English
7+, 8+, 9+, 10+, 11+, 13+, KS2, KS3, GCSE, A-Level, Adult Learners
Law
Professional
Queen's University Belfast, UK
PhD English: 'Yeats and Labour'
2016 - 2020
Queen's University Belfast, UK
MA English (Merit)
2014 - 2015
BPP University, UK
PgDip Legal Practice (Pass)
2011 - 2012
Oxford Brookes University, UK
GDip Law (Merit)
2009 - 2010
Oxford University, UK
BA English (2.1)
2006 - 2009
St Paul's School, London
A-Level: English Literature (A), Government and Politics (A), Biology (A)
AS-Level: Mathematics (A)
GCSE: 8 A*s, 2 As, 1 B
2004 - 2006
Over 300 hours experience of teaching English, including:
I was born in Hong Kong and brought up in Singapore and London. After my undergraduate degree at Oxford, where I specialised in Irish poetry, I trained and practised as a lawyer in the field of financial services regulation.
During this time, I maintained my research interests through private study. A year after qualifying, I decided to return to academia with a master's degree and doctorate at Queen's University Belfast, which was funded by UK Research and Innovation (the Arts and Humanities Research Council).
Throughout the period of carrying out my research, I made extensive efforts to gain experience of teaching a wide variety of age groups, beginning by teaching sixth formers as part of the university's widening participation programme and volunteering with two KS2 Forest Schools. From here, I then provided after-school enrichment classes at three institutions and taught full-time for four months at an independent (GDST) school. I have also taught undergraduates, both within the university and at its annual Irish Studies Summer School, and delivered lectures to audiences of academics and the general public.