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Peter Headley, MA, BA has had a career mainly in the export sector globally covering over 40 years in fields such as food processing, renewable energy, environment management and Trade Commissioner Service. Since his retirement he has been giving lectures at WEA since 2012 and also to outside groups such as U3A, Probus and as a lecturer with Princess Cruises since 2008.  He has had a life long interest in history and cultures, and his talks reflect this interest and good fortune in visiting and researching many of his talks on site. He has an engaging presentational style and encourages audience participation/contribution. Notably his presentations contain a  higher pictorial/media content than what might be normally encountered. Peter aims to not only educate his audience and to bring alive the times and subject of his talk, but to inspire an ongoing interest by his audience.

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Rudolf Hendrikx is a highly trained actor and body–voice pedagogue, holding an MFA in Voice Studies from NIDA and a Bachelor of Performing Arts from WAAPA, with additional certification in somatic voice training and yoga. An experienced tutor with NIDA Open, NIDA Corporate and community programs, he brings an inclusive, embodied teaching style that helps adults develop confident communication, vocal presence and self-awareness.

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Johanna Henwood, BA (Libr Sc), Tourism III Cert, Grad Dip Mus St, Grad Cert (Gifted Ed), M Cult Her, has done most of her teaching outside schools - museum education, gifted education, tour guiding, workshops in creative writing and storytelling, conference presentations, and over fifteen years with WEA.  The core of all her work is storytelling and she is an Accredited Storyteller with Australian Storytellers, an Accredited Professional Guide with the Institute of Australian Tour Guides, and a Wikipedia Editor. Jo is the Australian Fairy Tale Society researcher and co founder, and winner of the 2022 Australian Fairy Tale Society Award.  She was chosen to deliver the WEA 2021 George Shipp Lecture, and to mentor international storytellers in heritage sites for FEAST, the Federation of Asian Storytellers.  Her workshops are story-rich and chatty, her PowerPoints are filled with images not words, and her tours are full of historical anecdotes. Jo relishes discovering fascinating new stories in history and literature and sharing these discoveries with her students.

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Judy Higgs is a nurse and former university lecturer with extensive experience in women’s and men’s sexual health. She trained at one of London’s oldest teaching hospitals and has worked across family planning, maternity care, and surgical education. Now based in Sydney, Judy is the author of The Secret Sex Lives of Older Women, a warm, witty, and insightful exploration of love, intimacy, and connection in later life.

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Brice Hill is a passionate health, wellbeing and fitness educator with extensive experience teaching dance, fitness and aquatic programs across Australia, New Zealand and the UK. He has successfully built and led popular classes for older adults, children and community groups, achieving high engagement and attendance rates. A qualified Personal Trainer and Swim Instructor, Brice is recognised for his leadership, creativity and ability to inspire confidence and lifelong learning, including being awarded Team Member of the Month at Next Gen Auckland and bringing new dance programs to YMCA communities.

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David Hirsch graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada with an honours arts degree (BA Phil), and honours degrees in common law (LLB) and civil law (BCL). He came to Australia in 1989 with a scholarship from Sydney University Law School and worked as a solicitor from 1992 before becoming a barrister in 2005. He specialised in medical law and has lectured to medical and legal audiences throughout Australia. David has a wide general knowledge of law and enjoys teaching. He taught a postgraduate course in law and coached a high school mock trial team for 10 years. David is recently retired and keen to share his knowledge and insights of 40+ years in law.

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History Teachers' Association of NSW. Tutor of WEA Sydney

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Arafat Hosen is a visual artist and educator with over sixteen years of teaching experience in the field of visual arts, including the past year in community education in Sydney. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Master of Arts in Fine Arts, with a specialisation in Drawing and Painting. His areas of expertise include drawing, painting, portraiture, and sketching, with a current focus on watercolour as a primary medium of artistic expression. Arafat has held four solo painting exhibitions and has participated in numerous group exhibitions both nationally and internationally.Arafat views art as a universal language - transcending linguistic and national boundaries - and teaching as a meaningful socio-cultural exchange. Through his pedagogy, he emphasises the importance of shared values, mutual understanding, and the transformative power of creative education. His current practice in watercolour painting reflects a meditative approach to art making, embracing the unpredictability and fluidity of the medium. For him, watercolour becomes a metaphor for navigating uncertainty, where the process of letting go reveals the dynamic interplay of colour, emotion, and technique.

Website: https://www.arafathosen.com/

 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arafatgdm/

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Paul Howles, BA PhD, has taught at WEA for over five years. Majoring in ancient history, Near Eastern archaeology, and science, Paul is passionate about both the ancient world of the eastern Mediterranean and the field of modern molecular biology. He endeavours to educate students by not only his lecturing style, but by the provision of handout notes. Paul believes that enthusiasm for a subject is necessary to engage students.

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Jane Hunter. Tutor of WEA Sydney