About Me

What I’m Working On

  1. 👨‍🏫 I am a Senior Specialist teacher and trainer with The Philosophy Foundation, an award-winning charity bringing philosophy into schools, homes and the community. I facilitate philosophical conversations, give talks in schools on how to think more deeply and effectively, and train teachers in philosophical enquiry.
  2. 🏫  At Pimlico Academy I teach Philosophy A level part-time. I also helped to develop the new curriculum for Social and Personal Education and have started teaching it this term.
  3. ✍️ I write articles on philosophy and education which have been featured in The Philosophers’ Magazine, Open DemocracyPhilosophy NowInnovate My School and Teaching Times
  4. 📚 I tutor a limited number students of all ages in philosophy and effective study habits. Get in touch to find out more.
  5. 🗣 This January I’m running a course with Andy Day called the Art of Argument on how to have more constructive and collaborative discussions
  6. 📖 I am running a project on philosophy and citizenship education with primary school children which will be written up as a chapter for a forthcoming book (provisionally titled The Pedagogy of the Community of Enquiry and Citizenship Education), edited by Joshua Fortenzer at the University of Sheffield, in 2022.

Other stuff

  1. 🤔 I am a Philosophy tutor at Debate Chamber, a summer school programme for academically ambitious sixth formers
  2. 💬 In 2021 I facilitated a discussion on contemporary controversies around ‘free speech’ for the Happy Prisoner festival of philosophical enquiry
  3. 🧒 In 2017 I participated in a successful project to improve chidren’s metacognition in partnership with King’s College London 
  4. 🎪 In 2013 I worked as an Editorial Researcher for the HowtheLightGetsIn philosophy and music festival in Hay-on-Wye, Wales

Get in Touch

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  2. 📨 Email me if you want to get in touch