Meet The Team
Lois
Founder & English Tutor
Lois is an English tutor with 10 years of experience and a first-class Bachelors, Masters degree and doctorate in English Literature from DMU, Leicester. She enjoys writing her own original poetry and short stories, and particularly loves the writing of Stevie Smith, Shirley Jackson and Jean Rhys.
Millie
English Tutor
Millie has a Bachelors degree in English Literature and History, a Masters degree in English Literature, and has PGCE and Qualified Teacher status. She has been working with Sargasso Learning for two years. She loves to read and feels that we can learn a lot from literature.
Isobel
English Tutor
Isobel has several years experience tutoring English and Religious Studies. She enjoys discussing the links between literature, philosophy, art, and music, believing that each of these areas help us to understand and connect with people throughout history and today, as well as reflect on our own emotions. At the University of Kent she studied Philosophy, Religion and Ethics with elective modules in Comparative Literature, gaining a Certificate of Higher Education. She is also a qualified swimming teacher and fitness instructor.
Luke
Maths & Science Tutor
Luke is an electrical engineering degree apprentice at the University of Warwick and Jaguar Land Rover, with 3+ years of tutoring experience. He earned 10 Grade 9s at GCSE and As and A*s in A Level, giving him a strong foundation to tutor Maths, English, and Science up to and including GCSE level. His goal is to create an enjoyable learning experience for students by fostering a positive and friendly approach to education, while ensuring they see visible results in their progress.
Lucille
English Tutor
Lucille studied at King’s College, London from 2013-2018 where she received a BA in English Literature and Language and an MA in Shakespeare Studies. In 2022, she graduated with first class honours from City, University of London with an MA in Creative Writing and Publishing. She is currently a student at Curtis Brown Creative where she is working on her first novel. She loves early modern drama and her favourite authors include Charles Dickens, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Jane Austen, Gustave Flaubert and Donna Tartt.
Kate
English Tutor
Kate comes from a theatrical and musical family, and brings that creative energy into her work as an English tutor and Drama practitioner. She has a degree in Drama & Literature from the University of Essex and is passionate about English literature and the performance arts, particularly the works of Shakespeare. She enjoys helping students build confidence in both written and spoken expression. Alongside tutoring and resource writing, she is currently working on her first novel, weaving together her love of storytelling and her commitment to making others feel seen through words and performance.
Sharbini
Maths Tutor
Sharbini is currently a trainee Clinical Scientist specialising in Biomedical Engineering. She achieved her Bachelors and Masters in Biomedical Engineering at the Queen Mary University of London. She has been tutoring Mathematics since 2018 and loves passing on the knowledge she acquired to the future generation.
The Sargasso Sea
The Sargasso Sea is a region of the Atlantic Ocean formed from ocean gyres (a large region of circulating ocean currents). The first known accounts of the sea dates to Christopher Columbus in 1492, but it may have also been know to early maritime sailors from a late fourth century poem by Avienus, who describes the region as “being covered in seaweed and windless.”
The ecology of the region boasts many species such as turtles, shrimps, crabs, eels, and many more types of fish and crustaceans unique to the Sargasso Sea.
Despite being surrounding by four other seas with four different currents, all of which deposit their waste and plants into the Sargasso Sea, it is noted for its striking clarity and deep blue colour. It has underwater visibility of up to 20o feet.
Image Credit: https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/where-is-the-sargasso-sea