How many books can you read in your life?
This is an interesting calculation. I used to select and read books without worrying too much as to whether they were best in class or not. Good cover? Tick. right subject? Tick. Blurb on the jacket good? Tick and buy. Not much science in that.
That was until it was pointed out to me that you [...]
More help for tutors: Tutorhub.org
This may smack of shameless self promotion, but the busy month of October sees us launch another site: Tutorhub. Way back when, we carried out a whole series of focus groups looking at parents attitudes to out of school learning and tutoring. One of the biggest headaches that parents faced was in tracking down tutors, [...]
The Internet as a place to do business
One of the great things about the Internet as a place to do business is that just as you think innovation is grinding to a halt, new ideas spring up in the oddest of places, triggering a fresh wave of products and competition. It can be brutal, but it can also be fun. I’ve been [...]
Stuckspace
Stuckspace is the homework help space. With teenagers currently expected to produce over half a billion hours of homework a year, we thought it was time for them to get a little help. Stuckspace is a collaborative space where you can post questions that they you’re stuck on and peers can post tips, answers [...]