Online History Tutor Erik

GCSE/A-Levels:
- In the last year I have tutored students for over 30 hours in A-Level History. This has focussed mainly on students going from B or A to A*, as well as working on NEA/coursework projects.
- Subjects tutored include: Russia, China, Tudor Britain, Stuarts, Modern Britain (Thatcher, New Labour etc), French Revolution, Social History, Political History.
- In the last year I have tutored over 20hours of A-Level and GCSE Geography.

Admissions:
- This year I tutored 3 candidates for Oxbridge Admissions, two of which secured a place at Oxford.
- I tutor students from personal statement through the admissions test then to interviews .

Other
- Last summer I worked with several students on improving their wider knowledge/reading. This involved focussing on one particular book, and exploring its historical context and meaning. Students found this was a very productive way to improve their knowledge and wider analytical skills. Usually did this with Secondary school students.
- Worked with two students last year on participating in historical and political essay competitions.

I have a lot of experience with AQA Exam Boards at both A-Level and GCSE having recently sat these papers as a students and tutored geography and history candidates for these papers at GCSE and A-Level last year. For instance when mentoring geography students for the AQA GCSE paper last year I translated information from the examiner's report and mark scheme into a simpler and more readable guide for the students, which led to improved performance in exams.

Over the last three years of study for my History degree I developed an interest in religious history and particularly questions concerning global religious change and conversion. This led me to complete a thesis which investigated how and why Christian and Muslim religious elites used theological aspects of their religion to shape positive memories of the Mongol Conquest. In my degree I have studied the following topics which proves a wide range of historical interest and a capability within the short Oxford eight week terms to learn new topics and gain a level of expertise which meant I could discuss and debate such topics with world leading tutors in these fields. I am happy to utilise this skill to learn in depth whichever topic the student is studying for their history degree, something which I have proven in past tutoring experience; for instance, I learned enough material in a two week period to help a student gain an A in a topic about the American Civil War, something I was not previously that familiar with.
- ‘China since 1900’
- ‘Reformations and Revolutions’, 1500-1700 (British Isles),
- ‘On the Road to Baghdad’ (892-1055),
- ‘Europe 1914-1989’.
- Disciplines of History
- Produced a thesis titled: ‘Mongols, Memory and Religion: The construction of
societal narratives following mass killing’.