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One Tutor or Multiple Tutors?
One of the more difficult decisions we have to make at Blue Tutors is when a student requests more than one subject.
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Advice for tutors with students under pressure
Of all the issues tutors face, dealing with students who are put under extreme pressure by their schools, families, and even themselves can be the most challenging.
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A Tutor is Not Just for Christmas (or Easter)
There was recently a news article published on our website where someone gave their opinion about when students should get a tutor
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Browne report leaves tutors and students outraged
If we follow Browne’s logic, that society can’t afford to invest in these areas, it follows that students paying for their own education in these subjects have zero obligation to our society.
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Deciding What Tutors Can Teach
One of the decisions that Blue Tutors have to make on a daily basis is what subjects, and at what levels, we should allow particular tutors to tutor.
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Oxbridge entry puts unprecedented pressure on students
As the deadline for oxbridge entry looms, I wonder whether hardest role of the tutor is not to prepare students for interviews, but just to keep them sane.
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How Far to Push Students When Tutoring
A key skill for tutors is to make judgements about how much to push their students
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Multitasking is holding students back
Students are now so used to multitasking that they see no problem with watching tv, texting their friends and doing their homework all at once.
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Tutoring Teaches Us that Qualifications could be Better Organised
One of the first things new tutors learn is that with one-to-one tuition students generally ask many more questions than you would expect them to in a lesson at school.
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