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Susan Deas is a professional musician, lecturer and teacher. As well as lecturing at the University of Sydney, Susan has lectured for groups including Musica Viva, Pacific Opera, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, the Willoughby Symphony and others. Susan also performs as a professional pianist and organist, and teaches piano and music theory. She has a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Music, a Master of Music Studies, and an A.Mus.A in Musicianship, and is an Accredited Member of the Music Teachers’ Association of New South Wales. Susan has been teaching with the Centre for Continuing Education since 1998.

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Yvette Debergue has recently completed her PhD at the University of Sydney on the topic of Gender and Medieval Heresy. She has taught for the Centre for Medieval Studies and the Departments of History and Studies in Religion, with her specialty being Christianity and Heresy in the Middle Ages. She has presented papers at conferences in Australia, North America and Europe, and is published in journals in Australia and Europe.

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Matthew Del Nevo. Tutor of CCE

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Art historian Oscar del Pozo is an expert on the art and culture of Spain from 12th-century retablos (a structure forming the back of an altar, especially a frame enclosing painted panels) to Pablo Picasso.

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Claire deLacey and Steven Chamberlain operate their own environmental consultancy and have conducted extensive flora and vegetation surveys over a wide geographic range across much of Australia. They have extensive experience in the practical application of plant identification and the application of formal methods of vegetation surveys, vegetation community delineation and vegetation mapping. Claire and Steve have also designed and delivered educational seminars, presentations and training packages to a range of clients and audiences including the UNSW, and for WIRES.

Both have an extensive background of practical training in horticulture, plant identification, botany, soils and landscaping, along with qualifications in arboriculture and geographic information systems (GIS), all derived from many years of study at TAFE and University. They are members of a range of professional organisations and panels, as well as conservation organisations such as the Australian Native Orchid Society, Royal Zoological Society and the National Parks Association and wildlife care organisations. They are also authors or co-authors of scientific papers published in respected journals including the Royal Botanic Gardens journal of plant ecology in eastern Australia (Cunninghamia) and the journal of the Royal Zoological Society of NSW.

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Deb Delaney graduated with a BSc.(hons) in Physiology from the University of Leeds, in the UK. She then opted for a post-graduate qualification in Education which led her to where she is now. Combining biology, physiology and PDHPE with education was winner and Deb has been teaching high school students since 1999. Her first 5 years of teaching were spent in Bristol, UK before moving to Sydney in 2004. She have been teaching HSC classes here ever since. Deb has also been lucky enough to be involved in HSC marking which has given her an invaluable insight into the way in which the Board of Studies ‘thinks’ with regards to HSC questions and how they are answered. The HSC can be daunting to many students, but with the right tools, she believes those elusive marks are obtainable. Deb’s aim as a teacher is to provide these tools, as well as developing as much passion for the subject in her students as she has.

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Ana is a dedicated language teacher with more than 15 years' experience teaching English and Spanish to children and adults. Ana currently teaches Spanish at CCE, Macquarie University, WEA Sydney and Sydney Community College.

Ana holds a various degrees, including a Master’s Degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, and a globally recognised certificate in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language. She has an in depth knowledge of both languages in terms of lexis, grammatical structures and phonology.

Ana is passionate about teaching and loves learning new methodological approaches to foreign language teaching. She is especially keen on the communicative method of teaching languages which is based on the idea that learning a language comes through having to communicate real meaning. Her main goal is to keep students motivated by using engaging and interactive activities. She believes that motivation is key to learning and always tries to make her classes as appealing as possible.

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Anna Maria Dell’oso is a well-known Australian writer, journalist and critic. Her acclaimed book Songs of the Suitcase won the Steele Rudd Award. Anna’s fiction has been published in many anthologies and reviews including Meanjin and the Griffith Review. Anna’s first book was Cats, Cradles & Chamomile Tea, a collection from her popular column in the SMH’s Good Weekend. Anna has studied playwriting at NIDA and has worked as a librettist to several Australian composers. Her opera, Bride of Fortune, was performed at the Perth Festival in 1991 and won a Pater Award for best libretto for an Australian musical.

Anna is currently writing a novel, Beating Time, and a memoir of her Italian poet mother, And Yet I Would Like to Relive Those Years.

Anna has lectured in creative writing at the University of Newcastle and run writing workshops in schools and libraries throughout NSW.

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Mary Demovic has an MA in Egyptology and has taught hieroglyphs for Sydney University’s Continuing Education since 1995. She has participated in three excavations with Macquarie University, working on Old and New Kingdom tomb sites in Lower and Upper Egypt. Mary provides consultation in hieroglyphic transliteration and translation to public and private institutions. She has been Education Officer and Acting Manage of the Museum of Ancient Cultures at Macquarie University. Mary is currently Head Teacher of HSIE (Human Society and its Environment) at an inner city high school in Sydney.

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Peter Denman is a Career Coach with a background in strategic marketing, including over 11 years corporate experience in leading global organisations in Australia and the UK. He provides career management services to individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds.

Peter uses his strategic marketing expertise in coaching clients of all levels to market themselves effectively in their careers. An accomplished and dynamic presenter, Peter is skilled at working with teams. He has presented the career management program at QANTAS and has facilitated resume and interviewing workshops at organisations including Amcor and QANTAS Engineering.

Offering a unique mix of commercial and people skills, Peter holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Communications from the Australian College of Applied Psychology to complement his Bachelor of Commerce degree. Peter also holds a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment and is certified in the use of Hogan Assessment Systems psychometric inventory and the Majors PTI psychological type instrument.

Peter maintains professional development through membership of the Australian Institute of Management.