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Meet Our staff

  • Dr Jamal Ibrahim, Head of Science at Bellerbys College Oxford
  • Yasmin Hurrell, A Level and GCSE Programme Manager
  • Angeles Torres, Study Centre Assistant
  • Jo Hoddinott, Academic Director
  • Jackie Eadie, Foundation Programme Manager
  • Magaly Galleguillos, Student Services Officer
  • Wendy Brown, Student Services Manager
  • Carol Yeung, Head of Maths
  • Hassan Tlili, Accounts Teacher
  • Helen McGowan, Social Programme Organiser
  • Dongmei Cao, Chinese Counsellor
  • Idaly Mackenzie, English Language Preparation Teacher
  • Agnieszka Kałęka, Accommodation Officer
  • David Mackenzie, English Language Preparation Teacher
  • Vanessa Harrison, English Language Director
Vanessa Harrison, English Language Director

Vanessa Harrison

Vanessa Harrison, English Language Director
BA (Hons) CELTA DELTA

 

"Hello!  I’m the English Language Director at the Oxford school, so I am the person to talk to about your course, your timetable and your teachers. 

I studied Languages and Linguistics at university and have worked in several different countries including France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and India.  This helps me with my job because I understand what it is like to learn a language and go to a foreign country.  Of course, before I became the English Language Director I was a teacher, but I have also worked in translation and publishing.

A big bonus about the Oxford school is that it is right in the centre of the city; this makes it an exciting place to work and study.

When I am not at work, I enjoy art, craft, sewing, cooking, eating(!), flamenco dancing and hairdressing.  I have been a hairdresser for five years and my favourite thing is doing hair for weddings."