Who's Who at Westminster Tutors

  

Virginia Maguire - Principal

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 personal 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.

Nick Dommett - Director of Studies

Nick distinguishes himself by being our most qualified tutor.  He completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Law.  Taking a firm interest in climate change research, he moved on to Imperial, being awarded a first in Geology.  As well as acting as Director of Studies and teaching Geography at Westminster Tutors, Nick is in the final stages of his PhD at King's College, where he previously obtained distinction in his MA in Environment, Politics and Development. 

Dr Kim Gilmore - Head of Science & 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:

 

Art

Sarah Kasmin BA (Chelsea), MA (Chelsea)

Dido Powell BA (Leeds), PGCE (Instit. Educ.)

 

Biology

Emily Stewart BSc (UCL), PGCE (Instit. Educ.), MEd (Instit. Educ.)

Kim Gilmore BSc (Queen Mary, London), PhD (Queen Mary, London)

Peter Stanley MSc (UCL), PhD (UCL)

 

Business Studies

Thomasina Flannery BSc (LSE)

 

Chemistry

Emma Tomita BA (Cantab), MSc (Cantab) 

Subhasish Podder BSc (Calcutta), PhD (Aston)

Sandy Kilpatrick MChem (Oxon) 

Keith Holt BSc (Bristol), PGCE (Leeds)

 

Chinese

Lu Qian MA (London), ACIM

 

Classics

Peter Olive BA (Oxon)

 

Economics

Matthew Rogers BSc (Warwick), MPhil (Cantab)

Thomasina Flannery BSc (LSE)

 

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 (UCL)

Jessica Frith BA (Exeter), MPhil (Cantab)

 

French

Anne de Chillaz, HEC, INSEAD, Diplome de Recherches (Ecole de Louvre)

Joelle Subra BA (Universite de Pau, France), MA/ PGCE (Pau/ Lancaster)

 

Geography

Nicholas Dommett LLB (Birmingham), LLM (SOAS), BSc (Imperial), MA (King's), PhD candidate

Rachel Sherman BA (UCL), PGCE (Instit. Educ.), MA (Instit. Educ.)

Mel Rouse BA (Cantab), MPhil (Cantab), MA (Leicester)

 

German

Sylvia Brodbeck MA (Oxon)

Government & Politics

James Warner BA (Oxon) 

Elizabeth Hyatt BA (Oxon) 

 

Greek & Latin

Peter Olive BA (Oxon)

 

History

Hazel Gray BA (King's), MA (King's), PhD (King's), PGCE (Instit. Educ.)

James Warner BA (Oxon) 

 

History of Art

Dido Powell BA (Leeds), PGCE (Instit. Educ.)

Andreas Petzold BA (Manchester), PhD (Courtauld), Cert Ed (Westminster)

 

ICT

Mohammed Arif BSc (Lahore), MSc (Middx)

 

Italian

Frederica Daniele BA (Oxon), MSt (Oxon), PhD candidate

Valentina Carrer BA (Venice)

 

Law

Sylvia Brodbeck MA (Oxon)

 

Mathematics

Ben Maling BA (Oxon)

Michael O'Neill BA (Oxon)

Robbie Parks BA (Oxon)

Stephen Hodges BSc (Stirling), PGCE (Keele), MSc (Birkbeck)

Pascale Hewitt DEA (Univ. Bretagne Occidentale), PhD (Queen's Belfast), PGCE (King's)

Terence McCarthy BSc (London), MSc (London), PhD (King's)

 

Music

David Bevan MA (Oxon), MMus (Bristol), BMus (Oxon) 

Chris Brown BMus (Royal Academy of Music)

Paul Lambert BMus (Wales), MMus (Guildhall), PGCE (Huddersfield), MA (NFTS)

 

Philosophy

Leandro de Brasi BA (King's), MSc (King's), MPhil (King's), PhD (King's)

Elizabeth Hyatt BA (Oxon)  

 

Physics

Pascale Hewitt DEA (Univ. Bretagne Occidentale), PhD (Queen's Belfast), PGCE (King's)

Ben Maling BA (Oxon)

Michael O'Neill BA (Oxon)

Robbie Parks BA (Oxon) 

 

Psychology

Andrew Moore BSc (Thames Valley), MSc (Surrey), PhD (Surrey)

 

Religious Studies

Elizabeth Hyatt BA (Oxon)   

Bruno Lacey BA (SOAS), PGCE (Instit. Educ.), MA (Goldsmiths)

 

Sociology

Christopher Riley BSc (Cardiff), PGCE (Lancaster), MA (London)

Bruno Lacey BA (SOAS), PGCE (Instit. Educ.), MA (Goldsmiths)

 

Spanish

Margaret Smallman BA (King's), PhD (King's)

Tallia Morris BA (Mexico), MA (London), PhD (London)

 

 

 

OXBRIDGE ENTRY AND MEDICAL ENTRY COURSES

 

PPE & TSA 

 

HAT

ELAT

LNAT

Matthew Rogers BSc (Warwick), MPhil (Cantab)

Elizabeth Hyatt BA (Oxon)  

James Warner BA (Oxon)   

James Miller BA (Oxon), MA (UCL), PhD (King's)

Virginia Maguire BA (UCL), MLitt (Strathclyde)

 

Critical Thinking

Matthew Rogers BSc (Warwick), MPhil (Cantab) 

 

Medical Prep

Matthew Appleby BSc (UWE), currently on grad. Medicine course at UCL

Kim Gilmore BSc (Queen Mary, London), PhD (Queen Mary, London)

Peter Stanley BSc (UCL), PhD (UCL)