Dr Philip Lukins

Founder and Principal Tutor

Dr Lukins is a highly qualified and experienced educator with a passion for helping students achieve their best. He has over 30 years of teaching experience across a wide range of subjects, levels and educational settings. This includes many years as a senior university academic and decades of experience in private tuition.

His general approach is to focus on helping students to gain a fundamental and in-depth understanding of the subject material as the best outcomes flow from sound basic understanding. He has a patient and encouraging approach, tailoring his lessons to meet the individual needs of each student. His ability to explain complex ideas in readily understandable terms helps students build confidence and mastery of their subjects. His previous students have benefited greatly from private tutoring with him including enhanced interest in learning and in their subjects, considerable and measurable improvement in their grades and they have been able to achieve entry to the tertiary courses of their choice. 

He has also been an active research scientist for over 30 years (~ 150 scientific publications). This research background is very beneficial to teaching as it means greater subject knowledge and expertise, familiarity with new developments in the fields being taught and an appreciation of the joys of discovery.

Qualifications:   BSc (hons) and PhD, University of Sydney

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Teaching experience

    > 20 years teaching at universities (mainly physics, chemistry, mathematics, microscopy and biosciences courses)

                         > 30 years private teaching and tutoring (year 7-12 school and undergraduate & postgraduate university including IB, VCE, HSC (NSW), SAT and various scholarships, tertiary entry and professional admission examinations)

                     > 5 years course development and content creation (physics, maths, environmental science and microscopy)                   

Subjects he tutors (S = secondary, T = tertiary) 

Mathematics (S&T), physics (S&T), chemistry (S&T), biology (S), engineering (T), english (S), philosophy (S&T), psychology (S), history (S), economics (S), statistics (S&T), environmental science (T) – all levels

Tutoring rates

On-line – $75 per hour (or pro-rata for longer classes)

                  In-person – $100 per hour (or pro-rata for longer classes) for < 20 km travel

      Discounts available