VICTOR LIM FEI
B.A. (Hons), M.A, PGDE, Ph.D
Dr Victor Lim Fei received the Singapore Government Ministry of Education Postgraduate Scholarship for his doctorate in Multimodal Literacy in 2008. As a PhD Research Scholar in the Multimodal Analysis Laboratory, Interactive Digital Media Institute, he was granted Full-Tuition Fees Waiver from NUS. Victor was also awarded the NUS Research Scholarship for the final year of his PhD candidature in 2011.
Victor received the Public Service Commission Scholarship for his BA (Merit) in English Literature and BA (Hons) in English Language in 1997. Following that, he obtained his MA by research from the Accelerated Masters Programme in 2002 under the NUS Research Scholarship. .
Victor joined the Ministry of Education as a General Paper Lecturer in Aug 2004 and took on appointments as Level Head/ General Paper in 2005 till 2007. During this period, Victor also took on concurrent appointments as Subject Head/ Communications and Marketing (2006) and School Staff Developer (2007) in Jurong Junior College. He is currently with the Media Design and Technologies for Learning Branch, Educational Technology Division.
He continued to be prolific in his research while at MOE and published several journal papers and book chapters. For his work, Victor received the Teacher Researcher Award in 2006 and 2007 and was part of the team which received the Outstanding Contribution Award in 2005 and 2006. He blogs on Multimodal Literacy and Perspectives on Education.
Victor is a founding member and serves on the Board of directors (non-remunerative) for CityCare, a non-profit organisation set up in 2007 for local community work and international humanitarian projects. He has participated in these efforts, such as being on the disaster relief team to help in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti as well as leading several school-development projects in China.
Victor also serves actively as a volunteer in his church. He is happily married to Yvonne and has 3 lovely children, Alden, Avern & Arielle.
CONTACT
email: victorlimfei@yahoo.com
facebook: victor lim fei
FEATURES
Bettering Lives with Education in Contact: The Teacher’s Digest. Jan 2007 (pp. 18-19)
Love without Borders in Citta Bella. Aug 2009 (pp.110)
