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Ying and Dutton Education

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Founded by two expert educators with more than 10+ years of experience in teaching and mentoring, Ying & Dutton is your trusted educational support partner, offering top quality academic tutoring, schools application support, student coaching, and education tours for 12-18+ year-old learners from high school through to university degree level.Founders:Jen Chan, Co-Founder & Language and Humanities HeadJen is a seasoned educator with 10+ years of experience in one-on-one tutoring, small-group teaching and curriculum development in English Language and Literature for 12-18 year old GCSE, A-Level and IB students.Among the students she has taught, many have achieved full marks in their school and public exams (including but not limited to I/GCSE, A-Level, IB, AP), as well as received offers to study at top global universities such as Oxbridge and the Ivy League colleges.She runs a YouTube channel dedicated to sharing quality literary analysis content about Shakespeare, poetry, fiction and literary ideas, which has amassed more than 1M views as of January 2024. Her study resources have also been used as teaching materials by high school teachers in the United Kingdom and Australia, as well as lecturers at community colleges and universities in the United States.She has a First Class BA and MA degree in English from the University of Oxford, as well as Postgraduate Degree from the Cambridge Judge Business School.Jen also speaks native-level Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese, and has extensive experience working with parents and students based in Hong Kong and Mainland China.Alex Dutton, Co-Founder & STEM HeadAlex Dutton is a STEM tutor, a former astrophysicist, and founder of the global STEM education NGO, Phoenix Space.After graduating from University College London (UCL) with a First Class Degree in Astrophysics and researching the formation of organic compounds in between the stars, Alex travelled the world developing custom curriculum material for international schools, travelling families, educational consultancies and has even sailed across two oceans teaching three siblings along the way.After founding the STEM education charity Phoenix Space with the aim of addressing the technical ‘knowledge gap’ crisis facing refugee and displaced youth in an increasingly technological world.Now based in Hong Kong, Alex regularly tutors one-on-one, runs Olympiad maths classes and mentors students in capstone and extracurricular research problems, helping many students each year find their passion and reach their potential, entering top schools and universities.