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Tutor Challenges
As many tutors will say, teaching GCSE English to one student is very different from teaching the same subject to another student. This, of course, is the value of private tuition, that tutors can adapt their methods to their students’ needs. But how does this affect the tutor?
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Top Universities Fail to Widen Participation
This week the Office for Fair Access (Offa) has revealed that top universities in England have made little or no progress in recruiting students from disadvantaged backgrounds over the last 5 years.
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Tutors will Benefit from Industry Regulation
An issue which is often neglected when discussing the private tuition industry is the risk assumed by the tutors themselves.
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Drive to Create a National Association of Tutors
A think tank called ‘The Centre for Market Reform of Education’ is leading a drive to create a National Association of Tutors for the UK.
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Loads More Tutors
Pete's blog 10-6-13: Our recruitment drive completely dominated last week...
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How to Avoid 'Cowboy' Tutors
There are tens of thousands of private tutors registered with agencies in London alone, but unlike school teachers, many tutors do not have any formal teaching qualifications. This being the case, how can parents ensure that tutors are reliable, and able to do the job for which they have put themselves forward?
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Tuition Fees Should be Means-Tested
The education charity the Sutton Trust has urged the government to allow students from poor backgrounds to pay less in university tuition fees. The charity has said that university tuition fees should be means-tested in order to ensure that disadvantaged students are not prohibited from applying to university.
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Online Tuition is Cheap and Effective
Over the last couple of years, tuition agencies have broadened their services to include online tuition, and many agencies have emerged which solely offer online services.
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Tuition Fees Could be Reduced to £6000 a Year
This week the Million+ group of universities published research which suggests that Tuition fees in England could be reduced to £6,000 a year without increasing the costs of Universities or the Treasury.
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