Summer & Short Courses

Our Summer and Short Courses team are listed below:

Simon Talbot – Director of Summer and Short Courses

Simon has had an enjoyable career working with international students since 2007, in Summer Schools, Boarding Schools, Further Education Colleges and Universities in the UK and overseas. He joined St Clare’s in 2023 to lead the newly formed Summer and Short Courses division where he oversees a wide variety of programmes for over 1200 students every year.  Outside of work, Simon is an avid traveller, a drummer in a local band and spends his free time taking his dog for walks in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside.

Simon Halford-Thompson – Director of Studies 

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Mark Hewitt – Summer School Operations Manager

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Andy Walsh – Group Programme and Short Course Coordinator

Andy first started working with international students in 2008 as an Activity Leader. He went on to work as an Activities Manager then Centre Manager in summer schools in the UK, Slovenia and Spain. Andy joined St Clare’s in May 2023 as the Group Programme Coordinator to take care of the many groups who come to St Clare’s. Outside of work, his passions are watching and playing sport, taking care of his leopard gecko Yoshi, and food and travel.

Claudia Cesaraccio – Short Courses Administrator

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