It's easy to work with me online and lessons can be recorded upon request, and rewatched via Zoom for a short time after recording.   If you have any questions, please contact me and I'll be delighted to answer them for you.

 

Lessons

 

All lessons are carried out online via Zoom. and are one-hour long.  Any longer and concentration wanes; any less and it wouldn’t be enough time to work through enough of a topic and have some time for practice questions or exercises.

 

Students need a device with a webcam, microphone and speakers.  I recommend a desktop or laptop computer, but a tablet should also just about work.  The student can use a headset but this isn’t necessary and I don’t use one.

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I will use a tablet linked to a laptop so that I can be fully flexible with 'inking' onto the documents we are working on.

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I don't allow students to take lessons from mobile 'phones - these just aren't suitable for the work we need to do.  Ideally, students will be on a stable wireless connection too rather than a mobile connection.  

 

Lessons can be recorded on Zoom upon request, and can be re-watched for a short time - I can send you the Zoom link to access the recording.

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Payments

 

If using a UK bank account, payments are done by Direct Debit using 'GoCardless'.  It's an easy way to sort out any fees and it saves you from having to remember to pay a forthcoming invoice - it's all done for you automatically.

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I don't take cheques, cash or card payments.  This means that when a lesson is booked  I invoice the person paying and email it across then set up a direct debit payment to get the payment which is taken a few days later.

 

Direct debit payments can be one-off or can be setup as ongoing payments, depending on how any given student / their parents wish to pay.  No direct debits will ever be taken unless you have received an invoice first.

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If someone books a lesson at very short notice, I will take a BACS payment, but still need them to sign up as a customer on my GoCardless for any future payments after that.

  

If you are an international student and do not have the use of a UK bank account, do not worry - contact me and we can discuss the payment methods I make available to you.