Amy

I am a friendly, caring and dedicated tutor and career academic who is particularly effective in working with nervous students and building their confidence. Having spent over twenty years working in academia I have a strong understanding of exam and revision techniques, writing skills and the quirks of the history curriculum.

I am very patient and will ensure lessons match each student's learning pace and style. My nurturing approach has been very successful with past students of all ages and abilities.
I am happy to teach online (Skype) or face-to-face at my home.

Tutoring Experience

I have taught curriculum-based history in a museum setting to students of all ages and abilities and enjoy sparking an interest in history while also building confidence in exam performance and essay writing. During my doctorate I taught many undergraduate history students of varied abilities, providing constructive, encouraging feedback that helped them to improve their essay writing skills and grades, in many cases by two levels or more. I have also designed history teaching materials and lessons plans for secondary schools and am confident with the three main exam boards AQA, Edexcel and OCR.

Tutoring Approach

I believe it is important to establish individualised learning goals so I tailor my lessons to cater to each student's needs and providing them the support to achieve them. My approach is routed in encouragement and building students' confidence in their skills which I have found achieves lasting success in any subject.

I cover writing techniques, source analysis, and understanding course content as well as exam preparation including revision techniques, time management and coping with stress. I am also happy to proofread students' essays and assignments for SPaG.