George S.

I am a maths/statistics tutor and data engineer with over ten years of teaching experience. 

Academic background: 

- Sussex University - PhD Hirschfeld scholar; pass with minor corrections

- Sussex University - 1st class honours MMath degree

I`ve spent 6 years in industry working in the data tech industry. I apply maths and technical skills to solve data engineering problems, as well as conduct technical training work alongside for work colleagues. I work closely with data engineering technologies like Python and SQL.

In-person tutoring experience:

- 2009 - 2010: Assisted year 10 and 11 maths lessons as an A-level student.

- 2012 - 2014: Mentored first-year undergraduate students at Sussex university.

- 2011- 2012: Classroom assistant via the First Generation Scholars scheme at the Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA).

- 2014 - 2018: Lead workshops marked homework and acted as a test examiner for undergraduate courses at Sussex university. 

- 2016 - 2018: Student support assistant tutor for all Sussex university second year maths courses

Data engineering training 2019 - present:

- Train work colleagues in data engineering and data science skills when required.

Online tuition experience:

- 2015 - 2018: TutorHunt online and in-person private tutor for maths and statistics.

- 2023 - present: Online private tutor for maths, statistics, computer science and coding. 

Courses, topics and modules I`ve taught.

Maths and statistics

- Exam boards: AQA, CIE, Edexcel, IB, iGCSE, OCR, Scottish Highers, SQA

- KS3 - Maths and statistics all topics

- GCSE - Maths and statistics all topics

- A-Level - Further Maths, Mechanics, Maths, Statistics; C1, C2, C3, C4, FP1, FP2, M1, S1

- Undergraduate - Algebra, complex analysis, differential equations, Fourier series, group theory, linear algebra, maths for economics, multivariate calculus, numerical analysis, probability, real analysis, set theory, statistics

- Postgraduate - Numerical linear algebra

Computer science:

- Exam boards: AQA, OCR

- GCSE only

- Coding: Python, SQL

Other topics:

- Competitions: Intermediate Maths Challenge (IMC), Junior Kangaroo

- Entrance exams: TMUA

Data science/engineering:

- BigQuery ETL pipelines, dbt macros, Google Cloud best practices, git/Gitlab best practices, git tagging, poetry custom packages, Python design patterns

Lessons are delivered in 50 minute batches. They consist of breaking down complex theoretical concepts into simplified components followed by examples and exam problems to solidify understanding of the topic. I encourage the student to explore the concepts themselves with me prompting them rather than just writing out a formulae. I focus on sharing deep mathematical insights with my student. This is a skill I refined as a PhD student. I aim to make lessons interactive and goal-oriented. I combine this with reinforcing their knowledge of theoretical concepts throughout the lesson. 

The main subjects I teach are:

- Maths and statistics KS3 to university level

- Computer science KS3 and GCSE 

- Python and SQL coding

- Data science and data engineering skills

- Maths entrance exams and competitions

Please enquire if you have a topic/subject request not listed here.

I have a valid DBS check.

My primary availability is weekday evenings and weekends. I will deliver lessons throughout the year (including the summer) excluding occasional holidays taken throughout the year. I will accept accept short and long term requests. Time slots for regular bookings are agreed in advance. One-off/occasional lessons are possible cannot be guaranteed at a repeated time. 

Booked lesson cancelled within 24 hours of a booking: 50% charge

Booked lesson not attended: full charge after waiting 15 minutes