A new academic year is starting

Let’s define the approach for the academic year 2024/2025. What does BE a Scholar Tuition offer? King’s Scholarship remains the academic benchmark that we strive to guide our students to reach in their subject of interests. The approach is to improve the educational environment where possible to ensure efficient learning. Episode 46 provides the description on Templates, Programme and KPIs. The aim is to achieve a successful outcome in the future interviews for whatever roles or opportunities in whatever subject. The two supporting objectives are 1. find out the topic of interest and 2. convince the gatekeepers for a successful outcome. I realised that Social Capital is a major component for the second objective.

What is Social Capital?

“Social capital refers to the networks, relationships, and social connections that individuals or groups have, which can provide access to resources, support, and opportunities. It encompasses the benefits and advantages that people gain from their social networks, including trust, mutual understanding, shared values, and cooperation within a community or society.” Clearly, I need more social capital, as it helps to get things done and reach my goals. We can logically divide social capital either in one’s control or not in one’s control. Life is hard enough so we will focus on what can be in our control.

What can we do to improve our social capital? AI described 10 things that can help. I expanded on what BEST can offer and the rationales behind them. Some are up-to the individual to decide and are out of BEST’s scope.

1. Build and maintain friendships
   • BEST creates clubs that will lead to new friendships.
   • Use of curiosity to identify Subject Matter Experts and research their profiles.
2. Participate in extra-curricular activities
   • BEST offers Reading, Writing, Aspiration, Everyday’s Science and the McRobotface Robotics clubs.
3. Engage with Teachers and School staff
   • Ask questions to fill gaps from mindmapping
   • Optimise learning efficiency, i.e. Ensure each 30 mins sessions can gain the biggest grade improvement.
4. Be involved in the community – Out of scope, depends on individuals.
5. Develop communication skills
   • Our focus on classical rhetoric with arrangement to improve communication.
   • Reading and writing clubs
6. Help others – Out of scope, depends on individuals
7. Cultivate a positive reputation- Out of scope, depends on individuals
8. Engage with group work and collaboration
   • Group activities when join as part of our club.
9. Connect with different groups
   • Clubs can connect different pupils from different schools and backgrounds.
10. Use Technology wisely.
    • BEST guides to building a virtual portfolio of work with an alias
    • Internet safety, and parental guidance are top priority.

BEST highlighted many ways that we look to develop the pupils’ Social Capital to increase their chances of success in their future interviews.

Summary

BEST aims to guide the pupil to reach King’s Scholarship academic level for their subjects of interests, while building their social capital to maximise the probability of success in their future interviews. We want the future generations to be excited and able to achieve their aspirations.