LTF4 A Celebration of World Tutoring – Love Tutoring Festival

Speakers

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  Anne Morris Founder - Yipiyap
  

  Anne Morris

  Founder - Yipiyap

  In 2012, Anne Morris founded Yipiyap with the goal of helping every learner gain the confidence to take ownership of their educational journey.

  Over her past 10+ years as CEO, Anne and Yipiyap have been trailblazers in developing the in-school tutoring sector with the power of peer mentoring.

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  Ayush Agarwal Co-Founder and CEO - Pencil Spaces
  

  Ayush Agarwal

  Co-Founder and CEO - Pencil Spaces

  Ayush is the founder of PencilSpaces, a transformative solution for educators online to provide students with the ultimate workspace for asynchronous and synchronous learning. It’s your virtual classroom and more.

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  Carl Morris
  

  Carl Morris

  Carl is a passionate advocate for changing the way we think about schooling, and is on a mission to inspire a generation of lifelong learners to tackle the biggest challenges facing humanity through curiosity, confidence, and creativity.

  With a wealth of experience as Principal of Carfax College Oxford and Head of Carfax Private Tutors worldwide, Carl knows what it takes to build educational programs that are engaging, relevant, and personalised. He holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

  Having devoted his professional life to education, Carl is an enthusiastic educator with a broad range of knowledge and expertise in Science and Maths. He has worked with pupils from all major curricula, developed personalised programmes for homeschooled students and helped underprivileged children gain places in top universities. Carl is dedicated to making education an exciting and fulfilling journey for all students.

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  Charlotte Watson
  

  Charlotte Watson

  Charlotte began her career teaching in Brixton and worked in a number of state primary schools throughout London.

  She also gained experience in a number of prep schools in London and Surrey. English has been her specialism throughout her career and she became Head of Department in several schools. She was also a teaching and learning consultant for the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster and Deputy Headteacher.

  Throughout her teaching career, she tutored in the evenings and weekends. However, an epiphany occurred in 2016, when she finally decided that tutoring was her true calling. Since then, her tutoring service has grown into a thriving 11+ and GCSE exam preparation business for groups both online and face to face. Charlotte regularly tutors 160 students a week. Her passion is to nurture a love of English and learning in her students whilst developing the rigorous skills and knowledge needed for exam prep whilst maintaining healthy well-being practices.

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  Christine Nicholson Business Mentor
  

  Christine Nicholson

  Business Mentor

  Christine is a multi award-winning UK Business Mentor. She has authored 4 business books and is a regular keynote speaker on Succession and Exit Planning.

  As a businesswoman who has built multi-million turnover businesses over the last 30 years, she has worked with many business owners in all sectors including taking one from bankruptcy to 8-figure exit in 18 months. She has spent a few years accidentally running a zoo! Her latest book, SELL IT, helps business owners get their business and themselves ready for the hardest part of the entrepreneur journey, leaving their business in the hands of others.

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  Dame Alison Peacock Chief Executive of the Chartered College of Teaching
  

  Dame Alison Peacock

  Chief Executive of the Chartered College of Teaching

  Professor Dame Alison Peacock is Chief Executive of the Chartered College of Teaching, a new Professional Body that seeks to raise our status through celebrating, supporting and connecting teachers to provide expert teaching and leadership. Prior to joining the Chartered College, Dame Alison was Executive Headteacher of The Wroxham School in Hertfordshire.

  Her career to date has spanned primary, secondary and advisory roles. She is an Honorary Fellow of Queens College Cambridge, Hughes Hall Cambridge and UCL, a Visiting Professor of both the University of Hertfordshire and Glyndŵr University and a trustee for Big Change.

  Her research is published in a series of books about Learning without Limits offering an alternative approach to inclusive school improvement.

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  Dee Atkins-Greig Tutor
  

  Dee Atkins-Greig

  Tutor

  Dee is a qualified maths teacher with 17 years of experience who is passionate about making mathematics accessible and engaging for all students, regardless of their prior attainment or background.

  Her previous career in the Royal Navy and as an on-screen BBC weather forecaster has provided her with a unique set of skills and life lessons that she draws upon in her teaching.

  Throughout her career, she has prioritised the needs of her students. She believes that every student has the potential to succeed and helps them achieve their goals through a collaborative approach to learning.

  She is committed to ongoing professional development. She believes that being part of a mutually supportive community of tutors has played a huge part in enhancing her skills and knowledge to ensure that she is providing the best possible learning experience for her students.

