So who can Study at Home?
My background is as a Further Education lecturer so I was used to having a wide cross-section of humanity in my classes but I had no idea when I began to teach English with Oxford Open Learning that my new tutor groups would be quite so diverse!
Introducing Mathematicians from History 10 : Albert Einstein?
Einstein was born in Germany in 1879 and, other than a short period spent studying in Switzerland, he lived there until 1933. He moved to the United States of America due to the rise to power of the Nazis under Adolf Hitler.
Why is he famous?
Many people use the ...
Read Full Article... | 03rd May 2012
Introducing Mathematicians from History 9 : Isaac Newton
In todays distance learning Maths blog an Oxford Home Schooling tutor looks at the life and work of Isaac Newton.
Isaac Newton is probably the most famous British mathematician. He was born in Lincolnshire in 1643 and spent most of his adult life in Cambridge.
Read Full Article... | 01st May 2012
Wider reading for A Level English Literature: 5: Life in Victorian Britain
Here is the next instalment in our series on wider reading for A Level English Literature written by an Oxford Home Schooling tutor.
Now is a good time to refresh your memory about those general aspects of Victorian life - maybe have a look again at the books ...
Read Full Article... | 25th April 2012
Missing School
Recently the Department for Education released figures that showed almost 400,000 children miss at least a month of school. Pupils who are classed as “persistently absent” miss 15 per cent or more of school, and Schools Minster Nick Gibb says this is a serious problem. This is because most of ...
Read Full Article... | 03rd April 2012
Introducing Mathematicians from History 8: Geralamo Cardano
In today's distance learning Maths blog, an Oxford Home Schooling tutor looks at the life and work of Geralamo Cardano.
When and where did he live?
Cardano was born in Pavia, Italy in 1501. His mother had moved out of Milan in order to avoid the plague that ...
Read Full Article... | 12th April 2012
Introducing Mathematicians from History: 7: Euclid
Little is known about Euclid but it is thought that he lived around 300BC in Alexandria, Egypt. Until part way through the twentieth century Euclid’s The Elements was the second best-selling book of all time (beaten only by the Bible).
Read Full Article... | 28th March 2012
2011 GCSE Results
2011 was a record-breaking year as the gender gap widened. The performance gap between boys and girls reached its widest ever - 6.7 percentage points - at the top grades of A and A*.
Read Full Article... | 23rd March 2012
Schools Excluding Pupils Illegally
According to a study by the Children’s Commissioner a number of pupils have been excluded illegally or coerced into changing schools by head teachers in order to boost their schools’ ratings.
Dr Maggie Atkinson, the Children’s Commissioner for England, ...
Read Full Article... | 22nd March 2012
Wider reading for A Level English Literature: 4: Women in Victorian England
In the fourth blog in our A Level English Literature series, an Oxford Home Schooling tutor gives advice about wider reading on women in Victorian England.
You will now have immersed yourself in Victorian industry and Empire and will have come across quite a lot about your second ...
Read Full Article... | 18th April 2012
