sentences:  She graduated with a degree in Chinese (First Class Honours) from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.Scurfield co-founded the Chinese Department at the University of Westminster in London, where she was also Evening Programme Director, Principal Lecturer in Chinese, and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages.She is a member of the British Association for Chinese Studies, and was appointed specialist assessor with Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for the period October 1996–September 1998.