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  Gavin McCormack
  

  Gavin McCormack

  Greetings! I am Gavin McCormack, a Montessori-trained teacher with over two decades of experience teaching in multiple countries around the world.

  As a co-founder of Upschool.co and EducationInfluence.com, I work tirelessly to bring about meaningful change in the education sector. I have built nine schools and several libraries and run three teacher training centres in Nepal. My commitment to improving the education system has also led me to conduct teacher training sessions in the Middle East, Asia, Europe and the Australia.

  In addition, I delivered a TED talk on how education can change the world, and I am a children’s author whose works focus on life skills such as friendship, kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. You can find my books at www.regarded.com.au. I have also written a best-selling book called ‘The Potential in Every Child’ which enables every parent to include Montessori in their homes.

  I am always open to collaborating with schools and educators worldwide to share my expertise on programming, classroom management, and pedagogy. Feel free to connect with me to learn more about how we can work together to bring about positive change in the education sector.

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  Georgina Green Tutor
  

  Georgina Green

  Tutor

  Georgina is a retired scientist, current personal tutor, and owner of Green Tutors. With her tutor team of scientists, engineers, and programmers, she has been inspiring students in their STEM studies and career choices since 2011.

  Since March 2020 Georgina has been coaching teachers and tutors to bring their lessons online and grow their online businesses through her free Facebook group, one to one mentoring, and group coaching sessions.

  In 2022 Georgina was a member of the STEMAzing Women Inspiration Academy. Georgina also delivers STEM workshops and careers events in local schools as a volunteer through STEM Learning and ELSA Next Generation.

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  Hannah Knowles Art of Brilliance
  

  Hannah Knowles

  Art of Brilliance

  Hannah loves nothing more than engaging and inspiring individuals to realise their full potential. Before joining Art of Brilliance, Hannah spent a number of years implementing whole school wellbeing programmes.

  She now delivers workshops and keynotes across the spectrum of Art of Brilliance clients; kids, teenagers, adults, businesses, NHS… Hannah is on a mission. Be it an individual, school or business setting, she comes armed with strategies and insights that will help you thrive. She knows that life is busy, so she is all about giving short, practical tips that won’t take up any more of your time, in fact they might just help you save time.

  Beneath it all, Hannah is a realist. She realises that she can’t change the world, but she might be able to help you change YOUR world. Whatever your age and circumstances, Hannah wants to help you inch closer to your ideal you.

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  Haviva Kohl Global Apprenticeship Program Lead - Google
  

  Haviva Kohl

  Global Apprenticeship Program Lead - Google

  Haviva Kohl leads Google’s Global Apprenticeship Programs. This work builds on
  her professional career, leading Local, National and International educational
  initiatives focused on eradicating the ambition gap among young girls
  (www.swsg.org), expanding educational access (www.twb.org), and, inspiring
  others as a Teacher in the South Bronx and an Adjunct Prof. of Social
  Entrepreneurship at New York University (NYU). It also builds upon her personal struggle, leaving home
  as a age 12 to get an education, and becoming the first in her family to attend and
  graduate college.

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  Helen Osmond Tutor
  

  Helen Osmond

  Tutor

  Helen is the founder of Osmond Education. She has been tutoring in GCSE and A-Level Maths both in person and online since 2010. She also has a BSc Hons in Pure and Applied Mathematics from the University of Exeter, and a Level 3 in Education and Training. She is an active member of the Love Tutoring Community and regularly contributes to the content there.

  Helen has beenshortlisted for the National Tutoring Awards: Best Professional, Best Secondary and Best Online Tutor 2023

  When not tutoring, she can be found juggling the demands of family life, as well enjoying too many cups of tea!

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  Helen Reid
  

  Helen Reid

  Helen is a qualified science teacher with over 18 years teaching experience.
  Helen took the leap away from classroom teaching in 2022 and set up her own tuition business, Helen Reid Science Tuition.
  In her first year she found herself working full time, fully booked with a long waiting list and living a happier, more balanced life.
  Love Tutoring Festival 2 was the moment she started to believe she could continue her passion for science education but teach beyond the constraints of the classroom, doing what she loves but in a more fulfilling and impactful way. She is delighted to be on the panel at LTF4 to share her journey and inspire others.

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  Jen Fox Deputy CEO - Action Tutoring
  

  Jen Fox

  Deputy CEO - Action Tutoring

  After graduating from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Genetics, Jen emigrated to the UK and spent three years teaching in a secondary school in south London. While there she specialised in programme design for high achieving disadvantaged pupils and completed the Teach First Leadership Development Programme.

