Bridging the gap: UK university students tutor disadvantaged pupils
Hasan al-Habib, who is completing a PhD at Cambridge, helps teach biology to GCSE student Fardowsa Ahmed once a week. Photograph: Lucas A Maddalena Every Monday, after a long day of college, Fardowsa Ahmed logged on to her computer to take a night class in GCSE biology. She was exhausted, but she needed the qualification to start her nursing degree in the autumn. In two hours, her teacher covered material that GCSE pupils spend four to five classes on, with no time for questions. Ahmed quickly found herself struggling to cope, but paying £2...