Many students who head off to university for the first time have never before lived on their own, which can seem intimidating. There will probably be a lot of things that your parents did for you that you'll now have to do for yourself.
Before you head off to university, here are some life skills t...
Read more ›I was trawling an educational forum a few nights ago, when one poster's comment struck me right between the eyes. It was something to the effect that schools - although they do a good job of teaching us times tables, the insides of plants and so on - teach us hardly anything about the "real world". ...
Read more ›We were saddened to see a recent BBC article highlighting how the state education system is failing some poor pupils ("Invisible poor children let down by schools", BBC News 20/06/13). This is something we're particularly aware of in the private tuition sphere, where we see families with a broad s...
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