Dr Alison W.

Hi - I`m Alison, a BSc, MSc, PhD qualified Maths, Science Tutor with over 20 years experience as a private tutor

TUTORING APPROACH

Friendly, approachable and patient with an adaptable/ flexible tutoring style catering for individual student needs. Helping to build confidence and subject knowledge and providing advice on revision and exam techniques as well as past paper question practice for those doing key exams.

A particular focus is on exam technique and practice for those doing key exams, though many of my tutees simply want to improve their confidence and school grades.

Every student is different and so there is no `one size fits all` - in our initial lesson(s) I assess current knowledge levels, determine gaps and going forward, see what's needed for the student to achieve their goals. I help students build confidence and subject knowledge as well as providing advice and guidance on revision and exam techniques and suggesting useful resources available. And, for those doing key exams, past paper question practice, is super important. Key to gaining the best grades is knowing how to interpret questions, spot key words and phrases and read the whole question and consider mark allocation ... as well as being able to interpret mark schemes!

I am familiar with most of the main exam boards - AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, Eduquas

TUTORING FEEDBACK

Many past/current students would provide a personal recommendation and report that their confidence and grades have improved as a result of my tuitions. Indeed, many past clients have re-used my services for younger siblings, which speaks volumes.

NB: On First Tutors I had acquired at least 22 positive reviews, which were lost when FT suddenly closed. Fortunately 5 have been found and are listed below and I hope to build up numbers again soon, though I have many other offline reviews and reviews on other sites I could share

TUTORING EXPERIENCE

I have been a private tutor for over 20yrs + working with those from ages 9 to adult. In addition to tutoring I have previous experience of teaching and lecturing at both college and university and also of providing training courses for teachers and teaching assistants. My background in academia gave me experience of research (and lecturing) in the biomedical fields. During this time I undertook research and associated teaching at the Universities of Cardiff, Oxford and Manchester - I ended my University career as a senior research fellow and latterly teaching fellow to focus on full time tutoring, including some college lecturing at A level.

Additionally, I have authored and co-authored many academic publications including a book chapter and more recently was involved in producing a textbook for FSMQ Maths

QUALIFICATIONS

Here are further details on my qualifications

PhD (Effects of Age on Autonomic Innervation of the Urinary System) - included neuroanatomy, neurohistology, immunology, and neuropharmacology,

MSc (Surface and Interface science) - a physics/chemistry interdisciplinary subject,

BSc (Joint Hons) Biology, Chemistry with maths and economics as minors

AVAILABILITY

I tutor all days, including weekends and am also available daytime for those needing homeschooling.

Prime, after school, slots between 3.30 and 7pm on weekdays, tend to fill up quickly but please ask about my current availability.

Close to exam seasons my availability becomes very limited - daytimes are more flexible.

Cancellation/last minute slots are available on a fcfs basis

Enquiries always welcome, especially for those wanting to join my wait list.

T&C's

Rates quoted are per hour with a minimum 1hr bookable, and exclusive of travel costs*.

Cancellation policy - A minimum of 24hrs notice is required for cancellation of a booked lesson, else the full fee is payable. I ask for at least 2 weeks notice of permanent termination of lessons.

* I can travel to local areas (though prefer that students travel to me) and prefer areas that are easily accessible when traffic is taken into account. Journeys over 10 minutes incur an extra charge to cover travel time and expense.