A Parent’s Guide to Applying to Top UK Universities

Hayley Bendle is the Head of Higher Education at Cardiff Sixth Form College (The Top School in the UK). Since 2016, Hayley has advised over 200 students to gain places in competitive medicine programmes in the UK, including the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, University College London and King’s College London. She has also guided students who have been successful in medical schools overseas, including Hong Kong, Australia, Ireland, and more.

My name is Sifan Zhang, and I am originally from Hangzhou. I’m a penultimate year medical student at King’s College London, completing my intercalation in Management at Imperial College Business School. I served as the President of the King’s Think Tank, the largest student-led policy institute in Europe, from 2019-2020 and now sit on its advisory board. Over the past year, I built Eczamine, an artificial intelligence startup, on a mission to revolutionise the way we think about dermatology. I have helped over 50 international students apply and gain entry into UK Medical Schools, including many from China.

Throughout my PhD, I have supported many students at the University of Cambridge. Additionally, I have taught university courses on mechanics and understand how a successful mentoring session should be structured. Moreover, I have mentored numerous prospective students in their applications to Oxbridge and their understanding of the elements contributing to a practical one-to-one lesson.

Having completed my undergraduate degree at Oxford, I am now studying for my masters here. I have extensive mentoring experience, especially in English and philosophy, and across all ages and abilities. I am specialised in exam technique and essay writing too.

John is the founder of Tutors in China. He arrived in Shanghai in 2004 to help set up BISS Pudong. On noticing a gap in the market for academic tutoring, he set up TiC with a group of 3 tutors. Currently, TiC has over 150 academic tutors supporting students across China and last year helped ten student students into Oxbridge and UK Medical schools. We are the leading tutoring company in China and work with all the leading international and bilingual schools in China.

Peter John Derby-Crook MBE joined Dipont Education in October 2019 as Director of Education (based in Shanghai), having previously been Senior Vice President of GEMS Education, Dubai. Peter is very familiar with Asia, where he was the CEO of Tanglin Trust School in Singapore for eight years. He has previously led schools in Jakarta, Tokyo, Oman and Dubai and held two Headships in the U.K.