Diwali – The Festival of Lights

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Once a year, towards the end of October or the beginning of November, something amazing happens all across India, Malaysia and Singapore. A unification of Hindu and Sikh followers gather in various locations and begin to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights.   The festival dates back thousands of years, originally set as a festival… Read more »

Tuition Fees across Europe

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Tuition fees in the United Kingdom are a relatively recent invention, they’ve been around since the late 90’s and at the time, the £1000 fees seemed extortionate. Wonder what those same complainants would feel about the £9000 fees today with a chance of possible future increases?   Still, we compare the UK’s fee system to… Read more »

African Revival

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SeekTeachers is proud to announce that it is working with proactive charity African Revival, the charity focuses its efforts on community schools in Zambia and Uganda that have been set up by the locals to help teach their children where resources are scarce. The determination these communities have shown to teach their young students and… Read more »

China and the Z Visa

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So you’ve probably heard about it by now and if you haven’t, you probably should read up on the information below about the Z Visa, it’s critical and we can’t stress just how critical enough, especially for those travelling to China in the near future!   The Z Visa is essentially China’s version of the… Read more »

Intelligence: What School fails to test

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It’s commonly thought that people are ‘book-smart’ or ‘street-smart’. I remember so many students, acquaintances and even friends that were labelled as ‘dumb’ or ‘less intelligent’ as school progressed, and even if nobody said it, so many people thought it. Even now looking back, I recognize just how wrong an opinion it is, how such… Read more »

Education: 12.6 Million Teachers needed for 2020

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We’ve always been aware of how badly the world needs to be educated and how important a resource for the world a teacher’s capabilities are. But recent days have shed light on just how important teachers are in today’s world. We have a myriad of problems plaguing the planet that can be solved ever so… Read more »

Top ten things you NEED to know about teaching in the UAE!

Posted by & filed under All Subjects, Arabic, Asia, History, International Education, Islam, Languages, Middle East, Politics, Religion, Science, Tutorials.

It has its highs, its lows, its shisha bars (which, it turns out, is quite a lot), but when it comes down to it, the United Arab Emirates is a wonderful place to live and work. However, it’s come to my attention that many of our candidates struggle with the initial cultural shift when moving… Read more »