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Afternoon Naps Shown to Help Learning
A new research study has been published which suggests that younger children should sleep in the afternoon in order to boost their brain power. According to the findings, a nap of just one hour after lunch for 3-5 year olds significantly improves their ability to remember lessons.
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What Tutors Can Do for International Students
As tutors there isn’t much we can do directly to influence the government’s current policy, but we can certainly help prepare international students for study in the UK.
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FutureLearn Online University Courses Launch in UK
The UK has launched an online education project called FutureLearn, which will allow the UK to enter the global market in online universities.
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How Tutors Can Help Students With Learning Difficulties
It is increasingly common for tutoring agencies to receive requests from parents of children with learning difficulties. Although school mechanisms for identifying and helping children with learning difficulties has improved over the few years, many children fall through the gaps.
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Tuition for Three Year Olds?
where parents genuinely want to help their child’s cognitive development, tutors may well be able to devise appropriate and fun activities which will allow children to flourish and prepare them for school
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Calls to Scrap Ofsted Inspections
One of the country’s top academics has said that there is no evidence that methods used by schools inspectors Ofsted are at all effective. Professor Robert Coe said that the lesson observations which form the core of Ofsted evaluations do not necessarily lead to valid judgements.
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Tuition Equality Gap: How Tutors and Agencies Can Help
In an industry this competitive, where many parents can afford to hire private tutors for their children, the equality gap between wealthy students and their less well-off counterparts will continue to grow.
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Investing in Students and Teachers
Nowadays it seems that money talks when it comes to producing the results that people want to see in education. This is true of all parties involved – parents, tutors, students, teachers, schools and universities.
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Do PhDs Make the Best Tutors?
Many parents request a tutor who is an expert in their field, as they feel that this will give their children the best start at a subject. However, is it really necessary to book a tutor who is an expert in their subject?
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