Faculty
Teachers who are also scholars.
Forty-eight teachers, most of whom also write, research or perform. All of them teach.
Head of the Academy
Dr. Eleanor Ashby
Historian · Head since 2016
Eleanor read history at Oxford and taught at Harvard before becoming the first woman to lead the Academy. She still teaches a weekly tutorial on the history of ideas.
- DPhil in Modern History, Oxford
- Author of three books on the Enlightenment
- Tutor to the Foundation Year
Senior faculty
Heads of department
Dr. Eleanor Ashby
Head of the Academy
Prof. William Hartford
Director of Studies
Dr. Charlotte Bryce
Head of Humanities
Prof. Henry Caldwell
Executive Education
Tutors
A few of the people you will meet.
Prof. William Hartford
Mathematics
Thirty years of teaching, and a gift for making the hardest problem look possible.
Dr. Charlotte Bryce
Literature
Specialist of the English novel, director of the Academy’s debating society.
Prof. Henry Caldwell
Economics
Former central banker who now leads our Executive Leadership programme.
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A good teacher answers questions. A great one teaches you to ask better ones.
Dr. Eleanor Ashby · Head of the Academy
Careers
Teach at Monceau.
We welcome applications from teachers who love their subject and want to share it with small groups of exceptional students.