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Tutors’ Christmas Holidays
It seems like a very appropriate time to write about the importance for tutors to realise the responsibility that they have to their students.
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A Problem Faced by Inexperienced Tutors
There is a skill which rapidly develops as one begins to tutor; planning and structuring lessons.
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Tutoring Experience, not Teaching Experience
At Blue Tutors we proudly tell prospective tutors that they do not need any formal teaching experience to apply to be a tutor with us.
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Protection When Tutoring; Don’t Rely on CRB Disclosures
This week we reported on an article from the US, where a convicted sex offender was attempting to set himself up as a private tutor.
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Redefining Literacy for the digital age
The government and schools will have to adjust to the fact that literacy has changed in response to new technologies. Gavin Dudeney, director of technology at The Consultants-E, writes this week that a barrage of new technologies which allow for different forms of expression and levels of interaction have changed the face of literacy today.
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‘Premium’ Tuition Agencies
Something which is amusing as it is frustrating is when we read about agencies supplying tutors to the rich and famous around London and the UK.
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Politics, Economics and Potest: How do we teach the strikes?
These days students can’t help but be aware of the political and economic climate in which we live. Few will have missed the news about the riots in London and around the country over the summer. News of the severe economic downturn has dominated the media over the last few years, and this week, many students had a day off school or university while their teachers were on strike in protest over cuts to public sector pensions. But as teacher and tutors, how do we present this information?
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Parents Want Exam Technique
Understanding versus exam technique probably isn’t something many people think about when they think about private tuition
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Student protest picks up pace at Cambridge University
Student protests against fees are dominating the news again this week as Universities Minister David Willetts was forced to abandon his speech at Cambridge university after protesters disrupted the event.
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