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The Commitment Tutors Make
It's very important to us that our tutors understand the commitment they make when agreeing to tutor someone. Stopping during a course of lessons can have a really negative effect on a student's studies.
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Universities Failing Part Time Learners
There have been calls for universities to offer cheaper, shorter more flexible courses to encourage part time learners to return to further education after a fall of more than 50% in the last 8 years.
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Tutors Need to Find Motivation for their Students
A motivated student will always be easier to tutor, and more likely to study by themselves than one who isn't motivated. As tutors, if we can explain how studying can improve someone's life long term, then they're much easier to tutor.
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The Government to Tackle University Grade Inflation
The government are introducing a plan to prevent universities from awarding increasingly higher grades after fears that there is a race to the bottom to attract students.
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The Benefit of Alternative Learning Methods
Private tuition is sometimes criticised for not following the structure the student is used to in school, but this overlooks the benefit which can be gained from looking at things in an alternative way. Something which it's much easier for a tutor to do than it is for a school teacher.
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Ofsted Propose Less Exam-Focussed School Inspections
Ofsted want to focus their inspections on schools' hard work rather than simply results. This has been welcomed by teachers' unions, but they have also expressed caution that the new criteria is not introduced too quickly.
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Is Hiring a Private Tutor Unfair?
Tuition can be seen as unfair, but there is an alternative view that it is beneficial overall.
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Headmaster Warns Against Private Tuition
A headmaster recently asked parents not to employ a private tutor at a welcome assembly. He claims that tutors are not the same standard as his teachers and that they can confused students.
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Students Asking Tutors for Coursework
We never want our tutors to complete assessed work for students. The requests happen a lot, but hopefully we catch a lot of them, and prevent it.
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