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How To Tutor Struggling Students
Tutoring students who are struggling is a challenge which tutors need to prepare for.
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Record Number of Exam Appeals 'Alarming'
New figures produced by exams regulator Ofqual have shown that a record number of GCSE and A Level exam papers are being successfully appealed.
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How can Tutors Avoid Ruining Literature for Students?
A children's author has recently warned that schools' approach to teaching literature risks ruining their love of books. How can tutors ensure that this doesn't happen?
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Schools Told to Teach British Values Now to Prevent Extremism
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has urged schools to begin teaching core British Values, and will require Ofsted inspectors to check schools for signs of radicalisation.
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Letting our students have a lie-in may boost results
A new study on teenagers' sleep patterns suggest that, unlike adults, they function better when they go to bed later and get up later. Tutors should remember this when helping students organise their time.
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Study finds east Asian children's top results are due to family values
The government has spent a great deal of money attempting to emulate the education systems of China and North Korea where student gain top results. However, a new study suggests that family values and attitudes are more important the the education systems themselves.
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Why bribing students to work isn't effective
A recent project offered poorer students cash incentives to improve their grades and behaviour. It didn't work, demonstrating that the project designers fundamentally misunderstood the nature of poverty.
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Report Warns Higher Education 'Cold Spots' Will Damage Economy
The Higher Education Funding Council has warned that lack of universities and courses in some parts of the country is damaging local economies.
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New System for Matching Tutors and Students
I haven't written my blog for ages, but there have been good reasons, and I've been working very hard on our new tutor-student assignment system, which will be in place soon.
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