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Top 10 tips on how your child can budget whilst at university

Sending your child to university can prove to be a costly few years – Catherine McKeown (Head of Financial Support) from the University of Sheffield would like to share her top 10 tips on how your child can budget, minimizing your concerns and the holes in their pockets! Be aware of what financial support is available – there is a wide range of financial support offered for those…
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How to help your child make the most of their university holidays

The time spent at university is valuable, but the long months between studying can be highly rewarding. Amy Gray and Claire Brooke from the University of Sheffield’s Career Service have some top tips as to how your child can make the most out of their university holidays, and give their CV a real boost! If your child is in their Fresher year: Don’t let them waste this time &#8211…
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My Tourist Guide to the Solar System

On 1st February 2012, a unique travel guide to the solar system will transport young explorers on an exhilarating adventure into outer space. London Mums love it because it is easy to read and also easy to understand a scientific topic that we as parents don’t always remember well 🙂 The pictures and illustrations are very good and brought back lovely memories of my time at school. Highly…
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Win 1 of 3 copies of the book 'My Tourist Guide to the Solar System… And Beyond' By Dr. Lewis Dartnell

This unique travel guide will transport young explorers on an exhilarating adventure into outer space. Discover alien landscapes, fascinating facts and breathtaking scenery. The only question remains, will you return….? For your chance to win one of these amazing books, enter your answer to the simple question below in our dedicated competition page…
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Why growing sunflowers can help your child with maths!

Parents often ask me about how to get their child interested in maths because ‘they just don’t get it.’ Understandably the same parents go searching for a maths tutor to help bridge the ever growing gap between their child and his peers….what they don’t realise is there is a lot of help they can give at home with a little guidance. Maths Language Keep the…
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Modern teaching methods and the obstacles it presents to parents

Number chunking, number lines and synthetic phonics – new teaching techniques brought in with the Labour Government’s 1999 Numeracy and Literacy Strategies – now mean that 95% of parents keen to help their children boost their grades are simply, ill-equipped to do so. “Most parents do not understand how their children are taught, and it really isn’t a surprise”, says Geoffrey…
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Parents fear empty nests as students settle into campus life

Concerns about financial management rife as leading student counsellor gives top tips for beating separation woes. More than two-thirds of parents in the UK (70%) fear that that they will find their child leaving for university “emotionally difficult”, with 40% believing that they will miss their child more than their child will miss them, according to new research published today. The…
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Help is available for career-break teachers who want to return to the classroom

A new survey, commissioned by the TDA, estimates that at least 16,000 teachers who left the classroom in the past five years have tried to return, without success. Over one third are under the age of 40 and of those who are secondary teachers, one-third are qualified to teach core shortage subjects – maths, sciences and modern languages. Teachers returning to the classroom have always made an…
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Size up your child’s BMI as they head back to school

New obesity figures spark call to action from NHS Choices. As children head back to school with lunch boxes and dinner money in hand, NHS Choices, the health information website for the NHS, is calling on parents to take a proactive approach to managing their child’s diet and weight. Parents can start by checking their child’s body mass index (BMI) at www.nhs.uk/bmi NHS Choices’ call to…
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London School of Economics named best university in London

LSE IS LONDON’S TOP UNIVERSITY – IMPERIAL COLLEGE HAS THE MOST STUDENTS IN THE CAPITAL WITH GRADUATE LEVEL JOBS – GREENWICH EXCELS IN TEACHING EXCELLENCE SAYS STUDENTS – The Sunday Times University Guide 2012. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has been named the top university in London according to The Sunday Times University Guide 2012. Imperial…
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