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Tag Archives: Student
Study buddies – helping students bloom
Guest blog by Gareth Machin, Assistant Senior Tutor The concept of “Teachers teach, students learn” has been an outmoded one for some time and, thankfully, the learning taking place in Perse classrooms is a far more interactive and engaging experience. … Continue reading
The ten second challenge goes viral
Over two decades of teaching I have practised the ten second challenge which gives pupils who commit occasional minor misdemeanours (such as forgetting a book) the opportunity to talk their way out of a punishment. Rather than copying out lines, … Continue reading
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Tagged Communication, Daily Telegraph, education, Educators, Facebook, Student, Teacher, Wright Stuff
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Social mobility or rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic?
Two islands, two very different outlooks. This summer I was in Singapore where virtually everyone I spoke with from taxi drivers to headteachers accepted the mantra that Singapore as a small island lacking natural resources depends on human endeavour for its … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Milburn, education, Higher education, Newcastle University, Oxford, Singapore, Social mobility, Student
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Oxbridge justice?
Oxbridge admissions tutors are much maligned. On one hand they are frequently criticised by left wing politicians for being too conservative in their admissions decisions. Such commentators see Oxford and Cambridge as guardians of an elitist status quo with an … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambridge, Colleges and Universities, education, Guardian, Jeevan Vasagar, meritocracy, Oxbridge, Oxford, social engineering, Student, Tutor
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