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 - Richard Dick MA (Cantab), Managing Director |
| John Church MA (Cantab), Bursar, Pembroke College, Oxford |
| 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) |
| Paul Mason MA (Cantab) FCA |
| 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 of Christ Church, Oxford |
| Jens Tholstrup BA (Oxon), Managing Director, Oxford Economics |
| Laurence Whitehead MA (Oxon), Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford |
| Senior Management |
| Principal - Paula Holloway BSc Hons (London) PGCE (Sussex) MSc (Oxon) DipPM (LSE) Cert TEFL Cambridge RSA |
| Vice Principal - Tom Walsh MA Higher DipEd (Dublin) |
| Bursar - Nick Paladina MA (Oxon) 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 BA (Concordia) MA PhD (Notre Dame) |
| 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 (Bristol) Cert Tefl |
| Member of staff |
Subject |
| Liz Reece BA (Exeter) Dip CG (London) |
Careers & higher education adviser |
| Paul Sinclair MA (St Andrews) MA (Washington) |
US university education adviser |
| Rigmor Batsvik Cand. Mag. Adjunkt (Bergen) BA (Oxford Brookes) |
Norwegian |
| Nisha Bauluck BSc (Sussex) PGCE (Sussex) |
Mathematics |
| Kanishka Bhattacharya
MSt (Oxon) |
Mathematics |
| Sigrun Bjarnadottir BSc (Iceland) |
Icelandic |
| Olga Borymchuk
DPhil (Oxon) PGCE (Open University) |
Ukranian |
| Vicky Bullard MA PGCE (Oxon) |
English Language |
| Alice Caldock BA (Strathclyde) PGCE (Strathclyde) QTS |
English B |
| David Chaplin BA (Carmarthen) |
TOK |
| Ludmilla Checkley Diplom Mod Lang (Pyatigorsk) |
Russian |
| Ricardo Da Silva Esteves PGCE (Cambridge) Maitrise LEA |
Spanish and French |
| Gerrard Daly MSc (London) MA (London) |
Physics |
| Ismailj Dauti BSc (Kosovo) |
Albanian Literature |
| Simon Davis BEd (Leeds) |
Physics |
| Jing Ping Fan MSc (Leeds Metropolitan) BA (Central China Normal University) PGCE (London) |
Chinese |
| Victoria Folkyte BA (Vilnius) |
Lithuanian |
| Ian Gill BSc (Bristol) PGCE (Lancaster) |
Chemistry |
| David Gomm BSc (Durham) PGCE (London) |
Environmental Systems & Societies |
| Catherine Gospel BA MA PGCE (London) |
French and German |
| Christos Halkiopoulos MSc (London) |
Psychology |
| Roni Hameiri-Bowen BA PGCE (Tel Aviv) MBA (Open University UK) |
Economics; Business & Management |
| Julia Hammett MA (Dundee) PGCE DTEFLA |
English |
| Keiko Harada BA MA (Osaka) MA (Kent) MA (SOAS) |
Japanese |
| David Harris BSc MEd (Bristol) PGCE (Manchester) |
Mathematics |
| Simone Irmscher Diploma (Leipzig) |
German |
| Sarah Jinks BSc (Warwick) PGCE (Oxon) |
Biology; Chemistry |
| Nadia Jones MSc (Romania) |
Mathematics |
| Rory Kelly PhD (London) BA MEd PGCE (Cape Town) BEd (South Africa) MEd (ELT)(Sheffield) |
English |
| Marzena Kochanska BA (Leeds) PGCE TESOL (London) |
Director of English Language |
| Julia Koch-Cullum MA (Frankfurt am Main) PGCE (Oxon) |
German |
| Marina Kujic BA(Sarajevo) PGCE (Strathclyde) MSc (Paisley) |
Serbian |
| Kicki Lurcock BA (Abo Akademi) MA (Oxford Brookes) |
English |
| Stephen Marshall BSc PGCE (Newcastle) |
Geography; Environmental Systems & Societies |
| Pushpa Pandey MA (Iowa) BA (Earlham) |
Chemistry |
| Carola Percival BA PGCE (Reading) |
German |
| Teodora Petranova MA (Sofia) |
Bulgarian |
| Jesus-Antonio Rodriguez-Blanco Licenciado CAP Postgrado Literatura Comparada (Santiago de Compostela) |
Spanish |
| John Rolfe MA PGCE (London) |
Visual Art |
| Denise Saunderson BSc (Southampton) PGCE (Manchester) |
Physics |
| Rok Sekirnik MSc (Oxon) |
Slovak Literature |
| Zuzana Skalicanova Gergelova |
Slovak |
| Philomena Solomon PGCE GRNCM ARCM LTCL AMus TCL CertEd |
Music |
| George Speller PhD (Cantab) PGCE (Bedford) |
Biology |
| David Staton BA (Cantab) MA (Durham) |
History |
| Victoria Staveley BA (Newfoundland) |
TOK |
| Antoaneta Taneva PhD (Bucharest) |
Bulgarian and Romanian |
| Susan Tawse BSc (Edinburgh) PGCE |
Mathematics |
| Jennifer Taylor Italian Doctorate |
Italian |
| Benedict Tucker BSc (Bristol) PGCE (London) |
Mathematics |
| Nang Mo Hom Tun BA (Taunggyi) |
Burmese |
| Kadir Unutulmaz MPhil (Oxon) MA (Istanbul) |
Turkish |
| Ulf-Wedig van der Osten MA (Hohenheim) PGCE (London) |
Economics and Business |
| Jos Vos MA (Kent) BA (Oxon) BA (Leuven) |
Dutch |
| Tom Walsh MA HDipEd (Dublin) |
Biology |
| Jadwiga Wanelik Magister Filologii (Krakow) |
Polish |
| Victoria Watson BA (London) Maitrise (Avignon) LTCL Dip TEFL/TESOL PGCE (Canterbury) |
English |
| Mark Watts BA (Liverpool) PGCE (Warwick) |
Economics; Business & Management |
| Jennifer Wirth MA (Phoenix) BA (Minnesota) |
Mathematics |
| Andrew Young BA PGCE (London) |
History |
| Suzette Youngs BA (London) DTEFLA PGCE (Strathclyde) |
EFL Teacher |
| David Zakarian MA (Greece) |
Greek |
| Activities Staff |
