We are proud of the depth, range and expertise of our academic staff. With such a high regarded reputation
for excellence and experience, we have no trouble attracting the best teachers to work at St. Clare's. Many of our
staff are examiners in their field; many teach at the University of Oxford, Brookes University in Oxford
as well as other universities in London.
Governors |
Chairman - Nicholas Morris MA (Oxon), Barrister, formerly Company Director |
Jesmond Blumenfeld BA (Natal) MA (Rhodes) BPhil (Oxon), Economist |
John Church MA (Cantab), Bursar, Pembroke College, Oxford |
David Christie BA (University of Strathclyde), Dip. Ed. (University of Glasgow) |
Richard Dick MA (Cantab), Managing Director |
Dr Hu Yao-Su MA DPhil (Oxon), Consultant, UNCTAD |
Irina Kirillova MBE Fellow Emerita of Newnham College, Cambridge |
Ann Lewis CMG BA (Leeds) formerly Head of Cultural Relations Dept; Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) |
Catherine Lewis BA, Charitable Project Manager and Interim Project Consultant |
Dermot McMeekin MBA (Harvard), Solicitor, Company Director and Management Consultant |
James Offen MA FRICS FCIArb, Chartered Surveyor, formerly Fellow and Estates Bursar, Oriel College, Oxford |
Peter Oppenheimer MA (Oxon) President, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies and Student (i.e. Fellow) of Christ Church, Oxford |
Jens Tholstrup BA (Oxon), Director of Consulting, Oxford Analytica |
Laurence Whitehead MA (Oxon), Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford |
Senior Management |
Principal - Paula Holloway BSc (London) PGCE (Sussex) MSc (Oxon) DipPM (LSE) |
Vice Principal - Tom Walsh MA Higher DipEd (Dublin) |
Bursar - Paul Mason MA (Cantab) FCA |
Director of English Language courses - Lawrie Coupland MA (Cantab) PGCE (Oxon) CTEFLA |
Co-ordinator of Senior Courses & Director of the Liberal Arts Programme - Ines Molinaro PhD (Notre Dame) MA (Notre Dame) BA (Concordia) |
Course Management |
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Course Director -
Tom Walsh MA HDipEd (Dublin) |
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Dean of Students -
Susan Tawse BSc (Edinburgh) PGCE |
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Director of Studies -
Cormack Kirby BA (Hons) (Leeds) PGCE (Reading) MED Cert Tefl (Bristol) |
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Member of staff |
Subject |
Liz Reece BA (Exeter) Dip CG (London) |
Careers & higher education adviser |
Paul Sinclair MA (University of St Andrews) MA (University of Washington) |
US university education adviser |
Catherine Arakelian |
English |
Thomas Bartlett |
Mathematics |
Jennifer Brooks Med (Bristol) BSc (Edinburgh) |
Mathematics |
Claire Brown MSc (Cranfield) PGCE |
Mathematics |
Vicky Bullard MA PGCE (Oxon) |
English Language |
Raymond Burley ALCM LLCM |
Guitar |
Ludmilla Checkley Diplom Mod Lang (Pyatigorsk) |
Russian |
Ti Chen |
Mathematics |
Caroline Crook BSc (Dundee) Cert Ed (Garnett College) |
Biology |
Ricardo Da Silva Esteves PGCE (Cambridge) Maitrise LEA |
Spanish |
Simon Davis BEd (Leeds) |
Physics |
Daniel Denno BSc PGCE (Bristol) |
Mathematics |
Peter Egawhary |
Basketball |
Jing Ping Fan MSc (Leeds Metropolitan) BA (Central China Normal University) |
Chinese |
Victoria Folkyte BA (Vilnius) |
Lithuanian |
Ian Gill BSc (Bristol) PGCE (Lancaster) |
Chemistry |
David Gomm BSc (Durham) PGCE (London) |
Ecosystems & Societies |
Catherine Gospel BA MA PGCE (London) |
French |
Vicky Hahn BA (Wales) TESOL |
Activities |
Christos Halkiopoulos MSc (London) |
Psychology |
Roni Hameiri BA PGCE (Tel Aviv) MBA (Open) |
Economics; Business & Management |
Julia Hammett MA (Edinburgh) PGCE |
English |
Keiko Harada BA MA (Osaka) MA (Kent)MA (SOAS) |
Japanese |
David Harris BSc MEd (Bristol) PGCE (Manchester) |
Mathematics |
Kevin Hennessy BA HDipEd HDip Heritage Management (Cork) MEd (Oxford Brookes) |
Activities |
Gyesang Jean |
Korean |
Sarah Jinks BSc (Warwick) PGCE (Oxon) |
Biology; Chemistry |
Rory Kelly PhD (London) BA MEd PGCE (Cape Town) BEd (South Africa) MEd (ELT)(Sheffield) |
English |
Marzena Kochanska BA (Leeds) PGCE TESOL (London) |
English |
Maureen Lake Licientiate of the Royal Academy of Music |
Piano |
Kiki Lurcock BA (Abo Akademi) MA (Oxford Brookes) |
English |
Stephen Marshall BSc PGCE (Newcastle) |
Geography; Ecosystems & Societies |
Rebecca Moseley-Morgan BA ARCM |
Singing |
Thomas Nunn |
Capoeira |
Michael O'Conner |
Electric Guitar |
Carola Percival BA PGCE (Reading) |
German |
