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Tuition News from October 2011

  1. 31-10-11: Comparing Face-to-Face and Online Tuition

    A recent article on the Mindshift website asks whether online tuition can be compared to face-to-face tuition.

    A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.

  2. 28-10-11: Literacy and the Broken Society

    A couple of years ago the Public accounts committee produced a report stating that the government's target of 95% adult literacy was wildly optimistic if our education system continued to decline.

    A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.

  3. 26-10-11: Private School Attacks Tuition Agency

    A school in New York has accused a tuition agency of using scare tactics and inappropriate marketing.

    A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.

  4. 24-10-11: More Than Half of Ohio’s Tutors are Ineffective

    A recent report in the Columbus Dispatch stated that more than half of the private tutors contracted by the government are performing below the level expected.

    A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.

  5. 21-10-11: UCL Study shows IQ changes during teenage years

    A new study published this week suggests that IQ scores can change considerably throughout adolescence, challenging earlier beliefs that a person’s IQ was fixed from childhood.

    A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.

  6. 19-10-11: Ofqual Critical of English Literature A Levels

    The exam watchdog Ofqual has criticised A Level English Literature exams in the UK.

    A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.

  7. 17-10-11: Japanese Government Use Tutors to Improve Standards

    The Japanese government are investing in large tutoring projects throughout the country.

    A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.

  8. 14-10-11: Scrapping EMA blamed for drop in student numbers

    A report this week suggested that half of England’s further education colleges have seen a significant decline in students, a drop they say is due to the removal of the Education Maintenance allowance (EMA).

    A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.

  9. 12-10-11: Rise in Foreign Student Numbers in UK Universities

    In the last five years there has been a dramatic rise in the number of overseas students studying in the UK.

    A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.

  10. 10-10-11: Alternative to Private Tuition Introduced in Falmouth

    A new system to help students learn maths is being introduced in the Falmouth area.

    A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.

  11. 07-10-11: UK falls behind global higher education as cuts deepen

    Statistics published by the Times Higher Education magazine this week show that the gap between the UK’s top universities and the rest of the world’s campuses is widening.

    A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.

  12. 05-10-11: Tuition Centre Complains About Lack of Regulation

    Every Thursday primary school student John McDonald travels to a tuition centre in Lisburn for 80 minutes of lessons to help him with his entry exams for grammar schools.

    A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.

  13. 03-10-11: Hong Kong Tutoring, but Not as We Know It

    The Slate website recently interviewed Richard Eng and Kelly Mok, two of Hong Kong’s ‘celebrity’ tutors.

    A Tuition News article written by Blue Tutors.

  1. "The lessons went well. I was impressed by how quickly my son got on in his lessons, and he seemed to like Kim very much. We're hoping he will continue in the future..."
  2. Dr L, Cambridge