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| Head of Activities - Kevin Hennessy BA HDipEd HDip Heritage Management (Cork) MEd (Oxford Brookes) |
| CAS Coordinator - Rebecca Winfield BA PGCE |
| Activities Teacher - Vicky Hahn-Hennessy BA (Wales) TESOL |
| A full and detailed list of the activities offered as part of the IB Diploma and the associated member of staff is given here. |
| Course Management |
| Director of the Liberal Arts Programme -
Ines Molinaro BA (Concordia) MA PhD (Notre Dame) |
| Assistant Director - Paul Sinclair MA (St Andrews) MA (Washington) |
| Teaching staff |
Subject |
Affiliation |
| Edwards Adkins |
History |
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| Kay Alty BA (École Supérieur de Commerce, Reims) |
Marketing and Business Management |
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| Charles Armistead |
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| Frank Armstrong MA (SOAS) PGDE (University College Dublin) |
History |
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| Kresimir Buntic MBA (Oxford Brookes) |
Business Studies |
Oxford Brookes University |
| Jolanta Babiuch-Luxmoore |
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| Huseyin Cakal MSc (Manchester) MA (Eylul University, Turkey) |
Sociology |
DPhil candidate, Department of Sociology and Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford - St. Cross College |
| Anna Castriota |
Politics |
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| David Chaplin BA (Camarthen) |
History of Photography |
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| Edward Clarke |
Literature |
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| Peter Claus |
History |
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| Victoria Condie |
Art History |
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| Phillip Cooke PhD (Cardiff) |
Music |
Faculty of Music, University of Oxford - Queen's College |
| Anna Castriota MA (Oxford Brookes) |
Politics, International Relations |
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| Edward Clarke BA (Oxon) PhD (Dublin) |
English Literature |
University of Oxford - St. Catherine's College |
| Peter Claus MA PhD (Open University) |
History |
University of Oxford - Pembroke College |
| Victoria Elliot MSc (Oxford) |
Education |
DPhil candidate, Department of Education, University of Oxford - Exeter College |
| Marta Emmitt BA (Colorado) |
English Literature |
St. Clare's, Oxford |
| Marzieh Fatemian DPhil (Oxon) |
Mathematics |
Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, University of Oxford |
| Jessica Frazier PhD (Cantab) |
Theology, Philosophy |
Managing Editor, Journal of Hindu Studies, Lecturer in Religious Studies, Regent's College, London
Research Fellow, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies |
| Ian Freeth |
Economics |
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| Stephen Goddard |
French |
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| Katherine Kirkpatrick |
Theology |
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| Keith Hopper MA (Galway) MSt (Oxon) |
Film Studies, Literature |
Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford - Kellogg College |
| Jin Lee BA (Pennsylvania) |
Psychology |
DPhil candidate, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford |
| Melville Leedham MBA (Herriot-Watt) MA ( Oxford Brookes) |
Management Studies |
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| Coral Milburn-Curtis |
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| Magnus Moar PhD (Sussex) |
Philosophy |
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| Tamara Moellenberg |
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| William Powett Smith BSc (Bristol) CA (ICA Scotland) |
Finance |
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| Anna Scarná DPhil (York) |
Psychology |
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| Francesca Shakespeare BA (Exeter) |
Fine Arts |
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| Patricia Simon |
Spanish |
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| Paul Sinclair MA (St Andrews) MA (Washington) |
History |
St. Clare's, Oxford |
| Vandana Singh BA (Punjab) MBA (Manipal University, India) |
Economics |
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| Barbara Spence (Escobar) MSc (LSE) LLB (Bogota) |
Business Ethics |
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| Victoria Staveley BA (Newfoundland) |
Literature |
St. Clare's, Oxford |
| Jadwiga Wanelik Magister Filologii (Jagiellonian University, Krakow) |
French |
St. Clare's, Oxford |
| Andrew Whiting BA MA (Oxford Brookes) |
Photography |
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| Marcos Young BA (North London) PDG Broadcast Journalism (Portsmouth) |
Communications |
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