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Bill Gye OAM has a B.A. (Hons. Psych); M.Cog.Sci. (Cognitive Science – UNSW). He is currently the Director of Education and Training at WEA. Bill is writer on Substack, has co-authored a number or Peer Reviewed published papers on a range of topics. Bill has had a long career in senior management in the community sector and was previously the CEO 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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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.

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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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Jo 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.