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Melanie Williams-Browne, Head of Tutoring, shares her view on the difference Pearson Tutoring is making to students across the country.

18th August, 2022, LONDON: Around 200,000 students receive their Level 3 BTEC results today (18th Aug), according to Pearson, the awarding body for the qualifications.  Students were awarded grades ranging from a ‘Starred Distinction’ to a ‘Pass’. They will now progress into higher or further education, apprenticeships or full-time employment, often in key industries that suffer from drastic shortages of skilled, ambitious workers. 

Online tutoring rose to prominence following the first Covid lockdown – and appears set to continue throughout the next academic year and beyond. 

With the government’s White Paper, Opportunity for All: Strong schools with great teachers, outlining the key role of tutoring services in helping them reach their ambitious targets, and with an additional £349 million announced to support school-led tutoring in 2022/2023, it is clearly here to stay. But what will it look like?  

Applicants with disabilities need earlier support to transition to higher education in the UK, according to a report by UCAS in partnership with Pearson, the leading digital media learning company, and the Disabled Students Commission.

Sustainable schools: A new in-depth study compiled by the leading digital media learning company, Pearson, explores the environmental, economic and social action taking place in the country’s schools – from ‘going green’ to future-proofing a curriculum with wellbeing and life skills at its core.

Pearson tutor Nicola Beaverstock looks at the best way teachers and tutors can work
together in harmony.

London, May 25, 2022- As the Great Resignation continues to disrupt the global economy, Pearson, the world's leading learning company, today released new public opinion research showing that people around the world want more prioritization of mental health and wellbeing in their workplace.

LONDON (12 May, 2022) - Onscreen assessment has the potential to deliver wide-ranging benefits for learners, teachers and the exam system as a whole – but will need to go beyond recreating the current system online and will need sector-wide practical and cultural change to be successful, says Pearson.

Following the announcement by the government in March 2022 concerning the National Tutoring scheme, the following changes will be put into place from September 2022: