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Tibor Molnar studied Chemical Engineering at UNSW in the 1960s, and went on to pursue a career in industrial chemistry, IT and business. Having retired in the early 2000’s with a broad knowledge in many areas of Science and Philosophy, Tibor was invited to give his first physics lecture at CCE A Layperson’s Introduction to Quantum Mechanics in 2005. Since this time, he has gone on to teach many Philosophy for Science courses over the years. More recently, Tibor recorded a program for the ABC’s Philosopher’s Zone, and is now working towards having his flagship course, Philosophy for Science: Making Sense of the Physical World published as a book. For Tibor, the pursuit of scientific understanding is the most rewarding of human endeavours, and his enthusiasm for science in all its forms is well reflected in his presentation style.

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Ermínia holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and Brazilian Portuguese languages and literature from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has over ten years teaching experience in Brazilian Portuguese and English languages and culture gained both in Australia and overseas. She also holds a Certificate in TESOL Blended Learning. Erminia has taught people of all ages and different language backgrounds and employs the latest teaching methodology in order to help students achieve their goals more effectively in the target language.

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Mark Moore has been Director of Excelerated Performance, a learning and performance consultancy, since 2003. Mark turned his childhood passion in ‘accelerated learning’ in to his ideal career helping people within organisations to effectively self-direct their learning, performance, and career path to keep themselves in the strongest most rewarding position, with exceptional results. He also helps large organisations improve business development performance. Mark sets out to help others find an easier, more effective and more enjoyable way to align themselves in their work to create a sustainable and rewarding career path.

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Nathan is the Lead for Digital Innovation for the Research and Education Network in Western Sydney Local Health District. He commenced his career as a Registered Nurse in Intensive care for a number of years before leaving to pursue a career in clinical education. He has 10 years’ experience in simulation based education helping to establish and run the simulation service across WSLHD.

He has a Masters Degree in Adult Education and is currently completing his PhD through the University of Sydney exploring the design and development of Virtual Reality applications for clinical education. He is passionate about the intersections of Technology, Healthcare and Education and is working extensively to help facilitate innovation in these areas both locally and internationally.

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Valeria was born in Lombardy in Italy. She has a Master’s Degree in European and Pan-American Languages and Literatures from the University of Bergamo (Italy) where she studied Italian, English, German and French. As a foreign student, she studied abroad in both Germany (University of Heidelberg) and Sydney (UTS).

Valeria researches and translates German holocaust, post-war and migration literature, areas in which she is specialised.

Valeria’s passion lies in teaching foreign languages and literature, and she has been doing so enthusiastically in schools and linguistic institutions for the past seven years. Her teaching approach is interactive and fosters cultural exchange and cooperative learning. She loves nature, travelling, cooking and meeting people from all over the world.

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Joyce Morgan is a journalist and co-author of Journeys on the Silk Road. She is a former arts editor and arts writer with The Sydney Morning Herald. She has worked in London, Hong Kong and Pakistan. Joyce has travelled extensively in Asia, including China, India, Burma and Bhutan. She has lectured on the Silk Road in Australia and the US and has written on Silk Road explorer Aurel Stein for the British Museum.

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I have been teaching Japanese more than 15 years include classroom teaching, small group teaching as well as private tuition. I taught Japanese in Australia and Taiwan. In Taiwan I was coordinator of Japanese course at private Language school for 2 and half years. In Australia I am teaching University affiliated continuing education course at UNSW for 4 years. I taught students who have com from different backgrounds and age groups and different proficiency levels of Japanese. I have taught Japanese to University students, High school students and adult learners, Introductory to Advanced level. I also have academic knowledge in both linguistics side and practical teaching methods since I finished my Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics at Sydney University and Graduate Diploma in Education (Language Teaching in Japanese) at University of Technology, Sydney. Through my teaching experience I believe that learning must be fun and interesting to motivate learners as well as efficient and practical cater to every individual learners level and goals.

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Ingrid Morley migrated to Australia in 1987 from South Africa. In Sydney she studied with sculptor Tom Bass, and for the past decade she has been teaching sculpture privately and exhibiting her work in Australia and internationally. Her work grows out of her South African childhood, the study of veterinary science in London and her love of Australian landscape. In recent years, especially after an important stay in France in 2003 and China in 2006, she has been exploring ever new ways of making sculpture, assembling found objects and making maquettes out of paper or card for fabricating in stainless steel or copper. She hasn’t abandoned clay, bronze and fibreglass, but she seeks to match her growing repertoire of forms and ideas for sculpture with the most telling and memorable of means. Works on public exhibition include her monumental bronze ‘Stations of the Cross’ in Rookwood Cemetery and various contributions to ‘Sculpture by the sea’. Ingrid Morley is represented by Defiance Gallery in Sydney.

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Fiona Morrison has a PhD in English Literature from the University of Sydney. Her research specialisation is in Australian Literature, with a focus on the twentieth century Australian novel. Her research areas include Australian expatriation, the Australian literary canon and postcolonial representation and theory. She has taught literature at the Universities of Sydney and NSW, and cultural and critical theory at the University of Western Sydney.

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Garry Morton. Tutor of CCE