Oliver

I am a qualified barrister with an MSc in Spatial Planning (Human Geography) from University College London and an MA in Philosophy from the University of St. Andrews. Consequently, I am able to offer tutoring services on a variety of subjects. I have a wide variety of teaching experience, having taught children in English language schools abroad, teenagers in secondary school, and private tuition to adults and teenagers. I also ran a project teaching debating and public speaking in prisons in London and the South East. I am currently studying for a PhD in Planning Law at University College London.

Availability: I am able to offer tutorials from 1 - 3 hours Monday - Friday from January 2019.

Tutoring offered:

1. Law: BPTC, GDL, Degree, A-Level, AS-Level, GCSE
2. Human Geography: Masters, Dissertation, Degree, A-Level, AS-Level, GCSE
3. Philosophy: Degree, Dissertation, A-Level, AS-Level, GCSE
4. Advocacy and Public Speaking Training: Moots, Presentations, Acting Roles.

Willing to travel: 10 miles

Experience: MSc: Spatial Planning (University College London), 2015-2017

Grade awarded: Merit (69%)
Special interests: Planning law, housing and planning, environmental planning, neighbourhood forums, public participation in planning.
Dissertation: Third Party Rights of Appeal: Participation, Legitimacy and Feasibility (70%)

Called to the Bar of England and Wales (Gray’s Inn), 2015

Grade awarded: Very Competent (80%)
Special interests: Public law, immigration law, judicial review, professional negligence law, planning law.
Grade awarded: Top mark in my intake for Alternative Dispute Resolution (96%).

MA (Hons): Philosophy (University of St Andrews), 2007-2012

Grade awarded: 2:1 (70%)
Special interests: Philosophy and pedagogy, Political Philosophy, Jurisprudence, Philosophy of Art.
Dissertation Project: A teaching project at a secondary school in Fife, teaching social contract theory to 15-16-year-old students (awarded 85%).

Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (International House), 2007

Grade awarded: Merit
742 hours of subsequent accredited TEFL teaching hours.

A-Levels (The Kings School, Canterbury), 2005-2007

English: A; Philosophy: A; Theatre Studies: A.

GCSEs (The Kings School, Canterbury), 2003-2005

2 A*’s (Theatre Studies, English Literature); 3 A’s (English Language, Religious Studies, ; 2 B’s (French, Mathematics); 2 C’s (Biology, Physics).

DBS Check: Yes

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