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Dr Kathleen Olive’s PhD examined the culture of fifteenth-century Florentine artisans, particularly the ways in which they created and controlled written self-representations. She has a teaching specialisation in Renaissance Italy and other aspects of Italian history, as well as Italian language, having taught at the University of Sydney and the University of Western Sydney. Kathleen has also taught undergraduate units in the history of medieval and early modern Europe at the University of Sydney.

She travels frequently to Italy, Spain, Turkey and America, both to lead tour groups and to pursue her current research projects.

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Shoko has a combined Master of Arts in Japanese Studies and Australian Literature from the University of Sydney (USYD). She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Arts from University of NSW (UNSW), as well as a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from Obirin University, Tokyo.

She has taught Japanese language and culture at USYD, UNSW, Central Queensland University, and is currently also teaching at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has experience as a JLPT facilitator, as well as in HSC examination and curriculum development.

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Donna Oomens. Tutor of CCE

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Lukas Opacic (B.Sc, JD, LMusA) is currently undertaking an LLM (Master of Laws) at the University of Sydney. He has a Bachelor of Science majoring in pure mathematics and a JD (Juris Doctor) also from Sydney University. All his degrees also feature comprehensive studies in Philosophy and Legal Theory, areas in which he has topped subjects at university and for which he retains a keen interest and passion. He has many years experience teaching and tutoring mathematics at high school level, and his students have consistently performed well in assessments and exams.

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Atilla Orel. Tutor of CCE

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Javier Orellana has Applied Science degrees in chemistry and materials science, and an ITL Graduate certificate in Educational Studies (Higher Education). He is in the process of completing his doctorate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Sydney.

Javier was a Technical Officer at the University of Sydney for over 20 years. In this time he has conducted more than 15 distillation training courses. He was then a director of INTTACT and conducted operator and instrumentation training for companies including BHP Billiton, Santos and Schneider Electric.

Javier is now National Training and Development Manager, Industry Business, Schneider Electric Australia.

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Katarzyna Orlando. Tutor of CCE

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Martin Orrock is a Masters degree graduate from Macquarie University. He has been a co-ordinator of H.S.I.E and Headmaster at Pittwater House Schools. At present he is teaching Business Studies, Commerce and Geography at Moriah College. Martin has written on the Australian educational scene for journals such as Harvard Newsnotes and presented papers at conferences on topics like economic development. He grew up in a business family and was for some years in a business partnership designing, manufacturing and wholesaling menswear. Both the leadership positions in education and business have given him a wealth of experience in the area of human resource management. Martin enjoys making this topic relevant and contemporary with the use of interesting case studies from his own background and current news.

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Rita Orsini holds an MA in English Literature and Civilisation and a BA in Italian from the University of Caen and Nancy, France. She taught French in Northern Ireland for one year before coming to Australia and working as a tutor of French language, literature and civilisation at the University of Sydney and the University of NSW. She has been part of the French team at the Centre of Continuing Education since 1992, teaching at all levels from beginners to fluency.

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Elena Ortega holds a Masters in Applied Linguistics and an Advanced Diploma in Teaching Spanish from the University of Jaen, (Spain) as well as a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Sydney and the CELTA certificate to teach English as a Second Language. She taught english in Spain, Italy and France for a number of years and Spanish at UTS, UNSW, the University of Sydney and TAFE. She is now a full time fine arts student but continues to enjoy teaching Spanish on a part-time basis.