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Rise in Tuition Fees Doesn't Mean More Teaching Time
This week a survey by the Higher Education Policy Institute and Which? consumer group has revealed that university students receive just 18 minutes more teaching time each week than they did seven years ago. This is despite the fact that tuition fees have risen from £1000 to £9000 a year over this period
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Helicopter Tutors
The ‘helicopter’ approach is not just prevalent amongst parents; private tutors can get swept along in the process.
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GCSE Marks to Change
The government has revealed plans to replace the top GCSE marks A* and A with a numerical scale ranging from one to four. The move was proposed by the education secretary to MPs this week, and presented as a means via which employers and universities could distinguish between high achieving candidates.
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Finished Categorising Qualification Types
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Advice on Selecting a Tutor
When a family is hiring a tutor for the first time, what criteria should they use? What do parents do when they don’t know how the world of private tuition works?
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Oxford University Blasts Tougher Exams Plan
This week Oxford University have produced a report which claims that tougher exams will not necessarily boost standards.
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The Government should focus on more than English and Maths
It comes as no surprise then that the most common private tuition requests are for English and Maths. These are core subjects, without which students will struggle to go on to achieve their goals in life. However, the government shake up of the curriculum, whilst rightly emphasising these subjects, has dramatically cut back on arts subjects including music, drama and art.
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Schools Hire Private Tutors
This week it has emerged that large numbers of primary and secondary schools in the UK are hiring private tutors to come in and provide extra support to struggling students.
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Better Lesson Goals
Pete's blog 13-5-13: I was pleasantly surprised that in the tutor assessments last week, three people stated good lesson goals...
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