Tim Middleton holds a PhD in Earth Sciences from Oxford University. He has spent the last four years researching continental tectonics and earthquake hazard at the margins of the Ordos Plateau, in northern China. Prior to this he completed his Master’s degree in Natural Sciences at Cambridge University. Tim has previously taught at St. Anne’s College, Oxford, as well as tutoring undergraduates in the Earth Sciences Department on various aspects of geophysics and tectonics. For the last two years he has also delivered workshops on earthquakes in schools across the country.

Victoria Wyllie de Echeverria is a tutor in Biology at Oxford Summer Courses. Victoria has taught students ranging in age from 16-4th year university for 6 years, in the subjects of biology, ecology, human and physical geography, plant sciences and ethnoecology. To this end, Victoria has taken training courses both at the University of Victoria and the University of Oxford to receive accreditations to teach in higher education and investigate different interactive teaching methods. Her research interests include plant taxonomy and ethnobotany, in particular how local people use and classify plants and animals, and how they are adjusting to changes in the weather and ecosystems, and she has co-authored several peer-reviewed journal articles.