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You’re a Tutor not a Babysitter!
When tutoring younger children, responsibility for their welfare can be an issue. Whether you tutor at your house, or theirs, or somewhere agreed mutually, you are responsible for their safety while their parents are not around.
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‘Helicopter’ Parents who won’t let their children grow up.
The Mail Online today (07/06/12) reports on the increasing presence of parents at university open days and freshers weeks, events which used to be attended by the students only as they started the long process of fledging.
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More Tutor Assessments Needed
Pete's blog 26-6-12: Laura was away on Monday and Tuesday last week, so I was covering for her...
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England's university applications down 10%
There has been a 10% drop in the number of people from England applying to study in the UK when higher fees start, figures show. The university admissions service, Ucas, says 46,413 fewer students from England have applied than at the same time last year.
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Shakespeare: start ‘em young
I teach English and English literature to students of all ages.
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If Payments are Worrying You, Talk to Us!
99% of our tutors pay all their invoices on time. However, we have a few tutors who don’t seem to think this is important.
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“My students have to understand, tutoring is only my second job!”
I was rather surprised to read this in an email from one of our tutors yesterday, as I’m sure you can imagine. Don’t get me wrong, we are well aware that tutoring is often a way to earn some spare cash in spare time rather than a career choice. However, we do expect that tutors treat our clients and the students to the kind of service which means that they won’t feel as though they are not your main priority.
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Free Schools Could be Run for Profit
In an article on the BBC Education page today (31/05/2012) Sean Coughlan reports that the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has not ruled out allowing Free Schools to be run for profit. Mr Gove told the Leveson Inquiry on Tuesday that he had an "open mind" on such profit making in the future.
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Problems with Tutoring Locations
Pete's blog 19-6-12: I came across a crazy problem with our system this week...
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