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Mira Peles-Haneman. Tutor of CCE

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Alec Pemberton taught and researched in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy until recently. His interests centre on the study of social problems (poverty, mental illness, crime, demonization of the vulnerable and marginal) and social theory. He is presently writing a book Putting Politics Back In To Religion, on the relevance of the New Testament parables to contemporary social issues.

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Tom has more than 30 years' experience in international investment evaluation, engineering and project management of major capital investment projects in multiple commodities. Tom has recently worked with major organisations to develop governance structures, capital investment processes and provide independent value assurance services. In the role of Vice President Investments, at BHP Billiton, he provided decision support to the investment committee. His capital intensive experience spans major mining, infrastructure and transport investments.

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Leticia has been teaching English as a second language and Portuguese to foreigners since 1998. She has lived in various countries including England, where she took the ESOL Cambridge CELTA, Spain where she learnt Spanish, and in the USA where she completed a Master’s degree in TESOL and was a lecturer in Portuguese in the Master’s Program of International Relations at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Leticia currently lives in Sydney and teaches Portuguese at the University of Sydney. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and a Masters in Languages and a Bachelor’s degree in Portuguese and English Literatures.

Qualifications:

• PhD in Linguistics (Brazil)
• M.A. In TESOL (Philadelphia, USA)
• M.A. In Linguistics (Brazil)

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Elisabetta Peruzzi is currently a full-time PhD student at the University of Sydney at the Department of Performance Studies. She graduated in Comparative Languages and Cultures in Italy (MA) and in Teaching Italian as Second and Foreign Language in an Intercultural Perspective (MA). Elisabetta has been teaching Italian since 2011, year in which she began collaborating with some Italian Institutes of languages in Rimini and with the Italian Institute of Culture of Moscow. She is currently teaching Italian in some local institutes in Sydney.

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Tricia has ten years of experience in business improvement, finance, analytics and digital product management across the infrastructure, energy, international trade and aviation industry. Tricia’s teaching career started in 2019 as an academic staff member for the University of Sydney’s Faculty of International Business. In the same year, she began facilitating Power BI and Tableau workshops from beginner to advanced level.

Tricia holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (Hons) and a Master of International Business. She has been a member of Engineers Australia since 2013, a recipient of the USYD Business Leaders Scholarship from 2015-2017, an ambassador for the University of Sydney Faculty of International Business (2017) and a lifetime member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honour Society.

Tricia is an advocate for lifelong and multidisciplinary learning. She also loves teaching and enjoys breaking down challenging concepts for her students.

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Roberto Pettini holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Italian, as well as a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree from the University of Sydney. In 1987, Roberto began teaching for the UNSW Institute of Languages where he is currently the Senior Italian Teacher. From 1997, he started to teach regularly at the University of Sydney’s Centre for Continuing Education where he remains today. Roberto incorporates the most up-to-date teaching practices enabling the participants to gain competency in the Italian language, as well as experiencing the essence of being in Italy. Roberto is also very interested in promoting Italian culture. He actively collaborates in organising Italian cultural events on a regular basis in Sydney and elsewhere in NSW. His publications include The Ladies of Albion Street, an account of the experiences of a group of Italian migrant women, as well as Sydney and the Italian Touch, an oral history book on the impact of Italian migrants on Sydney in the past 50 years. He has also written numerous journal articles on his travels.

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Nevine Phillip holds a BA and MA from the University of Sydney as well as a Certificate in Secondary LOTE Teaching, a Diploma in TESOL, a Graduate Diploma in Education (Arabic) from the University of New England and a Translators and Interpreters Certificate. She has extensive teaching experience at both secondary and adult level and has also worked as an interpreter/translator for the Victorian Interpreting and Translating Service and as a translator during the 2000 Olympic Games.

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Amanda Phillips has a Diploma of Education, a Master of Education in Adult Education, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Science. Amanda has been creating and leading training and management projects for over fifteen years. She consults to both the corporate and public sectors.

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For more than ten years, Geoff Phillips has been teaching mathematics at First and Second year University, or at HSC level. His previous career was as a Senior Research Scientist at DSTO (Defence Science and Technology Organisation), during which time he wrote over thirty scientific papers. Geoff has qualifications including:

• B.Sc. (double honours) (Sydney)
• (First Class Honours in Mathematics and Physics)
• M.Sc. (Mathematics) (Sydney)
• B.A. (Economics Major) (Adelaide)
• Diploma of Education (New England)

His present interest is in teaching. His High School Teaching experience includes short periods at Norfolk Island and at Bradfield College in North Sydney. In 2010, his teaching included the following:

• University Preparation Mathematics
• Math2061 (Sydney University Summer School)
• Tutorials in Math2061 and Math2065
• Individual teaching in the Mathematics Learning Centre