Mara

I graduated from the University of Cambridge with a high 2.i in Theology and Religious Studies and the Sheikh Zayed Prize for Islamic Philosophy (2005). I have been working as a private tutor, particularly to those who have found mainstream education challenging, since 1998. Former students have gone on to KCL, Cambridge, UCL, Oxford and other Russell Group universities. My greatest priority is to ensure that, through confidence-building and creating tailormade lessons to appeal to students` interests and imaginations, they receive a fully-rounded and enjoyable experience that will stay with them for life. I am endlessly patient, and work hard to build a bond of mutual trust, respect and cooperation in a low-stress environment.

Availability: Mon/Tues/Wed/Thu day/evening; Fri daytime

Willing to travel: 3 miles

Experience: In addition to the above, I have taught: English (Language/Literature, IELTS, SEN (particularly dyslexia) and as a foreign language), History, French, Latin, Greek, History of Art as an associate lecturer, supervised theology, economics and mass media at degree level;
I worked as an English/Maths teacher in Shewula, Swaziland, teaching 73 AIDS orphans;
I have considerable experience as an EFL teacher, particularly in running intensive two week courses for French exchange students and one-to-one sessions;
I also run summer schools, teaching a diverse range of courses from Jewish History to the History of the Middle Passage;
Last, but not least, I have worked for the past decade as an academic researcher in areas ranging from numismatics to the psyche of the Victorian male paradigm in literature, postmodern readings of colonial texts and the history of al-Andalus, and can impart research skills and techniques, abstract- and essay writing and qualitative methodologies to my students.