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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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Students Protest Education Cuts
This week thousands of students are marching through London to protest the rising costs of education. The protest, organised by the National Union of Students, is directed at challenging the changes that have been made to school and university funding.
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Black and Asian Students 'Twice as Likely' to Receive Private Tuition
A new survey conducted by education charity the Sutton Trust has revealed that Black and Asian families are around twice as likely to hire a private tutor for their children. The results suggest that 42 % of Asian state-school students and 38 % of Black students have received private tuition compared with 20% of white students.
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Scrapping Resits is Unfair to Students
As news came out this week that one of the most significant changes to the new A’ level system is a ban on resits, critics have emerged saying that this discriminates against students.
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Computer Distractions
I had to get a new computer last week. For a while I had been using three computers...
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New Report Says State School Pupils put off Top Universities
A new survey by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Sutton Trust has revealed that state school students are far less likely than private school students to apply to top universities due to poor advice and lack of confidence.
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