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Ofqual report backs final exam A-levels
A report by England's qualifications watchdog, Ofqual, says academics are losing faith in first-year undergraduate students. Students, according to 71 academics interviewed by Ofqual, lack basic skills in English and Maths, as well as the knowledge to write essays, conduct research, reference properly.
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Online tutoring - not just second choice
Cleveland.com reports a real rise in the number of students taking advantage of a new system on online academic support. While this is for University students at the moment, there is no reason why this kind of thing cannot happen here in the UK with school kids. And indeed it does on an informal level, where teachers often answer students’ questions posted on homework forums etc.
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Finished Qualifications and Update on Online Tuition
Pete's blog 24-4-12: Last week I met with a software development company..
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Student tutors
Hartford local paper, The Courant, reports a story where students are engaging in peer-tutoring schemes. Enabling a student to be able to look through and ‘mark’ their own work is a fantastic way of teaching a student how to help themselves.
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The power of interesting homework.
Give students something to really get excited about - the power to persuade you not to give them homework!
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400,000 pupils miss month of school
Figures just released show 400,000 children were persistently absent from England's schools in the past year and missed about one month of school each.
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Fewer places, more competition
According to the BBC Education website (29/03/2012), most universities in England are going to have fewer places to offer students this year, as the funding changes in higher education are implemented.
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End of Year Stuff
Pete's blog 17-4-12: The big job this week was all the end of year financial stuff...
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Who needs a tutor?
Parents usually tend to look for tutoring options after parents evenings or an alarming school report and, something I’ve noticed particularly in the last month, during a panicky run up to the exam. However, tutoring benefits all students, even those who are not struggling in school.
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