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Yulia Berlin-Firer had a successful career as a Communication and Marketing consultant (B.A) in Israel before finding her passion as a Hebrew teacher. Yulia is developing a teaching career in Sydney, having trained at the Hebrew School “Discovering Hebrew” with Trainer and University Lecturer Galit Rieder-Ezra.

Her background as an account manager in a multi-cultural advertising agency, as well as her being trilingual – speaking Hebrew, Russian and English – have given her much experience with the acquisition of second languages. Having gone through the immigration process herself, she is very familiar with the language needs and linguistic choices that the Hebrew language entails.

Yulia teaches Russian and Hebrew in experiential ways and is the creator of a successful blog in Hebrew that offers parents creative ways of teaching their children.

Yulia is a passionate educator and loves sharing the Hebrew language and cultural heritage to students of all ages and backgrounds.

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Bachelor of Science (Physics and Chemistry). Graduate Diploma in Education (Science) - UNSW. Physics teacher at St Joseph’s College – Hunter’s Hill, Sydney.

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Albana Bertin. Tutor of CCE

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Judith Beveridge was born in England in 1956 and came to Australia in 1960. She has published three books of poetry, The Domesticity of Giraffes Black Lightning Press, 1987), Accidental Grace (University of Queensland Press, 1996) and Wolf Notes (Giramondo Publishing, 2003), and has also co-edited an anthology of Australian poetry A Parachute of Blue (Round Table Publications,1996). She has won the Dame Mary Gilmour Award, the NSW Premier’s Poetry Prize, the Victorian Premier’s Poetry Prize, the Wesley Michel Wright Award and, most recently, the Josephine Ulrick National Poetry Prize, one of Australia’s most prestigious poetry awards, for Between the Palace and the Bodhi Tree (later published as part of Wolf Notes).

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Lijun Bi holds a PhD (in Chinese studies) and a DipEd from the University of New England, as well as an MA (in Confucianism) and a BA from Chinese Universities. She has extensive language teaching and program development at school and university level with over 10 years' experience. Lijun has lectured at the University of New England and is currently teaching mandarin at various levels in CCE.

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Chen Bian. Tutor of CCE

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Professor Christine Bigby, is Leader of the Living with Disability Research Group, at La Trobe University. Christine has an established national and international reputation for her research on aging with a lifelong disability and the social inclusion of adults with intellectual disability. The focus of her work is policy issues, program effectiveness and the quality of front line practice to support engagement and inclusion.

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Yukari has a Bachelor of Arts (Linguistics) from Macquarie University and a Masters degree in Adult Education from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). Together with her work at the Centre, Yukari also currently teaches Japanese at UTS, and has also taught at TAFE.

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Sarah is one of Australia’s leading independent purpose-led transformation consultants, brand visionaries and strategists. Her proven methodology has helped multiple organisations and brands uncover and define their purpose, simplify and articulate their brand messages with confidence, and unite their team around a shared, transformative vision. An experienced, certified Leadership Coach, persuasive presenter and influential communicator, Sarah has written and facilitated over a hundred workshops, including dozens to uncover organisational/brand Purpose from within.

Over the past 17 years, Sarah has seen the brands she has helped increase sales by as much as 70 per cent, whilst saving her clients hundreds of thousands of dollars by avoiding costly business decisions and ineffective marketing. She firmly believes that successful brands are driven by the passion and motivation of the people behind them. She excels at engaging people and tapping into their intrinsic motivation to ensure brand and business success at every level. Her curiosity and fascination for brand storytelling drive her to unearth the reasons businesses do what they do, thereby uncovering insights of immense transformative value. Ever curious and passionate about her subject, she never stops learning and shares her knowledge through mentoring, thought leadership articles and as a highly engaging event speaker.

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Dr Michael Birrell obtained his BA(Hons) in Archaeology at Sydney University in 1988 and subsequently received an MA and a PhD in Egyptology from Macquarie University. He is a part-time lecturer and tutor in the Ancient History Department at Macquarie University and has taught a number of courses for Continuing Education. He has worked on numerous archaeological excavations in both Egypt and Israel, and has travelled widely in the Middle East, Asia and Europe. Dr Birrell has research interests in ancient Egyptian religion and government, and is currently writing a book on New Kingdom temple architecture.