Matthew

I am a University Challenge winner, a first-class Oxford graduate, and the recipient of a full two-year graduate fellowship to Princeton.

I have thirteen years’ experience as a specialist tutor in History, English and the wider humanities, working with students from A level through to university. I also advise students on university admissions, helping them secure places at leading universities in the UK, US and internationally.

I care deeply about my students’ progress and aim to help each student develop the knowledge, confidence and intellectual independence to fulfil their potential.

I speak French, Mandarin and Cantonese, and have extensive experience working with an international client base.

I am now based in Bristol, having recently relocated from London. I have previously lived and worked in Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai.

Availability: My schedule is relatively flexible and can usually be arranged to accommodate your requirements.

I am happy to come to your home for tuition. I can drive there at no further cost to you. Alternatively, if you would prefer, I am happy to host you, or to conduct tutorials over the internet. Most of my tutoring work takes place online these days.

Willing to travel: 15 miles

Experience: A LEVEL AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE

Since I began tutoring in 2013, I have more than 5,000 hours of experience tutoring History, English, French, Art History, and Philosophy across all of the major exam boards. I can also teach other humanities and social science subjects including German, Latin, Politics, Religious Studies and Sociology as part of a full A level or IB program.

OXBRIDGE ENTRANCE

I have specialist knowledge of the Oxford Admissions system, especially the requirements of the History faculty, having worked as an examiner for the History Aptitude Test and a college subject interviewer. I can supervise all aspects of an application from course and college choice, through the writing of an effective UCAS personal statement, to admissions exams and interview practice. I specialise in tutoring Oxford`s HAT and Cambridge`s HAA, and have also tutored the TSA (for PPE), ELAT (for English), and MLAT (for Modern Languages).

My Oxbridge students have won places on the following courses:
History
History of Art
English & Modern Languages (French)
Modern & Medieval Languages (French & Spanish)
Philosophy, Politics & Economics
Classics

UK, US AND INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS

My tutees have won offers from leading world universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Columbia, Duke, Melbourne, and the Sorbonne, as well as top UK universities including Durham, St Andrews, UCL, LSE, King`s, Warwick, Edinburgh, York, and other Russell Group institutions.

I have also provided guidance and feedback on graduate applications which have helped my clients win places on Master`s programs at Oxford, Cambridge, and UCL in disciplines as diverse as Criminology, International and Comparative Education, Bioscience Enterprise, and Human-Computer Interaction.

I am well positioned to oversee the whole US college admissions process. I have worked for a top London US admissions agency and have a deep familiarity with the higher education field in America, having spent three years studying there, and can provide informed advice on college selection and entrance essay writing.

As someone who has studied and worked in a variety of different international contexts and languages, I am particularly interested in helping students who are transitioning between different national education systems.

UNIVERSITY

I have taught undergraduate tutorials and classes in History at Oxford, and am a qualified higher education teacher (SEDA-PDF). My research specialty is the cultural and intellectual history of Modern Europe, and I have a particular interest in historical method and the philosophy of history. My former undergraduate students have gone on to win major international scholarships and places on PhD programs at Yale and Edinburgh. In the 2025-26 academic year, one of my tutees graduated from Manchester with high first class honours and won a university prize for her dissertation.

I have provided support to undergraduate and masters-level students in History, English, French, Philosophy, and Art History, advising on how to research and write coursework essays. I have particular experience helping students maintain or improve their grades to a good 2.1 standard, making sure that they satisfy the entry conditions to graduate programmes.

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