  In 2015 she achieved a ‘Masters in Leadership’ through University College London. After the position of Programme Director, Jen became Action Tutoring Interim CEO in 2017 and again in 2021, both maternity covers. As Deputy CEO, she now leads the Impact & Quality Team and the Programme Team as well as being involved in strategy implementation.

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  Joanne Kaminski
  

  Joanne Kaminski

  Hi, I’m Joanne Kaminski, an Online Tutoring Consultant. I help great tutors like you learn how to find your voice so you can market your tutoring services to a worldwide market.

  This will help you get more students and work the hours you desire. Creating the freedom and flexibility you have always wanted. It will also make you a highly successful tutor bringing in 4 and 5 figures a month.

  As an experienced online tutor business coach, I have helped countless tutors like you turn their businesses around. I’ll work with you one-on-one to help you identify and eliminate the obstacles holding you back, and create a comprehensive plan to attract more students and increase your income. Join the hundreds of successful online tutors who have transformed their businesses with my help.

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  John Nichols
  

  John Nichols

  A teacher/tutor and now education technology founder with thousands of hours of teaching experience and a love of learning – both for myself and others. I teach/have taught a range of subjects – from chemistry and biology to history and philosophy. I’ve taught students from an enormous range of ages, backgrounds and ability levels from KS2 to undergraduate level. In terms of education, have a particular interest in schema theory, cognitive load theory and using neuroscience to explain and continuously improve upon good educational practice.

  My ultimate goal is to help all students acquire a deep and meaningful understanding across a broad range of subjects – helping them to be both academically successful and live fulfilling and productive lives. If I can help other teachers along the way, that’s a privilege. After years as a teacher and tutor, I’ve now co-founded an online learning platform – Get My Grades – with my wife, Sam, that will enable us to solve some of the biggest issues in education.

  With dynamic and stimulating content, a diverse range of questions and automated tracking we will enable teachers to do more of what they do every day online – improving outcomes and saving time. Feel free to get in touch.

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  Julia Silver Founder & Innovator
  

  Julia Silver

  Founder & Innovator

  My ‘why’ is to contribute to the change that needs to happen in education to make it more nuanced, sustainable and fit-for-purpose.

  As a school leader, my passion is for shifting culture by developing the people around me.

  I created Qualified Tutor, a much-loved community and training provider, and the Love Tutoring Online Community to provide confidence and connection for tutors. My book ‘Love Tutoring: Turn your Plan B into a Plan A’ is coming soon.

  My husband Simon and I have the pleasure and privilege of raising five amazing children ranging in age from 6 to 16.

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  Kayleigh Rapson Founder, Bright Sparks Tutor
  

  Kayleigh Rapson

  Founder, Bright Sparks Tutor

  Kayleigh Rapson is a graduate of Brighton University and the University of Sussex. She is a qualified teacher and holds a master’s degree in Early Years Education. Kayleigh is the director of Bright Sparks Alternative Provision, a small, independent tutoring company working with local authorities and schools to support children who are neurodivergent, have anxiety or SEN needs.

  She also works with her husband to direct Bright Sparks Tutors, a tutoring agency set up to support individual families and children.

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  Kirstin Coughtrie Founder, Gaia Learning
  

  Kirstin Coughtrie

  Founder, Gaia Learning

  Late-diagnosed ADHDer, Kirstin Coughtrie has a squiggly career tailored to her own neurodiversity and that of her children. A South African born, Australian residing in Salisbury, UK, Kirstin is an Online School Leader, Neurodiversity Advocate, and ADHD Coach.

  Her passion for helping neurodiverse learners led her to establish Gaia Learning, an online education platform catering to students aged 8-16 who may struggle in conventional educational environments.

  Gaia Learning offers structured, engaging, and skills-based national curriculum-aligned sessions for these students. In her role as an ADHD coach, Kirstin provides invaluable support and guidance to parents, teenagers, and educators, assisting them in overcoming the challenges associated with living and working with ADHD.

  In 2022, she joined forces with entrepreneur Kate Carney to co-found Hybrid School Ltd. The duo aims to revolutionise traditional education by harnessing technology to create more human, flexible, and valuable learning experiences. Their mission is to help independent schools expand their reach by building custom online schools to serve local communities in hybrid learning hubs.

  Kirstin’s expertise and impact extend beyond neurodiversity and ADHD, as she is also a Postgraduate Fellow at the Royal Geographical Society. A dedicated advocate for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and a Climate Champion with Take Action Global Climate Action Schools, Kirstin works to promote the implementation of these goals in education on both local and global scales.

