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Christine has taught French in the UK, the US and Australia at secondary and tertiary levels. She has continued to teach and train adults through her professional life (WEA and Alliance from Beginners to Advanced). She strongly believes in active participation and interactive learning. Christine is passionate about current affairs and the evolution of the French language. Christine travels to France regularly and students enjoy sharing their food and travel experiences during practice conversations. Overall Christine’s classes are relaxed and fun whilst covering language fundamentals.

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Isabel Graham. Tutor of WEA Sydney

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Helen Gray brings a practical, engaging, and deeply human approach to teaching wellbeing, burnout prevention, and sustainable work practices. As an experienced Social Worker in high-demand and complex environments, Helen combines evidence-based knowledge with real-world experience bringing a warm, practical and down-to-earth approach to wellbeing, stress and burnout prevention. Helen uses her understanding of the pressures many people face in work and life today and drawing on lived experience of burnout and recovery as she shares complex ideas in a relatable and practical way. Her relaxed and engaging style creates welcoming learning spaces for individuals to connect, continue learning, and support their personal and professional wellbeing.

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Bill Gye OAM holds a B.A. (Hons) in Psychology and an M.Cog.Sci. (Cognitive Science, UNSW). He is currently the Director of Education and Training at WEA.

Bill is also a writer on Substack and has co-authored a number of peer-reviewed publications on a range of topics, including cognitive remediation. He has had a long career in senior management within the community sector and previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA).

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David Hall. Tutor of WEA Sydney

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Anne Harbers MA, MBA, MAppSc, GCLT, is an experienced presenter and writer in Art History and European Decorative Arts and has tutored at WEA for over 5 years as well as given talks to museums, antiques study groups and art history conferences in USA and Europe. She lives part-time in The Netherlands whilst working on her PhD on the 17th century Dutch still-life painter Abraham van Beyeren. Her current art history research interests lie in European art and Decorative Arts from the 17th to 19th centuries. She has published on art and collecting, contributing to over 5 books. Anne likes to teach in a collaborative way, presenting current exhibitions in Europe & Britain and hopes to encourage participant learning through informing but also exploring ideas.

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Christelle grew up in France. She holds a Master in Applied Languages from the University of Angers and a BTS in translation and interpreting. She has been teaching French for over 25 years to children, young adults and adults from different backgrounds and with various objectives. She speaks English, Spanish and is currently learning Italian. She understands the challenges of gaining confidence and progressing in a language. Whether you are learning for fun, travel, studies, family or work, she will help you reach your goals in a motivating, friendly and interactive classroom environment.

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Kate Hart. Tutor of WEA Sydney

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Kez has had a lifelong interest in History and in particular military and naval history. Before retirement he served 40 years as a teacher at Kogarah High School. During that time he taught a number of students who would win the NSW Premier's Award for HSC History, was closely involved with the History Faculty at Sydney University for teacher training and also created user scenarios for a number of historical military and naval computer simulations. Currently Kez is a volunteer at the Australian National Maritime Museum with the museum's speakers group. In addition he is a musician and motoring enthusiast.

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Michael Hauptman, MBA, MEngSci, has conducted walking tours of the Sydney CBD for over 15 years.  He is a keen amateur historian with a passion for studying the late 1800s and early 1900s, when so much of our modern world took shape.