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Increase in university students seeking private tuition

RAPID GROWTH IN STUDENTS SEEKING HEADSTART The number of university students across the South East of England requesting private tuition...

Private tutors offer exam advice..keep calm and carry on!

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON! Private tutors reveal their top ten exam and revision tips “Keep calm and carry on” is one of the overriding...

UK education changes cause pupil anxiety

A recent survey of 200 private tutors has revealed a palpable sense of anxiety and uncertainty about the future on the part of many...

A CLEAR TREND TOWARDS ONLINE LEARNING

Here’s my views on an education news story on today’s BBC website… Cambridge to tutor A-level physics Academics from Cambridge University...

THE PRIVATE TUTORIAL SET TO CHANGE FOREVER

– Easter is the time when demand for private tuition starts to increase with end of year exams on the horizon – The number of parents...

Latest blog on level sixth form playing field call

** Level sixth-form playing field call ** The government should level the playing field for post-16 education in England, the Sixth Form...

Schools need good wifi access!

Schools lack adequate wi-fi Only about a quarter of schools in England have good enough wi-fi to get the best out of digital technology,...

ENTRANCE EXAM TUITION IS PARADOX FOR SCHOOLS

Poorest need entrance test help Some selective state schools should do more to help poorer children pass their entrance exams, suggests a...

Web safety is all about parental control in increasingly complicated tech world…

** Web safety lessons urged for infants ** Children as young as five should be given lessons in how to use the internet safely,...

Free school sites…plugging the dam with tissue paper!

** Free schools site rules to change ** Changes to planning rules in England will make it easier for new free schools to open in...

Make A Levels worthwhile not dumbed down nonsense!

My views in relation to this recent story on A Levels… A-level plans challenged by school and university heads...

ONLINE PRIVATE TUITION PASSES CLOSE EXAMINATION!

With the January exams underway or in prospect for thousands of UK schoolchildren now is the time when a growing number of parents and...

History should never be forgotten..it’s vital for our future!

** Overhaul school history, urge MPs ** School history lessons should be overhauled and a British history qualification brought in for...

WORDS and WAFFLE from DoE

** UK education sixth best in world ** An international education league table puts the UK among a leading group of countries headed by...

What makes a career adviser?

** Most schools cut careers advice** Research suggests careers advice has been in reduced in eight out of 10 schools in England this...

PLEASE SPEND EDUCATION MONEY WISELY!

** Poorest pupils weaker at maths** Research suggests the poorest children are twice as likely to struggle at maths than their...

Trainee teacher dropout rate is a worrying statistic

** Trainee teacher dropout warning ** Nearly one in three people who train to be teachers in England does not go on to work in the...

Teenagers can’t read GCSE exams – take with a sinch of palt!

** Teenagers can’t read GCSE exams** Analysis suggests thousands of UK teenagers cannot read well enough to understand their GCSE exam...

Opening the Gates of online tuition

** Gates backs online universities ** Online courses provided by some of the world’s top universities are going to be used by students...

Is encouraging crippling student debt a good move?

Graduates facing tougher times A major long-term study suggests recent graduates face a much tougher jobs market and harsher economic...