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Live-in Tutors
Recently, with the rising interest in private tuition, increasing numbers of wealthy families are hiring full-time tutors, some of whom also live-in
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More Schools Meet Government Targets
New results show that more secondary schools in England are meeting government targets. Of 3,200 state schools, 154 are now categorised as under-performing, a drop of 61 from last year.
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UK Girls Fall Behind in Maths
Like many other issues surrounding gender relations, girls’ problems with maths is systemic and needs to be addressed on that level.
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University Grades Significantly Higher than 10 Years Ago
New data has emerged which shows that the grades of British university students have dramatically improved, prompting speculation that universities may be manipulating results in order to maintain their place in league tables.
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No Explanation for No Tutors in Cambridge
Pete's blog 3-2-14: The post-Christmas rush for tutors has calmed down a little now...
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Online Tutoring For All
Recent statistics show that many children do not have access to the internet at home, meaning that they are not only excluded from tutoring opportunities, but school exercises as well.
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Debate Heats Up Over Higher Education Funding
Talks are underway between senior government ministers as to whether the student opportunity fund will be maintained. The fund, currently £327m, is in place to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds in completing their university studies.
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Licence for Education
Labour have recently announced that they want to introduce a teaching ‘licence’ which would allow teachers to prove they had the skills necessary to teach in state school classrooms.
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Labour's Plan to Licence Teachers
Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has proposed that all state school teachers should be required to have professional teaching qualifications. He criticised the government’s policy of allowing unqualified teachers to work in academies and free schools, and said that under a Labour government only qualified teachers would work in state schools.
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