WEA Sydney

Jen Bighel

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Jen Bighel. Tutor of WEA Sydney

Michael Birrell

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Dr Michael Birrell gained his undergraduate Honours degree from the University of Sydney in archaeology, followed by a Master’s degree and a doctorate in Egyptology from Macquarie University. He has been a tutor in Egyptology at Macquarie University since 1992, as well as standing in on many instances as a part-time lecturer.


He has presented a wide range of continuing education courses in this period, at Sydney and Macquarie Universities, as well as special presentations for learned Societies (eg the Rundle, the Australian Museum Society, etc.) and at conferences. He is widely published, and leads an annual study tour of Egypt.

Phillip Bischofs

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Phillip Bischofs. Tutor of WEA Sydney

Julie Blair

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Julie Blair is an experienced teacher of English, French and ESL, recently retired. Her lifelong love of language and literature has led, by extension, to an interest in cryptic crosswords, in which she also teaches a course at the WEA.

Jill Blee

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Jill Blee. Tutor of WEA Sydney

Nicolas Bleszynski

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Nicolas Bleszynski. Tutor of WEA Sydney

Tatiana Bonch-Osmolovskaya

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Tatiana Bonch-Osmolovskaya, BS, PhD, has taught in the fields of STEAM, including the history of mathematics and amusing mathematics, history of literature and creative writing and has taught in WEA for the last four years. She is a published author of poetry and papers on literary research and mathematics in arts. She is a researcher and teacher passionate about inclusive education, neurodiversity and educational psychology. Tatiana uses various teaching techniques encouraging the students to actively participate in the studying process and make their own discoveries in the subject. Tatiana believes that creativity is for everyone and studying can and should be fun.

Harold Bonnington

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Harold Bonnington. Tutor of WEA Sydney

Book Collectors' Society of Australia

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Book Collectors' Society of Australia. Tutor of WEA Sydney

Astrid Boom

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Astrid Boom has formal teaching qualifications from her native Netherlands. She has been teaching Dutch in Australia in a variety of settings since 1989, including at WEA Sydney for over fifteen years.