Who's Who at Westminster Tutors
Virginia Maguire read English at UCL, and worked as a lecturer in the English Department of a Thai university for five years. She gained Distinction in her MLitt in English Studies from Strathclyde University and published various articles on sociolinguistics and aspects of Thai culture while overseas. Before joining Westminster Tutors Virginia worked as Director of Studies at David Game College. She is also the founder and director of Uniprep, which offers specialist preparation for applications to highly competitive universities and degree courses such as Medicine and Law.
Virginia's mother took her A levels at Westminster Tutors, and it is therefore a great pleasure for Virginia to continue the College's long tradition of providing excellent teaching which enables students to achieve their academic goals.
Jane Darwin - Senior Tutor & Head of English
Jane Darwin graduated in English from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and also completed her BLitt at Oxford University. Jane has lived in London, Bonn, New York and Brussels, where her husband was working for the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She has three children. She has taught English Literature at Westminster Tutors for over 30 years, and in 1993 she became Co-Principal with Peter Brooke. In 2000 she took semi-retirement, but continues to take an active interest in the College, teaching two days a week and acting as Senior Tutor.
Ben Miles - Head of Mathematics & Physics
Ben Miles read Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, specialising in Theoretical Physics. He completed Part III Mathematics in General Relativity and Particle Physics. Ben has taught Mathematics and Physics at Westminster Tutors for seven years, and has headed the busy Mathematics and Physics department for the past two years.
Dr Kim Gilmore - Examinations Officer
Kim Gilmore completed her BSc and PhD in Biochemistry at Queen Mary College, University of London, and worked as a postdoctoral research assistant in the Department of Immunology, Guy's Hospital. Kim has lectured at university level and has over 20 years' experience teaching biology at secondary schools and tutorial colleges in London. She is also an OCR Examiner for Biology A level. Before joining Westminster Tutors, Kim worked as Director of Studies at Abbey College.
See below for a full list of Tutors and Subjects:
| Accounting |
Simon Clifford FRC (Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants)
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| Art |
Sarah Kasmin BA (Chelsea), MA (Chelsea) Dido Powell BA (Leeds), PGCE (Institute of Education, London)
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| Biology |
Emily Stewart BSc (UCL), PGCE(Institute of Education, London), MEd (Institute of Education, London) Kim Gilmore BSc (Queen Mary, London), PhD (Queen Mary, London) Peter Stanley MSc (UCL), PhD (UCL) Danielle Paffard BA (Oxon)
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| Business Studies |
Claire Watt-Smith BSc (Royal Holloway, London), MA (Royal Holloway)
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| Chemistry |
Sandy Kilpatrick MChem (Oxon) Subhasish Podder BSc (Calcutta), PhD (Aston) Nicholas Searle BSc (Aston), PGCE (Institute of Education, London) Norman Luff MSc, Cchem, FRSC, CertEd
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| Chinese |
Lu Qian MA (London), ACIM
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| Classics |
Crystal Bennes BA (Arizona State University), MSc (Edinburgh), MA (King's), PhD candidate Frederica Daniele BA (Oxon), MSt Oxon, PhD candidate
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| Economics |
Matthew Rogers BSc (Warwick), MPhil (Cantab) Jennifer Varley BA (Oxon) Dasha Afanasieva BA (Oxon)
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| English |
Jane Darwin MA (Oxon), BLitt (Oxon) James Miller BA (Oxon), MA (UCL), PhD (King's) Virginia Maguire BA (UCL), MLitt (Strathclyde) Simon Moore BA (Durham), PGCE (Oxon) Anna Van Lopik BA (Oxon), MSt (Oxon), PG Dip Law, LPC, PhD candidate Phoebe Kirk BA (Oxon), MSt (Oxon)
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| French |
Anne de Chillaz, HEC, INSEAD, Diplome de Recherches (Ecole de Louvre) Joelle Subra BA (Universite de Pau, France), MA/ PGCE (Pau/ Lancaster)
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| Geography |
Nicholas Dommett LLB (Birmingham), LLM (SOAS), BSc (Imperial), MA (King's), PhD candidate
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| Geology |
Nicholas Dommett LLB (Birmingham), LLM (SOAS), BSc (Imperial), MA (King's), PhD candidate
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Government & Politics |
Jennifer Varley BA (Oxon) Dasha Afanasieva BA (Oxon)
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| Greek |
Nesta Phillips MA (Cantab), PGCE (Cantab) Benedict Wilkinson BA (Cantab) MPhil (Cantab), PhD candidate Adam Abdulla BA (Oxon), CELTA
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| History |
Hazel Gray BA (King's), MA (King's), PhD (King's), PGCE (Inst. Ed. London) Oliver Mears BA (Oxon) James Warner BA (Oxon)
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| History of Art |
Dido Powell BA (Leeds), PGCE (Institute of Education, London) Andreas Petzold BA (Manchester), PhD (Courtauld), Cert Ed (Westmin)
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| ICT & Computing |
Mohammed Arif BSc (Lahore), MSc (Middx)
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| Italian |
Frederica Daniele BA (Oxon), MSt (Oxon), PhD candidate Rosa Emanuela Carla LLB, TFLA (London)
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| Latin |
Nesta Phillips MA (Cantab), PGCE (Cantab) Benedict Wilkinson BA (Cantab) MPhil (Cantab), PhD candidate Adam Abdulla BA (Oxon)
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| Mathematics |
Ben Miles BA (Cantab), MA (Cantab), MMath (Cantab) Alastair Dunn BA (UCL), MSc (UCL), PhD candidate Ben Maling BA (Oxon) Michael O'Neill BA (Oxon) Shane Malik BA (Cantab), MA (Cantab), MSc (King's), PhD candidate Abigail Schlageter MPhys (Oxon)
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| Music |
Chris Brown BMus (Royal Academy of Music) Sam Cave BA (Soton), PgDip (Royal College of Music)
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| Philosophy |
Leandro de Brasi BA (King's), MSc (King's), MPhil (King's), PhD candidate
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| Physics |
Ben Miles BA (Cantab), MA (Cantab), MMath (Cantab) Alastair Dunn BA (UCL), MSc (UCL), PhD candidate Abigail Schlageter MPhys (Oxon) Ben Maling BA (Oxon) Michael O'Neill BA (Oxon) Alexander Grimwood BSc (Queen Mary), MSc (Surrey), Phd candidate
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| Psychology |
Andrew Moore BSc (Thames Valley), MSc (Surrey), PhD (Surrey) Christopher Riley BSc (Cardiff), PGCE (Lancaster), MA (London)
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| Religious Studies |
Hannah Matthews BA (Durham), QTS
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| Sociology |
Christopher Riley BSc (Cardiff), PGCE (Lancaster), MA (London)
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| Spanish |
Margaret Smallman BA (King's), PhD (King's) Tallia Morris BA (Mexico), MA (London), PhD (London) |
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OXBRIDGE ENTRY AND MEDICAL ENTRY COURSES
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PPE & TSA
HAT ELAT LNAT |
Matthew Rogers BSc (Warwick), MPhil (Cantab) Jennifer Varley BA (Oxon) Dasha Afanasieva BA (Oxon) James Warner BA (Oxon) James Miller BA (Oxon), MA (UCL), PhD (King's) Virginia Maguire BA (UCL), MLitt (Strathclyde) |
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Critical Thinking |
Matthew Rogers BSc (Warwick), MPhil (Cantab) |
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Medical Prep |
Matthew Appleby BSc (UWE), currently on grad. Medicine course at UCL Peter Stanley BSc (UCL), PhD (UCL) |
