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Dr Thomas Hikade has recently returned to Sydney from Canada where he held a tenured position as Assistant Professor of Egyptology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver from 2004-2012. He also graduated from UBC with a Diploma in Adult Education in May 2012. Thomas has extensive experience in research and teaching, developing courses, counselling and advising students at universities in Australia (USyd), Canada (UBC), and the United States (Brown).

For over 20 years Thomas has worked on excavations in Germany, Egypt and Jordan with a particular focus on early Egypt and state formation. He has published two monographs and around 50 articles for both academic journals and a more general audience. Thomas has given numerous public lectures in Canada, the USA, and Australia. At UBC he was involved in successful programs in continuing education with lecture series and workshops on topics such as “Women in ancient Egypt” and “Turning points in the history of ancient Egypt”.

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Simon Hillier has more than 24 years experience as a digital content, copywriting and AI writing specialist, including eight years with e-commerce trailblazers, travel.com.au and lastminute.com, where his newsletters were read by more than half a million subscribers.

Over the past 16 years, Simon has run his own content writing, training and consulting business. He has produced content and consulted for hundreds of organisations, from small start-ups to global brand names such as Microsoft, Salesforce, Canva, PayPal, Cochlear, Johnson & Johnson, Telstra, ING and Jaguar, as well as Australian and international government agencies and NPOs.

His articles have been featured in publications throughout the world and he has written, polished and edited books for publishers, companies and inspiring individuals.

Simon loves training and sees it as a chance to help people from all walks of life achieve and share the things that are important to them.

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Janice Hinckfuss. Tutor of CCE

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Elizabeth Hing. Tutor of CCE

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Akiko Hiratsuka. Tutor of CCE

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Dr Deanna Hoermann PhD (UNSW), BA (UNE), DSME, L.Mus.A, L.T.C.L., F.A.C.E

Deanna has combined a career in music education with educational research and administration. She taught music and languages in secondary schools before being appointed Director of the Developmental Music Research Program that looked at the appropriateness of the Kodaly approach to music education for primary schools in NSW. This led to her engagement as a lecturer and consultant both nationally and internationally. Her involvement in curriculum and policy development preceded her appointment as an Inspector of Schools, Director of Schools, Secondary High School Principal and Manager of the School Leadership and Executive Learning Unit in the NSW Department of Education and Training. Her work continues through her consultancies.

She was a member of the committee that developed the constitution for the International Kodaly Society and was its first President for 8 years. Deanna founded the Kodaly Music Education Institute of Australia in 1973. She has been a member of a number of national and state Boards and Advisory Councils in the Performing Arts. She was a driving force behind the development of Newtown High School for the Performing Arts. Deanna has published widely in the area of music education. Her doctorate, from the University of New South Wales, in the area of Change Management used the development of Cherrybrook Technology High School as its case study.

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Laura Hogan. Tutor of CCE

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Philip Hogan is a Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (‘ODPP’). He was appointed to this office in 2018, having served as a Crown Prosecutor since 2010. Before that, Philip spent 13 years at the NSW Bar, practising from Samuel Griffiths Chambers. He appears regularly in serious criminal proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW and the District Court of NSW.

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Sandy Hollis. Tutor of CCE

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After receiving a BA in Communication, Simon spent two years in Israel where he attended Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies and Yeshivat Ohr Somayach. Upon returning to Australia in 2004, he undertook a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Biblical Studies) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Languages (Classical Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac). Simon did Honours in both of those in 2006, followed by a Masters in Ancient History. As of 2010, Simon is now in his fourth year of a PhD (Classical Hebrew and Biblical Studies) and is the Director of Education at North Shore Temple Emanuel. His research interests include the historical development of Classical Hebrew, the ‘interface’ between linguistics and literary criticism, and the Hebrew Bible as literature.