Category: English
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Episode 77 – Limited spaces – apply now
The King’s Scholarship Exams are the benchmark for 13-year-olds. The logic is that the confidence in their ability and interest in their topic will open future opportunities and convince the gatekeepers that they are the right individuals to achieve their ambitions. My approach is to improve grades in the short term and to ensure they…
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Episode 75 – Can we debate properly in 2025?
Debating is an important skill. Have social media and short videos made it more difficult in communication with each other in 2025? Someone assassinated someone because of a strong personal political view. If we all work on our debating skills then we can build more bridges to connect communities. Debating is an important skill to…
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Episode 74 – Confidence is the major piece of the puzzle.
Introduction Recently, I went to a training session on personal development inspired by coaches for elite Olympic athletes to reach a higher level of performance and achieve our goals. The central theme is to take control and 100% accountability. I am passionate about the BE a Scholar Tuition (BEST) project. The goal is to motivate…
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Episode 73 – Edinburgh Fringe Special Part 2 – Takeaway
Introduction Jon Hipkiss gave an insight into his journey into being a comedian in the previous episode. There are 5 traits which are really important to expand further and how these traits are covered by the portfolio building approach. What are the takeaways? The BE a Scholar Tuition portfolio approach encourages students to find a…
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Episode 72 – Edinburgh Fringe Special Part 1 – Q and A with a Comedian
Introduction Let’s give a welcome, Jon Hipkiss, a comedian. We will have a Q&A style to talk about how his journey as a comedian performer and came to the Fringe and made a success of it with daily sold out shows. Jon has kindly accepted my invitation to write about his career so far and…
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Episode 46 – From Concept to Reality – part 1
Value and Deliverables The benchmark from Episode 45 shows that I am a few templates, programmes, and key performance indicators (KPIs) away from some sort of “business”. While every private tuition is trained on answering every and any questions under the sun, I instead want to use our curiosity to find the questions that when…
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Episode 39 – It’s ok to ask for help.
Introduction I decided to start a crowdfund to get more input and funding as a catalyst to complete my vision for the project. I need help on this project. I can only call myself “a bit of an expert” on Thermodynamics and Soft Robotics because that is what my PhD was about and subsequently I…
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Episode 35: Youtube insights and as a portfolio?
Introduction This episode is about four Youtubers that I found interesting. At BE a Scholar Tuition, I encourage the creation of a portfolio. The media format can be flexible so even Youtube is a platform for a portfolio of videos. I personally like to write and practise writing hence I am still in wordpress. However,…
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Episode 34 – Politics, appropriate for Kings Scholarship, appropriate for life.
Introduction Politics is a controversial topic to discuss, especially the aim is to write a post that is palatable to everyone. King’s Scholarship does look at politics, afterall historically, the scholars may move on to expand the British Empire as governors and at the present prestigious schools would probably like their alumni to be in…
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Episode 32 – Bonjour, Buongiorno, Guten Tag…
Languages will lead to more opportunities. I want to write the next post on languages after a recent visit to Switzerland, a country that has a blend of French, German, and Italian. Switzerland is a very pleasant place to visit and live. I like to travel and speaking the local language will enhance the experience.…
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