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 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

Sanjeev Sareen BA (Polytechnic W London), MSc (Soton)

 

Art

Sarah Kasmin BA (Chelsea), MA (Chelsea)

Dido Powell BA (Leeds), PGCE (Institute of Education, London)

 

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)

 

Business Studies

Thomasina Flannery BSc (LSE)

 

Chemistry

Subhasish Podder BSc (Calcutta), PhD (Aston)

Sandy Kilpatrick MChem (Oxon) 

Emma Cardwell BA (Cantab), MSc (Cantab) 

 

Chinese

Lu Qian MA (London), ACIM

 

Classics

Crystal Bennes BA (Arizona State University), MSc (Edinburgh), MA (King's), PhD candidate

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 candidate

Phoebe Kirk BA (Oxon), MSt (Oxon)

 

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

 

German

Sylvia Brodbeck MA (Oxon)


Government & Politics

James Warner BA (Oxon) 

 

Greek & Latin

Peter Olive BA (Oxon)

 

History

Hazel Gray BA (King's), MA (King's), PhD (King's), PGCE (Inst. Ed. London)

James Warner BA (Oxon) 

 

History of Art

Dido Powell BA (Leeds), PGCE (Institute of Education, London)

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

 

ICT & Computing

Mohammed Arif BSc (Lahore), MSc (Middx)

 

Italian

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

Rosa Emanuela Carla LLB, TFLA (London)

 

Law

Sylvia Brodbeck MA (Oxon)

 

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)

Robbie Parks BA (Oxon)

 

Music

Chris Brown BMus (Royal Academy of Music)

Sam Cave BA (Soton), PgDip (Royal College of Music)

 

Philosophy

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

 

Physics

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)

Robbie Parks BA (Oxon) 

 

Psychology

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

 

Religious Studies

Hannah Matthews BA (Durham), QTS 

 

Sociology

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

 

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)

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

Peter Stanley BSc (UCL), PhD (UCL)