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Python, C and C++ private lessons with a university lecturer and MSc engineer
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I teach Python, C and C++ one to one, online or in person around Birmingham.

Most of my students fall into one of three groups. Some are at GCSE or A-Level and need to get comfortable with a language before an exam or a coursework deadline. Some are at university, usually on an engineering or computing degree, and have hit something specific that isn't clicking: pointers, memory, recursion, object orientation, or a project that won't compile. And some are adults starting from nothing, often because work has started asking them to automate things.

Lessons are built around code you can run. I'll ask what you're working on and where you got stuck, then we write something small together, break it on purpose, and work out what the error message is actually telling you. Reading error messages properly is half of programming and almost nobody teaches it.

Areas I cover regularly:

Python from the basics through functions, data structures, file handling, object orientation and libraries like NumPy and Pandas
C and C++, including the parts that cause most of the trouble: pointers, memory management, structs, classes and compilation
GCSE and A-Level Computer Science across all exam boards, including pseudocode, trace tables and written paper technique
A-Level NEA projects and university coursework, plus debugging sessions and code review
Embedded C for Arduino, ESP32 and microcontroller projects, which is the work I do professionally

After each lesson I send written notes covering what we did, worked through step by step, so you have something to revise from later rather than trying to remember what was on screen.

First session is free and lasts 30 minutes. We use it to work out what you need and whether I'm the right person for it. If I'm not, I'll say so and point you somewhere better.

Message me with what you're studying and what's giving you trouble, and I'll tell you honestly how I'd approach it.
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About Me
I'm Ghous, an electronics engineer based in Birmingham. I hold an MSc in Electronics and Electrical Engineering with Distinction from the University of Chester, where I now teach as a Visiting Lecturer on a postgraduate module covering data analytics and machine learning.

Alongside that I work as a freelance embedded systems and PCB design engineer, which means the C and C++ I teach is the same C and C++ I write for hardware that has to actually work. I've been tutoring since 2023, mostly Maths, Physics and programming, and I've taught students from Year 9 up to final-year undergraduates.

I'm patient, I don't rush, and I'd rather spend ten minutes on why something works than have you memorise a pattern you'll forget by next week.
Education
MSc Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Distinction, University of Chester (2025 to 2026)
BSc Electrical Engineering, CGPA 3.54/4.00, Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad (2020 to 2024)
Experience / Qualifications
Visiting Lecturer, University of Chester, teaching and assessing a Level 7 postgraduate module
Freelance electronics and embedded systems engineer, working with UK and international clients on PCB design and firmware
Private STEM tutor since 2024, teaching Maths, Physics, Python, C, C++ and electronics
Author of accepted international conference papers on efficient deep learning for low-power devices
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Preschool children (4-6 years old)
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60 minutes
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I teach one-to-one Maths and Physics to GCSE, A-Level and university students, online and in person around Birmingham.

I hold an MSc in Electronics and Electrical Engineering with Distinction from the University of Chester, where I now teach and assess postgraduate students as a visiting lecturer. Alongside that I've been tutoring privately for several years, across GCSE, A-Level and first-year university modules. I've published two international conference papers, so the maths I teach isn't something I learned once and repeat from a textbook. I use it.

What I cover:

GCSE Maths and Physics, all exam boards including AQA, Edexcel, OCR and Eduqas
A-Level Maths, Further Maths and Physics
University Maths and engineering modules for science and engineering students
Individual topics including algebra, trigonometry, calculus, statistics, mechanics and logic

How I teach:

Every student starts in a different place, so the first thing I do is find out what they actually understand rather than what the syllabus assumes they should. From there I break difficult ideas into small steps, work through plenty of examples, and set focused practice between sessions.

I care more about a student knowing why a method works than memorising the steps, because understanding is what survives exam pressure when a question is worded unfamiliarly. Lessons are structured but relaxed. Students should feel comfortable asking the questions they think are silly, because those are usually the ones that matter most.

I'm patient with mistakes and honest about what still needs work. If a student isn't ready for a topic, I'll say so and we'll go back a step rather than pretend otherwise.

Term has just started, which is the best point in the year to build a routine before mocks in November and December. If your child is beginning Year 11 or Year 13, or retaking GCSE Maths this November, putting support in place now makes a real difference by the time the real papers arrive.
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I teach Electrical and Electronic Engineering online to university students, postgraduates, college students and serious self learners across the UK and Europe. Lessons are in English.

I hold an MSc in Electronics and Electrical Engineering with Distinction and I teach as a Visiting Lecturer on a Master's level module at a UK university. I also work as a freelance electronics engineer, designing circuit boards and writing firmware for real clients, and I have two accepted international conference papers. I set and mark university assignments myself, so I know where marks are won and lost on lab reports, coursework and project write ups.

Who this is for

Undergraduates on electrical, electronic, mechatronic or general engineering degrees at any European university. Final year, Master's and thesis students working on an engineering project. A Level, IB and college students taking physics or engineering. Career changers and self taught learners who want the fundamentals done properly rather than picked up from scattered videos.

I work with students on UK, IB and continental European programmes. An unfamiliar syllabus or a module structured differently from the UK is not a problem. Send me the material and I will work from it.

What we cover

Circuit analysis in DC and AC, including Kirchhoff's laws, Thevenin and Norton equivalents, superposition, phasors and AC power. Operational amplifiers and analogue electronics. Digital electronics and logic design. Signals and Systems and Digital Signal Processing, covering Fourier analysis, Laplace and z transforms, sampling and filter design. Control systems, transfer functions, root locus, Bode plots, stability and PID tuning. Semiconductor devices and power electronics. Embedded systems and microcontroller programming in C with Arduino, ESP32 and PIC. Simulation and tooling including MATLAB, Simulink, LTspice, Multisim and Proteus. Circuit board design in KiCAD. Lab reports, coursework, project supervision and exam technique.

How lessons work

Send me your lecture notes, assignment brief, lab sheet or the circuit that refuses to work, and I plan the session around it before we meet. Nothing generic.

Most students are stuck on one or two specific ideas rather than a whole module, so the first job is finding out which. Then we work through it with proper worked examples and real circuit diagrams, and I hand the problem back to you while I watch and correct, because you learn far more doing it than watching me do it.

If the real gap is the maths underneath a topic, complex numbers, phasors, Laplace transforms, we go back and fix that first, because everything after it depends on it.

You finish each session with annotated notes and a clear next step, and you can message me between lessons with questions.

Practical details

Lessons are online over Google Meet or Zoom, with screen sharing and a shared whiteboard so we can draw circuits and work through derivations together. Sessions run 60 or 90 minutes. Evenings and weekends available across European time zones.

Tell me your module, your deadline and exactly where you are stuck, and I will come back with a plan for the first session.
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