With the increased use of distance delivery in tertiary education, particularly university education, tutoring one-to-one or in small groups can provide valuable back-up.

This is particularly true for students who have taken a gap of one or more years and who have become “rusty”; either for those commencing tertiary mathematics or for those attempting more advanced courses.

It is true not only for mathematics itself, or for applied mathematics, but also in quantitative subjects like chemistry, physics, maths of finance, economics and statistics.

And in subjects which use statistical analysis of perhaps large data sets, in, say, psychology and sociology.

For students who need to catch up, whether educated face-to-face or at a distance, I am willing to provide tailored one-off sessions, for students in any faculty. For example, for a nursing student who wishes to catch up on fractions and percentages, or a commerce or science student who wishes to hone calculator use.

This all applies also technical education, say a TAFE course, where I am well able to steer away from any theorising to providing a plan of attack to solve practical problems.