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Private Tutors Help Prepare Students for Independent Study
A recent survey has revealed that university students frequently receive under 100 hours of contact time throughout the course of their undergraduate degree. As well as sparking controversy and fueling the debate on higher education fees, this has also started some interesting conversations about the benefits of contact time at this level.
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Fears Over Drop in Sixth-Form Funding
This week schools and colleges have approached the education secretary to warn that the growing funding gap between under 16s and sixth form pupils risks students’ futures.
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Feedback on Tutoring Course
Pete's blog 6-5-13: I’m doing some tutor assessments today, but only because I completely missed that it’s a bank holiday...
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Romeo and Juliet lesson plan Love Imagery - help yourselves
Both lovers compare each other to forms of light.
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Tutors Should Teach Independence
In cases where tutors have been teaching students for some time, the student can come to rely on the tutor too much. If the tutor is always there every week to pick up the pieces of any problem that has emerged, students can sometimes struggle on their own if the crutch is taken away.
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Outrage as Ofqual Removes Speaking and Listening from GCSE English
England’s exams regulator Ofqual have announced that the speaking and listening element of GCSE English will no longer be examined. This element of the GCSE was assessed by teachers, and Ofqual has said that it cannot trust teachers not to give over-generous marks to their students.
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How a Tutor can help you Revise
At this time of year students from GCSE and A’ Level to degree often hire a private tutor to help with exam revision. There are a number of revision tricks that a tutor can help with which can potentially improve students’ grades.
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Ofsted Accuse Businesses of being a Poor Influence on Students
Schools inspectors Ofsted have hit out at companies who “disregard” the rules of spelling and grammar, arguing that they set a bad example for school children.
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Pointless and Tutor Flyering
Pete's blog 29-4-13: It’s not related to tutoring, but I was in the audience of Pointless last week...
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