Every Atlantic Ivy writing tutor has coached students onto the John Locke shortlist. The results below are each tutor's own record — not a pooled figure — so you can see exactly what the mentor working with your child has achieved.
The Faculty
100% shortlisted · John Locke 2026Director of Training, Oxford Union · Founder of Atlantic Ivy
Ricky is Director of Training at the Oxford Union and the founder of Atlantic Ivy. He has adjudicated at the European Universities Debating Championship and the Oxford IV, and has taught at more than 10 universities and 20 high schools internationally.
90% shortlisted · John Locke 2026MSt Candidate, University of Cambridge · Head Coach, Columbia Debate Society
Peregrine is an MSt candidate at the University of Cambridge, Head Coach of the Columbia Debate Society — where he has coached more than 500 students, including Harvard, Yale, and American national champions — and co-founder of Atlantic Ivy. He was formerly a top-5 ranked debater on the US national circuit.
Coached a ten-year-old onto the John Locke shortlist — proof that with the right mentoring, even the youngest writers can compete.
Lead mentor · HIR Writing ContestYale University, B.A. Political Science
Netra holds a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University, where she served as Vice President of the Yale International Relations Association and debated with the Yale Debate Association. She was Director-General of Committees for Yale MUN Dubai and earned Best Delegate awards at the Yale, MIT, and Cambridge Model UN conferences.
100% shortlisted · John LockeHarvard College · 2023 North American Debating Champion
Matt studies at Harvard College and is a member of the Harvard College Debating Union. He won the 2023 North American Debating Championship, where he was also named Top Debater of the tournament, and was a grand finalist at the 2023 US Universities Debating Championship.
Concord Review & HIR
Students writing a long history research paper work one-on-one with a historian from the London School of Economics.
Concord Review mentorPhD in Economic History, London School of Economics
Mikhail has a PhD in Economic History from the London School of Economics. He built his thesis on farm servants in Victorian England from census records and registers of hired servants, and his article on hiring fairs in north Wiltshire appeared in the Agricultural History Review in 2024. He also holds an MA in History with Distinction from Kingston University and an MBA from the University of Warwick.
Concord Review mentorPhD Candidate in Economic History, LSE · MPhil in Economics, Oxford
Marco is a PhD candidate in Economic History at the London School of Economics, where he researches foreign trade and economic development in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. He holds an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford, an MSc in Economic History with Distinction from LSE and a first-class BSc in Economics from UCL. At LSE he teaches undergraduate seminars and marks student work as a Graduate Teaching Assistant.
Concord Review · HIR mentorPhD Candidate in International History, London School of Economics
Armand is a PhD candidate in International History at the London School of Economics, where he has taught the undergraduate course Empire and Independence: World History in the Twentieth Century. He holds a first-class BA in Modern History with Economics from the University of Manchester and an MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation from LSE. His research on anticolonial movements in Malaysia has been published in Indonesia and the Malay World and by Manchester University Press.
The Record
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