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University Applications Fall by 8%
New university application figures show that there last been an 8% drop in the number of applications from last year, putting the numbers at the lowest for 6 years. The University and Colleges Admission Service have said that so far they have received 13,000 fewer applications than the expected.
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Music Tuition in Decline
Arts councils and teachers in the UK have recently expressed outrage at the lack of focus on art and music in the new school curriculum. The subjects are no longer compulsory and many schools are dropping the subjects and cutting after schools programmes. In recent years, whilst requests for tutoring in core subjects have gone up, requests for music and instrumental tuition are in decline.
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Best Tutoring Autumn Ever
Pete's blog 11-12-12: Other than the tutor assessments I did on Thursday, it was a fairly unremarkable week last week...
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Leage Table Puts UK Education System 6th in the World
New Research produced by education firm Pearson has revealed that the UK education system is ranked 6th in the world. Educational superpowers Finland and South Korea were ranked first and second place in the league table.
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Schools Concerned over Private Tuition for Entrance Exams
Tens of thousands of families in the UK have hired private tutors to help with 11 and 13+ exams. However, some schools are now considering plans to make exams “tutor proof”, due to concerns that the wrong children are winning places at selective schools.
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Schools put too much focus on Elite Universities
The Office For Fair Access has released a statement this week advising schools not to focus on pushing a handful of students to get into elite universities, but to focus on all their students.
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Live-in Tutors
Those wishing to make as much money as possible in a short period, for example over the summer holidays, are sometimes given the opportunity to live with their students’ families to offer intensive tuition.
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Grammar Checks on School Teachers
Pete's blog 4-12-12: I noticed in an article last week that a school in Norfolk is employing proof-readers to correct grammar on school reports...
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Tuition for Very Young Children can be Damaging
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