Steven Perrin BSc PGCE (Aberdeen) MA (Reading) |
English Language |
Jesus-Antonio Rodriguez-Blanco Licenciado CAP Postgrado Literatura Comparada (Santiago de Compostela) |
Spanish |
Philip Riordan |
Oboe |
Teuta Robo MA (Albania) |
Albanian |
John Rolfe MA PGCE (London) |
Visual Art |
Denise Saunderson BSc (Southampton) PGCE (Manchester) |
Physics; Science |
Francesca Shakespeare BA (Exeter) |
Studio Art |
Philomena Solomon PGCE GRNCM ARCM LTCL AMus TCL CertEd |
Music |
Lilly Stammler |
Bulgarian |
David Staton BA (Cantab) MA (Durham) |
History |
Mohammad Takriti BA (Lattakia) MA (Damascus) |
Arabic |
Susan Tawse BSc (Edinburgh) PGCE |
Mathematics |
Jennifer Taylor Italian Doctorate |
Italian |
Jos Vos MA (Kent) BA (Oxon) BA (Leuven) |
Dutch |
Tom Walsh MA HDipEd (Dublin) |
Biology |
Jadwiga Wanelik Magister Filologii (Jagiellonian University, Krakow) |
Polish |
Victoria Watson BA (London) Maitrise (Avignon) LTCL Dip TEFL/TESOL PGCE (Canterbury) |
English |
Mark Watts BA (Liverpool) PGCE (Warwick) |
Economics; Business & Management |
Andrew Whiting |
Photography |
Timothy Wilson |
Saxaphone |
Rebecca Winfield BA PGCE |
Activities |
Xiaohui Yan BA Postgraduate Certificate in General Linguistics & Teaching Methodology (Beijing) MA (Nanjing) |
Chinese |
Andrew Young BA PGCE (London) |
History |
Course Management |
Director of the Liberal Arts Programme -
Ines Molinaro PhD (Notre Dame) MA (Notre Dame) BA (Concordia) |
Assistant Director - Paul Sinclair MA (University of St Andrews) MA (University of Washington) |
Teaching staff |
Subject |
Affiliation |
Alexa Zellentin |
Education |
Keble College, University of Oxford |
Andi Whiting |
Photography |
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Anna Castriota |
Politics |
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Carmel Levitan |
Psychology |
Psychology Department, University of Oxford |
Edward Clarke |
English Literature |
St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford |
Francesca Shakespeare |
Studio Art |
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George Hoare |
Education |
Nuffield College, University of Oxford |
Giovanni De Grandis |
Philosophy, Politics |
Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford |
Jadwiga Wanelik |
French |
St. Clare's, Oxford |
Jessica Frazier |
Theology, Philosophy |
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Kathrin Koeller |
Sociology |
St. Anne's College, University of Oxford |
Keith Hopper |
Film Studies |
Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford |
Kresimir Buntic |
Business, Marketing |
Oxford Brookes University |
Magnus Moar |
Philosophy, Ethics |
Oxford Tutorial College |
Marcos Young |
Communications |
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Marta Emmitt |
English Literature |
St. Clare's, Oxford |
Martin Cox |
Economics |
Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford |
Marzieh Fatemian |
Mathematics |
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Nicholas Kneale |
English Literature |
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Patricia Simon |
Spanish |
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Paul Sinclair MA (University of St Andrews) MA (University of Washington) |
History |
St. Clare's, Oxford |
Peter Claus |
History |
Pembroke College, University of Oxford |
Rulof Burger |
Economics |
St. Anne's College, Oxford |
Stephen Forrest |
Education, History |
Hertford College, University of Oxford |
Tania Batelli-Kneale |
Italian |
University of Oxford Language Centre |
Victoria Condie |
Art History |
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Victoria Staveley |
English Literature |
St. Clare's, Oxford |
Alexa Zellentin |
Education |
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Course Management |
Director of Short Courses / Director of English Language courses -
Lawrie Coupland MA (Cantab) PGCE (Oxon) |
EFL Director of Studies - Richard Walton BA (Exeter) PGCE TES/FL (Bangor) |
EFL Summer Courses Director of Studies - Julia Hammett MA (Dundee) PGCE DTEFLA |
Teaching staff |
Helen Brown BA (Newcastle) PGCE (Manchester) Cert TEFLA ARELS
1:1 Cert |
Carla Browne BA (St. Patrick's, Maynooth) TEFL Cert ARELS 1:1 Cert |
Julie Dyson BA (Oxon) RSA/UCLES Dip TEFLA ARELS 1:1 Cert |
Mark Jennings BA (Lancaster) PGCE (English / TESOL) |
Mark Searle BA (Exeter) RSA/UCLES Dip TEFLA LCCI |
Geoff Taylor BA (St Martin's School of Art) RSA/UCLES Dip TEFLA MEd (Manchester) |
Richard Walton BA (Exeter) PGCE TES/FL (Bangor) |