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  Laura Fox Senior Education Adviser - Education Development Trust
  

  Laura Fox

  Senior Education Adviser - Education Development Trust

  Laura Fox, MEd, is a Senior Education Adviser at Education Development Trust with over 18 years’ experience in the education sector. Beginning as an English teacher in Sheffield, Laura moved into Head of Faculty and leadership roles in Northamptonshire, completing her MLDP and Masters in Education, before progressing into an Education Adviser role in 2021. Laura is now a Senior Education Adviser at Education Development Trust, leading a team of Education Advisers in the design and delivery of professional development for in-school tutors and academic mentors, as part of the National Tutoring Programme.

  As a passionate advocate for equity in education, Laura is involved in ongoing research exploring the sustainability of tutoring and its potential to reduce the education disadvantage gap.

  Laura’s most recent research can be found in her co-authored article ‘In-school tutoring and classroom practice: An integrated curriculum for whole-school impact’, in the Chartered College of Teaching’s Impact Journal.

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  Lauren Johnston
  

  Lauren Johnston

  I’m Lauren, founder and director of Lauren Johnston Tutoring, I have been tutoring for 6 years and have worked with 100s of children varying in abilities and ages. I am a master’s business graduate from Heriot Watt University I am DBS checked I am fully insured I do online or face to face in Linlithgow and surrounding areas I specialise in Business and English I offer tailored sessions to the individual.

  As well as generic group study sessions Study skills, academic worries and things as simple as confidence boosting I have a passion for helping others and I believe that tutoring is a lot more than teaching someone how to do something, it is inspiring them and getting their confidence to a level where they reach their full potential Tutoring is not plan B it is the plan for me. I love what I do and I put learners first every time.

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  Liberty King Education Endowment Foundation
  

  Liberty King

  Education Endowment Foundation

  Liberty has always had a strong passion for education. Her career started in the classroom as an English teacher on the Teach First programme, before embarking on a masters at Harvard University in International Education Policy. From there, she joined the Education Endowment Foundation and whilst at the EEF she was part of the team who designed and ran the National Tutoring Programme in its launch year. She is now a senior strategy consultant for the education sector working on growth strategy and performance improvement for a wide range of companies in the education space, including leading nationwide tutoring companies

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  Lucy Spencer Tutoring and Alternative Provision Director - Education Boutique
  

  Lucy Spencer

  Tutoring and Alternative Provision Director - Education Boutique

  Lucy Alexandra Spencer is Tutoring and Alternative Provision Director at Education Boutique, which she founded seven years ago and scaled to acquisition in 2021 by the Eteach Group. Lucy is well known within the tutoring industry for being a pioneering influence for change, with a particular focus on championing a career in tutoring, as well as being a leading voice in the development of a national alternative provision strategy.

  Lucy spends the majority of her time lobbying for funded packages of support on behalf of families and learners with additional needs, who have been unable to access their named educational setting. She is now heavily involved in projects to investigate financing the shortfall in state and independent education budgets.

  As a teacher and tutor, Lucy specialises in supporting ultra-high net worth families with residential placements focussed on supporting autistic learners or preparing young people for the demands of the British entrance exams at 4+, 7+ and 11+. She also has two chihuahuas called Pablo and Picasso, who are regular attendees at Qualified Tutor events!

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  Michael Gibben
  

  Michael Gibben

  Michael Gibben is a certified teacher and coach. He began his education journey as a private tutor and classroom teacher. With time, he felt he could better guide students in a one-on-one or small group setting.

  In 2011, he founded his mentor-tutoring company (I.M. Success Tutoring). After 8 years with I.M. Success Tutoring, he decided to transition from being the owner of a tutoring company to being a full time business coach.

  He established Coach for Tutors for private tutors or tutor company owners eager to build their practices. Michael is also the author of two tutoring business e-books for those looking to launch and/or scale their tutoring practices and, last year, started the Coach for Tutors Podcast to help tutors with growing their tutoring businesses with each episode.

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  Nicola Kelting
  

  Nicola Kelting

  Passionate about empowering students with their own science & maths education, Nicola has grown her bespoke tuition business, NK Tutoring that enables students to create a toolbox of transferable skills. Building a positive and reflective student-tutor relationship is core to our values. Students leave tuition more knowledgeable, skilled and reflective learners.

  Nicola is a highly skilled & dedicated science teacher (PGCE & QTS) with a wealth of experience under her belt from over a decade working in UK grammar and comprehensive secondary schools. Qualified with MSc & BSc (Hons) in Biological and Plant Sciences with a background in biodiversity conservation research and programme management.

