Will

I grew up in St. Albans where I attended Beaumont School. From an early age I was passionate about Maths and Science and I participated in multiple Maths challenges before achieving 4A*s at A-Level (Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry, and Physics).

I then went on to study Mathematics at Lincoln College at the University of Oxford. I graduated in 2018 achieved a First in each of the four years of my degree, though perhaps my proudest achievement was captaining the college football team in the top tier of the inter-college leagues.

The following year I worked as a research assistant working on using Machine Learning to better understand the human genome, and I also took up tutoring for the first time.

I then went to the ''other place'' as all my Oxford friends call it - the University of Cambridge. There I shifted my focus slightly to Theoretical Physics, firstly completing a Masters degree in 2020 before going on to study Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, beginning with a Masters degree and then going on to complete a PhD in which I researched Black Holes. During my PhD, I also supervised undergraduates in small groups, taught examples classes to masters students, and interviewed prospective undergraduates in the admissions process at my college.

In fact, by the end of my doctorate, I realised I was enjoying the time I spent teaching more than the time I spent alone on my research. The discussion of maths and science with a student is when the subjects feel most alive and exciting to me. This led me to sharing my knowledge and passion to students at Keystone.

I always run tutorials in a highly interactive manner. This keeps the student engaged, provides me with immediate feedback on the concepts they are struggling with, and, most importantly, it means the student has to actively think their way to a solution, with the help of guidance rather than direct instruction. I believe this approach greatly improves student's retention of knowledge and their confidence in their own abilities, especially in problem-solving subjects like maths and science.

Since completing my PhD, I have continued occasionally helping out with teaching at my old Cambridge college. Outside of tutoring, I am an avid reader and spent a lot of time trying to write my own novel! Finally, I'm a big lover of sport, and a great deal of my free time is taken up by running, playing squash and watching Arsenal.