Asma

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Educated to PhD level - approved by Tutorsandexams as a senior examiner for Alevel maths and GCSE science. MSc in Computing Science & BSc in Physics with FIRST CLASS HONOURS from IMPERIAL COLLEGE, London, offering bespoke lessons in maths and science across all boards and levels.

Previously worked as a senior quant analyst in prestige hedge funds/investment banks for 13+ years specialising in the development of investment strategies for market neutral long-short equity portfolios. Some of the top companies I worked for include AllianceBernstein Ltd London and Investcorp in Bahrain.

My love for teaching developed after having tutored several undergraduate students during my PhD.

Over the past 16 years working with students has taught me that any student can be successful if guided in the right direction. There is no 'one-size-fits-all', only a deep understanding of the student's exact requirements coupled with his/her learning style help me steer them onto a successful journey ensuring they develop a passion for learning.

Helping students achieve excellence brings me great joy and the many success stories of students who joined me with grades below 2 going on to score 7-9 grades (references available) are especially pleasing.

Educated to PhD level (Image processing/Computer Vision) from UCL,
MSc (Computing Science) from Imperial College London and
FIRST Class Honours in BSc Physics from Imperial College London.
4 A levels (All A grades - Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Urdu)
11 O levels( 9 As and 2 Bs)

PhD project was based on developing an objective method of the quantification of the skin disease psoriasis using video images of capillaries under the skin that have been injected with sodium fluorescein. The project was successfully completed but work/family commitments prevented me from completing the thesis submission.

Groups available with following rate:

GCSE:

2 students - £45 per hour per head
3 students - £40 per hour per head
4 students - £35 per hour per head

ALEVEL:

2 students - £55 per hour per head
3 students - £50 per hour per head
4 students - £45 per hour per head

Subjects offered:

                       Maths (KS2, KS3, GCSE and Alevel)
                       Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Science (KS2, KS3, GCSE)
                       Scholarship exams for elite independent schools like Eton, Westminster and many others.
                       Common entrance and 16+ exams for independent schools.
                       Maths/Physics junior and intermediate challenge preparation.

Time : Weekdays 8am to 8pm and Sundays 10am to 6pm.

Tutoring Experience

Been tutoring successfully for 16+ years. 99% of my tutees have excelled in their respective subjects jumping minimum 2 to maximum 5 grades.
Testimonials available.

I was a keen student myself throughout my life achieving 9 As and 2 Bs at O levels and 4 As at A-levels. The skills I learnt that helped me achieve top grades have successfully guided me in life when tutoring/mentoring students. Helping my tutees achieve top grades is not my only concern (although I make it top priority), development of their intellectual intuition and mathematical creativity is of utmost importance to me. An inspired and passionate student will achieve a lot more in life than one who is just focussed on getting the top grades!

Tutoring Approach

My approach is strongly geared to adopting a teaching method based towards a tutee's individual requirements and style of learning. In my opinion this has been the number one factor that has delivered outstanding results.

Grateful that I have never had an unsatisfied client as high emphasis is placed on carefully listening to the specific needs of the client and focusing on developing individual bespoke lessons rather than one-size-fits-all approach.

Understanding the personality of the student and thereby adapting an approach to maximise their potential has delivered beyond expectations results. For example, some students are independent learners and are self-driven but lack direction, others need a hand-held approach from start to finish. Some are good audio learners while others are visually driven. More often than not this involves a fair bit of mentoring and motivating the student too!

This not only encourages my students to ask questions they would otherwise be hesitant to ask but also creates a pleasant environment that imparts maximum learning.

Lively, informal and interactive tutorials are my preference, where after making the fundamental key concepts clear to my students I get them to practice maximum number of questions to ensure that the ideas have been fully grasped followed by a thorough practice of topic-based exam-style questions so they get used to these early on.

Relevant topic-based questions are set as homework to encourage full grasp/learning consolidation. These include both drill/practice questions as well as exam questions for practice.

One hour free consultation available after First tutors introductory fee is paid. First lesson fee fully refundable if you decide not to proceed with me.

Cancellation policy: minimum 24 hours notice period required otherwise full lesson fee is applicable as I am unable to offer that hour to another student.