An Expert Academic Faculty
Meet Our Expert Tutors
On our academic summer programmes in Cambridge, Oxford, London, Toronto, Sydney and Online, participants have the unique opportunity to study the subject they are passionate about in university-level programmes that are designed and taught by expert tutors from world-leading universities.
Participants are encouraged to stretch themselves beyond the boundaries of a school curriculum and to delve into completely new and challenging content. The Immerse Education academic syllabuses and our team of tutors are what set our academic programmes apart.
All Immerse tutors have prior experience teaching their subject at university level to undergraduates and undergo an enhanced background check before teaching any programme.
Every year, we are proud to welcome expert tutors and leading academics to our programmes. Please meet some of our tutors below:
Learn From World-class *tutors*
Learn from world class tutors in both our residential and online programmes. Our tutors are all Immerse certified and are from some of the world’s top universities. Below are the calibre of tutors we have worked with in the past.
Julien
Julien is a PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge. He focuses his research on the trade agreements of the European Union.
Aiden
Aiden is a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His research is in formal epistemology, but he also has interests in the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and ethics.
Mudassar
Mudassar is a gold-medallist engineer and a doctoral scholar at Cambridge University, with professional experience at a Fortune 100 company and a Big 4 strategy consulting firm. He is a trained educator who has supervised Cambridge engineering undergraduates. He has been with Immerse since 2018, mentoring 85 students aged 14–18 from across five continents. Beyond academics, Mudassar enjoys racquet sports, is a devoted Man City fan (yes, really!), and is currently training to climb Kilimanjaro. As a fun fact, Mudassar can calculate anyone’s day of birth from their date of birth — all in his head.
Magda
Magda is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Department of Chemistry, at the University of Cambridge (PhD in Chemistry/Biophysics).
Thabo
Thabo holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Cambridge, a dual Masters of Engineering and Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelors (with honours) in Fine Art History from the University of Toronto.
Yasmin
Yasmin is a Research Fellow at the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy.
Chris
Chris is a UK registered architect having previously completed an Pg.Cert and M.Phil in Architecture at Christ's College, University of Cambridge.
Vladimir
Vladimir is a PhD candidate at the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge.
Dr Velamakanni
Dr Velamakanni is a Cambridge-educated scientist, researcher and entrepreneur.
Nicholas
Nicholas studied Philosophy and Linguistics at the University of Oxford and subsequently moved to King's College to pursue his own research interests, which relate to the connections between technology and social progress in the modern area.
Erica
Erica Buist is a writer and Guardian journalist with a Creative Writing MA from Cambridge. She published This Party’s Dead, teaches writing, edits for Tupelo Quarterly, and is working on her next book while learning her sixth language.
Bih
Bih is a PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge. Her Doctoral Thesis investigates diaspora-IDP transnational interactions during intrastate conflicts.
Dr Richard Morris
Dr Richard Morris is a historian of early modern Europe with degrees from the University of Cambridge, where he has taught since 2014. A former Research Associate at the University of Oxford, he is the author of Court Festivals of the Holy Roman Empire, 1555–1619 and serves on the Advisory Board of the Society for European Festivals Research. He has worked with Immerse since 2019.
Scarlett
Since 2008, Scarlett has studied at the University of Hertfordshire, The Royal Marsden & the University of Cambridge.
Louis
Louis holds a BA in Film Studies from King's College London and an MSc in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology from the University of Oxford.
Ilyssa
llyssa is the visionary founder and head educator at Fashion for Futures, bringing a unique blend of creativity and business acumen honed through extensive experience in Wall Street and international business.
Ifeoluwa
Ifeoluwa Ogunbufunmi is a Strategy & Operations Leader with 9 years of extensive years of experience working with BigTech, FinTech, Venture Capital, Law and Government Institutions across the EMEA and UKI regions. Her experiences include: Amazon Web Services (AWS) UK & Ireland; Global Ventures (a leading Venture Capital firm based in Dubai, UAE); Flutterwave (Africa’s highest valued Fintech unicorn); Banwo & Ighodalo (one of Africa’s leading commercial law firms); and the Office of Nigeria’s Vice President (Ease of Doing Business Team). She's passionate about imparting her business knowledge to young adults, women and young professionals across her career journey. She also has a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Oxford.
Jessica
Jessica is an English Literature tutor at Lucy Cavendish College at the University of Cambridge, where she completed her PhD.
Dr Robail
Dr Robail is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the Biomedical Image Analysis Group, University of Oxford. His research focused on biomedical image analysis, computer vision, and computational (machine-learning-based) analysis of images.
Itzhak
Itzhak is a DPhil candidate in Economics at Oxford University, where he also obtained his master's and undergraduate degrees. Alongside his research, he tutors microeconomics to first and second-year participants at St Hugh's College, Oxford University.
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FAQs
All tutors are academics from Oxford, Cambridge or an Ivy League university, Russell Group universities and have experience teaching at an undergraduate level.
Yes, all teaching staff undergo extensive background checks
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