You might have received a certain impression of maths from your school. You might think that it is a matter of following the rules. You do what you are told, and then you get the right answer. This is very, very wrong. It is more like painting, or sculpting, or crafting. Let’s go with the [...]

We have moved! We hope that we found a permanent base for Edinburgh Science tutors. Our new office is located just 5 min walk from the West End of Princess St and allows us to host two tutorials at any time. Our own office is ideal for one-to-one tutorials and a bigger meeting room can [...]

  We’d like to wish best of luck to all students sitting their SQA standard grade, higher and advanced higher Maths exams today! We are sure your hard work will pay off and below we listed some last minute tips from our maths tutors: Make sure to show your working – we cannot emphasize enough [...]

As the exams are fast approaching we are introducing a new revision series. Our tutors have noticed that there are certain topics which students commonly find more difficult than the rest of the syllabus. We are going to write short articles accompanied by videos and illustrations so that students can use them as additional revision [...]

Book a tutor before Christmas In December we are usually to busy to think about January prelims and coming back to school after the Festive Season. Indeed, January has been the busiest month for Edinburgh Science Tutors to date. That is why we recommend booking a tutor now to avoid disappointment in January when all [...]

Earlier in the year, I wrote two articles about the length scales of the universe, from the shortest to the longest. This post is a sequel, of sorts. Please allow me to (briefly) tell you about the time scales of the universe, from a second to a nanosecond. 1 second Originally, a second was simply [...]

Since we launched back in January 3 months ago, we never expected that our tutors will have a chance to help so many students with their science courses. We are thrilled with the number of requests we are receiving every week from students from Edinburgh and we have decided to welcome one more person to [...]

For some children getting a private tutor is a chance of catching up with school work after absence due to poor health. Some parents choose to hire a tutor in order to give their children the best chance of receiving the grades required to fulfil a university offer or an entrance to a dream school. It is [...]