My Experience
I am currently a Lecturer at UCL Institute of Education, where I primarily teach at a postgraduate level. As the world's leading centre for education, this requires me to maintain the highest possible academic and professional standards whilst delivering sessions, supporting students and assessing their work. Another key part of my role is in the selection and interviewing of prospective students, so this is an area where I can provide additional support and advice if required.
Prior to this I was an 'outstanding' Art & Design teacher in a successful academy in east London, where I was the teacher in charge of GCSE Art Textiles, KS3 Assessment and Progress, and UCAS Advisor for the Creative Arts. Through a combination of this and my current role at UCL, I am familiar with the assessment criteria and course structures of all of the major exam boards for KS4 and 5 Art & Design and History of Art (AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC). Furthermore, in my role as UCAS advisor, I regularly consulted with students and parents to guide them in selecting a range of appropriate course choices, supported them in completing their applications and personal statements, and finally in writing references and leading interview and portfolio preparation sessions.
My Qualifications
I am trained to MA level in Art History, and have graduated with the highest possible degree classifications at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Whilst studying at UCL and the University of Essex I was consistently awarded distinctions in every MA level module I completed, and I graduated with a first-class undergraduate degree and at the top of my year whilst studying at the University of Warwick.
Although I would consider myself as specialising in twentieth century and contemporary art, my time at Warwick included courses that focused on areas ranging from medieval religious architecture and ritual, to eighteenth century British art and, during my final year, three months spent in Venice studying Renaissance visual culture in situ. These allow me to confidently teach across the spectrum of modules offered within the AQA History of Art A level specification.
Further and Higher Education:
MA History of Art (Distinction), UCL
PGCE Secondary Art & Design Education, UCL Institute of Education
PGCert Contemporary Art Theory, University of Essex
BA (Hons) History of Art (First Class - first in cohort), University of Warwick
Foundation Diploma Art & Design (Distinction), Hereford College of Arts
Secondary Education (Monmouth School):
A Level Art & Design (A)
A Level History of Art (B)
A Level Classical Civilisations (B)
