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Abbey & Kendall Pty Ltd. Tutor of WEA Sydney

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After graduating from the French Department of Alexandria University, Josette Ackad furthered her studies of French begun at primary school at Sydney University. Her bibliographical MA research on the Cameroonian novel was published in Paris in 1985, the year she started tutoring at WEA.

She embarked on a full-time language teaching career in 1988 and has taught in high schools, TAFE, WEA, Sydney Community College, private English Colleges and UTS. She has travelled many times to France and has twice represented Australia at International French Spelling Competitions. Josette is also a NAATI accredited translator for French and Arabic.

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Dr Carole Adams is a retired historian, who has taught many classes that combined the history of a period with its art and culture. She has taught in Germany at the University of Maryland, European Division, where she taught history and culture and took students on field trips to historic sites and cities. Dr Adams has also been Senior Lecturer in history at the University of Sydney and Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida in the USA.

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Dr. Shaila Akhter has done an MPhil and a PhD in Astrophysics and has around 10 years of teaching experience in University Physics and Astronomy at UNSW. She has conducted extensive physics and astronomy (telescope and planetarium) outreach to all kind of audiences in Sydney, Australian Museum, and many rural areas of Australia, including events such as National science week. She also has served as an international podcaster for Astronomy representing Australia for the first time to the international community through “365 Days of Astronomy Podcast” run by CosmoQuest, in the year of light, each of which reached at least 10K listeners. She has a keen interest on star formation, interstellar medium, and Galactic dynamics and structure in our galaxy, the Milky Way. She has a passionate, supportive, enthusiastic and constructive teaching style. She is easy going and can motivate her students grow interest in the subject matter. In her opinion: "you can reach your dream if you invest your genuine passion and hard work."

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Pilar is a qualified teacher specialising in the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language (MA Nebrija University, Spain). Pilar holds a Bachelor of Education from the Sacred Heart University (Perú) and a Master of Philosophy from the University of Sydney.  Pilar has been teaching the Spanish language and cultures from beginner to advanced levels, as well as Spanish cultures for more than ten years in Australia. She has experiences as a Spanish language and culture academic coordinator (USYD Cce), curriculum developer, learner designer of online and face to face language and cultures courses, lecturer and researcher at university level. Pilar has been working at Macquarie University in the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies. She has also worked at the University of Technology Sydney, and the University of Sydney. During her time as a lecturer, Pilar has received a teaching award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to teaching and student learning at Macquarie University.

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Liliana Algorry. Tutor of WEA Sydney

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Dan Allen has been a professional percussionist all his life since having moved to Sydney, he has written a book on Pandeiros (Pandeiro!: The Philosophy of...) and plays with a samba bateria here in Sydney.

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Rachel has a BA in Communications and is currently studying for her Masters in History. She is the Secretary of the Richard III Society and also presents courses at The Plantagenet Society and the Eastwood Historical Society. Her interests are in medieval and early modern history. Rachel has taught at CCE and a number of historical societies.

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Alpha MP. Tutor of WEA Sydney

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Alumni Travel - Information Day. Tutor of WEA Sydney