Ian WIld

Mathematics teacher

Ian WIld | Mathematics teacher

I am a professional physicist who spent 15 years working in private industry, finally specialising in the development of software for computer users with visual impairments and software aids to help children with print impairments. I have three children who have been or are being home educated. I love anything mechanical and anything old. I have published a book on the history of Droitwich Spa Lido and have recently been at the forefront of an ultimately successful campaign to have Droitwich Lido reopened. My interests are many and varied but I do particularly enjoy teaching maths, physics, chemistry and ICT.

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Offering: private lessons, group classes and workshops.
Aimed at: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced.
Ages: 9 +
Rates: Rates starting at £22 per hour

Private Teaching

Mathematics Tuition

Maths and science are my first loves. A professional physicist, I started my career in industrial R&D before ultimately becoming a specialist in access and educational software. I started tutoring in the evenings and weekends in 2005, before becoming a full-time tutor in 2007.

I offer a free initial meeting to allow us to get to know one another and to work through the issues with your studies you feel you might be having. We can then plan out lessons together or simply concentrate on those aspects that you feel most unhappy with. If you don't understand something the first time around then I will try another way. There is always more than one way to explain a topic - a fact that a lot of teachers and tutors seem, sadly, to neglect. I try to make flexibility the key to my approach.

You may have found other tutors listed here quote much lower hourly rates. The trouble with private tuition is that you tend to get what you pay for. Unlike other tutors my services do not come with any extra hidden charges, such as high rates for travelling expenses or charging extra to supply old exam papers (some even charging extra to mark them).

I also run an extremely popular, well established maths website at www.yourmathstutor.info which includes on-line e-learning courses and on-line maths help. Included in my fees is free unlimited access to these services - another great benefit (and a great advantage for you or your children) that other tutors simply cannot provide.

If you have any further questions or you would like more information on the kinds of services I provide then please do not hesitate to contact me.

Teaching locations: 
I travel to students
Location: 
, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the West Midland, United Kingdom
Rates: 
Rates start at £22 per hour

Experience

Life's Experience...

Ian read physics at the University of Leeds School of Physics and Astronomy before embarking on a career in industrial research and development in the laboratories of Zortech International.
Ian giving a presentation on literacy at the AXMEDIS 2006 conference

His work for Ceramaspeed Limited brought him to the attention of small local firm Parascan Techologies (now alfaQuest Techologies), producers of workflow and prepress solutions for the newspaper industry.

There he worked mainly for French daily Le Monde, as well as stints with L'équipe and a number of other European newspapers.

Then on to Lucent Technologies as a Bell Labs engineer developing voicemail systems at what is now Avaya UK's technology campus in Welwyn Garden City.

In 2001 Ian returned home to Worcestershire to work for Dolphin Computer Access, authors of specialist software for people with visual and print impairments. There he specialised in Internet accessibility for the visually impaired and educational aids for children with print impairments. In 2007 he branched out on his own to work as a full-time private tutor.

Dates: 
Sep 1992

Educational history

Physics

Dates: 
September 1989 - June 1992
Institution: 
University of Leeds
Specialised in mechanical engineering. Final year dissertation on mechanical properties of polymers. Well... I think it's interesting :)

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Based in
Droitwich, United Kingdom
Also teaches in Herefordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire