Admission to University
Andy Thompson
- 35 years experience teaching and education leadership - Former principal of a leading UK sixth form college for 12 years - Former Chair of Committee at the Council for Independent Education - Examiner for OCR Awarding Body - Published English literature reviewer and critic Andy Thompson has over 30 years of experience guiding students to successful entry into top universities in the UK - Oxford, Cambridge, and the Russell Group. Andy runs an education consultancy with a reputation for developing innovative approaches to the delivery of sixth-form education. He is also a Director of Bath Tutorial College, a partnership with Crown Guardians, where he provides an academic consultancy service for their students. Andy was the Principal of one of the leading tutorial colleges in Oxford and the UK for 12 years. He has been a member of the executive body of the Council for Independent Education (CIFE) (the national professional body for tutorial colleges), where he was chairman of the organisation’s Academic Affairs Committee. He is also a consultant to the Independent Schools Association, where he has led professional development for schools on entry to Oxbridge. Andy has written extensively on schools and university education in the UK press (including the Daily Telegraph), appearing also on BBC Radio. He has spoken about successful university applications at national and international events, including the British Council’s Moscow show. He has also worked on curriculum development for English Literature A level with the Oxford and Cambridge (OCR) Awarding Body. Andy read English Literature at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and, as a guest speaker on the University of Oxford’s outreach programme, has lectured on a wide range of topics in literature. Andy’s interest in education extends across the whole curriculum. He was chairman of the Parent Forum at West Oxford Primary School (age range 3 – 12) for several years. He co-founded the Oxford Consortium, a forum in Oxford where sixth-form college principals can share their knowledge and expertise.
Dr. Revi Panidha
- 5 coveted teaching awards - 20 years of combined teaching experience at LSE, Oxford and Sciences Po - Recipient of the single John M. Gunn scholarship - Over 12000 hours of tutoring Revi is a passionate multi-award-winning teacher who has formerly taught at the LSE for 10 years. He has combined teaching/tutoring hours of well above 12 000. ​Both departments and students have appreciated him. During his tenure at the LSE, he has received 2 teaching awards from the Economics department, 2 teaching awards from the Management department and 1 student-led teaching excellence award for Innovative Teaching. He has taught a wide array of courses at both undergraduate and graduate-level including Finance, Marketing, Corporate Strategy, Microeconomics, Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Strategy, etc. Also, he has officially taught students at leading British and international institutions, including the University of Oxford, Sciences Po, and Stanford University. He has taken part in the selection process of incoming undergraduate students at both the University of Oxford (PPE, E&M, E&H) and the dual degree of Columbia and Sciences Po.
Dr. Alexis Grigorieff
- Full-time lecturer at the University of Oxford (2018-2020) - Class teacher at LSE, Oxford and Sciences Po (2016-2025) - Recipient of a performance-based full scholarship for the MPhil and DPhil in economics at the University of Oxford - Best overall performance in exams at the University of Oxford and prize for the best dissertation at Durham University (93/100) Over the past five years, Alexis has been both a lecturer and a class teacher in economics and econometrics at two of the leading universities in the UK: the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford. He used to work as a stipendary lecturer in economics at St Edmund Hall (University of Oxford) and as a teaching associate for the economics department at the London School of Economics. For the past couple of years, he has also been teaching a graduate course in econometrics at the history department of the University of Oxford. He completed his PhD in economics at the University of Oxford in 2018, in which he examined the links between social comparisons and ethical behaviour. His main research interests are behavioural economics, econometrics, and development economics. As a tutor at LSE, he received several bonuses for outstanding teaching, and he received overwhelmingly positive feedback on his lectures in econometrics for the MSc in Economic and Social History at the University of Oxford.
Dr. Endrit Shabani
- Holds a First-Class degree in Law, and an MSc in Education Policy. He also has a DPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford, where he was a Clarendon Scholar. - Taught Law and Politics at universities in Tirana, Oxford, Cambridge, and Paris. - Delivered core PPE undergraduate papers at Oxford, including Comparative Government (201), International Relations (214), and Politics in Europe (206). - Taught Introduction to Politics at Sciences Po, Paris. Endrit has a first-class degree in Law, a Master's of Science in Education Policy, and has completed his doctoral degree in Politics at the University of Oxford. He was a Clarendon Scholar and has benefited from various scholarships throughout his academic studies. Endrit has taught Law and politics in Tirana, Oxford, Cambridge, and Paris. In Oxford, Endrit taught two core papers for PPE undergrads: Comparative Government (201) and International Relations (214), as well as Politics in Europe (206). In Paris, Endrit taught Introduction to Politics at Sciences Po University. Additionally, he has consulted international organisations (e.g. Council of Europe, EU, UNICEF, UNW, UNFPA and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation). In 2018, Professor Whitefield and Endrit designed the National Index on Women's Electoral Participation, published by UN Women in collaboration with the University of Oxford.
