There is no doubt that education is moving on-line. It is projected that by 2014 almost 20% of the US textbook sales will be digital textbooks. Among many advantages of using digital textbooks on tablet devices is that the experience of studying will be much more diverse. It is being speculated that textbooks will incorporate [...]

In this short series we will feature some of our tutors, to give our prospective tutees a better idea of the kind of tutors we work with at Edinburgh Science Tutors. They are mostly graduates and young researchers based in Edinburgh with a passion for education and science communication. Today we present a short interview with Lynsey, [...]

Welcome to the blog of Edinburgh Science Tutors! Here we will be posting short articles on topics that are interesting and relevant to students studying science at the levels from S4 up to undergraduate. Some of the posts will be written by our tutors, some by experts in education and science. We hope to bring [...]

  Introducing the new series This week we will post a series of short articles about our thoughts on what makes a great tutor, what you can expect from a tutoring agency and how ( or whether) we meet those expectations – we shall leave the judgement to you. Please feel free to publish your comments below, [...]

  During each private tutorial you have your tutor’s full attention and ideally you want to use this time to your best advantage. Below we listed 5 ways of making sure you make the most of each minute with your home tutor: 1. Think ahead. Have a clear idea of what you want to achieve [...]