Conor M

Since 2013, alongside and subsequent to my BA and M.St studies, I’ve worked as an English tutor and teacher with students of varying nationalities, abilities and ages, from pre-GCSE to degree level, and I’ve found working with these young people – accompanying them through crucial exams, setting them advanced extension work to push their learning further or to bring them up to speed, assisting them with applications and preparations for further education – to be extremely rewarding. I endeavour, as far as possible, to recognise the circumstances, needs, abilities and interests of each student, and genuinely enjoy encouraging them to consider the study of literature as an occasion for self-expression, believing genuinely that the study of English can be transformational to a person’s well-being and prospects. Language is integral to thought: the study of English language, and of the functional skills of reading and writing, enables you not just to communicate effectively but to think clearly. Since 2016, I've worked as an academic tutor for MyTutor and First Tutors - assisting with English from pre-GCSE to University level, as well as History, Maths and Philosophy up to A-Level. I offer personal statement advice and interview practice for university applications, and help to prepare students for Oxbridge entrance exams. I've worked with young people from all over the world - Hong Kong, Russia, Germany & India, as well as from the UK. Between July 2018 and 2019, I worked as a teaching assistant and in-house tutor at a leading high school in Christchurch, New Zealand, organising and running the Y12 & Y13 NZQA Scholarship English programme. (5 students achieved scholarships in <Phone Number Redacted>; 1 got the top score in English in the country). As well as this, I aided Y12 and Y13 candidates with prep for Level 2 and Level 3 NCEA Exams, and worked with students across school, from Y9-Y13, on an individual or small-group basis.