News and press releases
Monday, August 18th, 2014
“The UK needs private universities”: Tutors International criticises Government’s applicant restrictions on top universities
Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International, today criticised application controls imposed by the Government on Oxford and Cambridge Universities, claiming it will ultimately destroy the UK’s place in the world knowledge economy. He proposes that the UK could benefit from having private universities. Founder of Tutors International, Adam Caller, who has variously taught in state and independent schools, as a...
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Monday, August 11th, 2014
“Like royal nannies, private tutors must show loyalty and deference”, claim Tutors International
Leading private tutoring agency, Tutors International, today compared the qualities expected in the most elite of private tutors with those of royal nannies. As Prince George turns one year old, there is much discussion about royal babies and their raising. Describing the qualities essential in a recent article in the Telegraph, the author states that royal nannies must show loyalty...
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Monday, August 4th, 2014
Tutors International shortlisted for three EducationInvestor 2014 awards
Tutors International is shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious EducationInvestor Awards, including Education Business of the Year and Exporting Excellence. As the world’s leading provider of full-time private tuition, Tutors International is the only Private Tutoring company shortlisted outside its own category at the EducationInvestor Awards 2014 EducationInvestor has organised the award ceremony for the last five years. The...
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Monday, July 28th, 2014
“Maths and science careers are not enticing enough for students to want to continue study”, says Tutors International
Tutors International, the world’s leading provider of full time private tuition, today announced that while they agree with the Royal Society’s view that maths and science should be compulsorily taught post-GCSE, akin to the US style of education, the UK needs to ensure its science careers are more attractive to students. Leading global tuition agency, Tutors International, which was founded...
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Monday, July 21st, 2014
Sports provision in private home-schooling excels sports provision in private schools: Tutors International reports rise in privately tutored sports stars
Tutors International, the world’s leading provider of full time private tuition, today reported that they are home-schooling more students who hope to become professional athletes than ever before Adam Caller, who founded prestigious global tuition company, Tutors International in 1999, today reported that the agency has full-time private tutors for more sports professional hopefuls than ever before. Mr Caller commented,...
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Monday, July 14th, 2014
“Boarding school pupils can have a sense of entitlement, misogyny and a swagger that is unattractive,” say Tutors International
Tutors International, the world’s leading provider of full time private tuition, today commented on a recent article about poor leadership skills in ex-boarding school students. Founder, Adam Caller, describes the character traits that make good leaders, which are rarely found in boarders who often struggle with the pressure from their environment. In a recent article by The Guardian psychologist Nick Duffell...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
“Failed academies are inevitable, and here’s why…” says Tutors International
Adam Caller, Independent Education Consultant and founder of Tutors International, explains why academies fail. Off the back of the recent announcements that the Prospects Academies Trust has failed, Adam Caller, founder of the world’s leading provider of full-time private tuition, Tutors International, today declared his opinion on the future of academies and their likelihood to succeed. According to the BBC...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
Small changes to TES jobs section means big changes for the private tutor industry, says Tutors International founder
Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International, spoke out today of his concern over the Times Educational Supplement’s decision to remove the dedicated section for the private tutor vacancies and the detrimental effect this could have on the profession. The Times Educational Supplement (TES) has gradually made some changes to the format of both the online and print versions of their...
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Monday, May 12th, 2014
“What’s an ‘astronomical’ fee?”: Tutors International founder, Adam Caller defends super tutors’ salaries
Education consultant and founder of Tutors International, Adam Caller, today published a response to the scepticism around the fees commanded by ‘super tutors’. A recent article on the BBC website (Sean Coughlin, Exam pressure: What the private tutor saw, 23 April 2014), looks at exam pressure on school pupils, and the families who pay “astronomical” fees for the very best...
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Monday, May 5th, 2014
British private tutors are highly sought by US families
Tutors International today announced that they are accepting applications for further tutoring placements in the USA, and that British private tutors are highly sought after by US families as they are often well-travelled with more exposure to other cultures and languages. Tutors International, the leading provider of full-time private tutoring with families around the globe, today announced that they are...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014
“Are even the best private schools failing young women?” asks Tutors International
Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International, today commented on a recent article, questioning whether even top private schools are producing a generation of girls who aspire to be political ‘wives and girlfriends’ rather than successes in their own right? Are private schools failing young women? A recent article in The Telegraph (Victoria Lambert, Why everyone wants a Marlborough missus, 25...
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Monday, April 14th, 2014
“US point system in schools is fundamentally flawed”: Tutors International comment on recent homework study findings
Educational consultant, Adam Caller, is highly critical of the US point system and agrees with US study that parental involvement in homework could bring down grades, but not for the same reasons. Adam Caller, member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) and founder of Tutors International, today commented on a recent study into the effect of homework on children’s...
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Friday, April 4th, 2014
Tutors International is now accepting applications from private tutors for three long-term tutoring jobs abroad
Tutors International, global provider of full-time private tutoring, announced that is has three vacancies for international private tutors for long-term placements, including Sri Lanka and Switzerland. Tutors International, who provides homeschool tuition for families around the world, today announced three tutoring jobs for exceptional private tutors for long-term placements abroad. Adam Caller, who founded Tutors International in 1999, commented: “Our...
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Monday, March 24th, 2014
10 Signs Your Child is Being Bullied at Private School: Education consultant releases information for parents
Is your child being bullied at private school? Adam Caller, founded of Tutors International, a leading provider of full-time private tuition and home-schooling, today published a list of the warning signs of endemic bullying for parents of pupils at independent and boarding schools. Adam Caller, founder of global private tuition organisation, Tutors International, has compiled a list of the 10...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
Bullying by schools: Tutors International publishes step-by-step advice for pupils marginalised by teachers and the school system
A common but little-discussed problem, Tutors International, who provide global home-schooling and full-time private tutoring, today published a list of actions parents should take when faced with endemic bullying by a school itself. Today Tutors International, leading global provider of full-time private tutors, published a list of actions that parents of bullied schoolchildren should take to combat and seek resolution...
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