  A busy mum of two, Nicola is also a school governor, enjoys hiking, travel, outdoor fitness and loves all things green with a passion gardening and outdoor learning.

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  Rachel Stuart Coach for Tutors
  

  Rachel Stuart

  Coach for Tutors

  Rachel is a Cambridge University qualified Academic Coach, who has taken hundreds of students through her programme to transform their GCSE & A Level results. She is a straight-A student with a First Class degree in Chemical Engineering, as well as being a qualified coach with over 14 years experience.

  Her passion is helping students to believe in themselves and set ambitious goals. She then teaches a proven, evidence-based study system to allow them to achieve their aims. She does this by re-engaging students with education and encouraging them to place themselves and their needs, at the heart of everything they do.

  Education then becomes a tool to support them achieve their goals, rather than being something which is forced upon them. This approach removes the need for nagging as students become motivated, independent learners. Rachel partners with several leading schools to enhance their PSHE curriculum and improve their academic performance.

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  Richard Evans Founder the Profs
  

  Richard Evans

  Founder the Profs

  NatWest’s Great British Young Entrepreneur of The Year and Founder of The Profs – the multi-award-winning EdTech company (Education Investor’s Best Tutoring Company, 2017. The Guardian’s Start-Up of The Year Finalist, 2016). Sensing a gap in the booming tuition market, and thousands of distressed and disenchanted university students, The Profs works with only the most distinguished educators to deliver the highest-calibre tutorials, mentoring and course creation. The Profs has now branched out into EdTech (BitPaper), Global Online Tuition (Spires) and Education Consultancy.

  Currently, Richard is focusing his efforts on ‘levelling-up’ the UK’s admissions system: providing additional educational mentoring programmes to underprivileged students to help them secure spots at the UK’s very best universities, without the need for contextual offers, or leaving these students at higher risk of drop out. The Profs proudly partners with Oxford and Cambridge colleges to increase the number of students from underprivileged backgrounds.

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  Robert Jennings
  

  Robert Jennings

  Head of Maths for the last 5 years at Emerson House, a specialist learning centre for children with special educational needs. I regularly train teachers to become specialists at helping children with any form of maths difficulties.

  I have developed along with Jane Emerson, a new dyscalculia assessment (‘Maths and Dyscalculia Assessment’), which provides a diagnostic assessment of the pupil’s maths strengths and weaknesses. I work at Westminster Abbey Choir school as Head of Learning support.

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  Sarah Capewell
  

  Sarah Capewell

  Sarah is a former Head of English who has extensive experience of working in the independent sector. She now runs an international tutoring business, supporting students in a range of countries. The majority of Sarah’s students are based in China, Hong Kong and Singapore and she works alongside a dedicated tutoring team to prepare students for entry to some of the UK’s top boarding school

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  Sarahlynn Hodder Founder - Bettering Youth Tutors
  

  Sarahlynn Hodder

  Founder - Bettering Youth Tutors

  Sarahlynn Hodder is an esteemed educator, entrepreneur, and advocate for holistic education. With Bettering Youth and Maverick Education, she’s revolutionizing how students learn by focusing on essential life skills.

  Sarahlynn’s approach goes beyond textbooks, prioritizing empathy, resilience, critical thinking, and self-awareness. These skills are seamlessly integrated into academic tutoring sessions, creating transformative learning experiences.

  Maverick Education, her alternative provision company, ensures that all students, regardless of challenges, can thrive academically and personally. Sarahlynn’s commitment to mental wellness led to The Mindful Toolbox, where she explores topics like well-being and personal growth. She recently partnered with Qualified Tutor as the Wellbeing Specialist, supporting tutors in integrating well-being practices.

  By addressing emotional and social needs alongside academics, Sarahlynn helps foster holistic educational experiences that promote student growth and flourishing. Her dedication to empowering both students and tutors has made her a driving force in the field of education.

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  Yuliya Kosko Co-Founder - EducAd Consulting
  

  Yuliya Kosko

  Co-Founder - EducAd Consulting

  Yuliya Kosko worked as a Primary school teacher and EAL coordinator in London for many years before co-founding EducAd Consulting. She has a vast experience working with international families, schools and tutors helping to find the best school and university placement for their children.

  At EducAd they have an unbiased and tailored approach and work mainly by recommendations. Yuliya founded Svitlo Education, now a registered charity, in March 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which led to the temporary closure of all local schools.

  Having graduated from a Ukrainian school and then London university herself, Yuliya is an education enthusiast who wants to share her passion for learning and to facilitate young Ukrainians in self-development and the development of their country at an international standard.