account manager and supervisor, in areas such as customer service, logistics and sales.

Deciding it was time for a change, in 2016 Nunez Fuentes set up his own web design company. At the same time he took a Higher National Certificate (HNC) and Higher National Diploma (HND) in computing and systems development at Bedford college, an FE provider based in the town of the same name.

Working in the industry as well as teaching lets Nunez Fuentes keep on top of the latest developments, benefiting his students