Category Archives: News
Tutorial method is the key to success
Zoë Spilberg, the College’s Principal, talks about the value of independent learning – particularly relevant for all students who are now studying online. Zoë explains how developing critical skills leads to a marked growth in self-confidence and self-motivation. in this article originally published in the Independent School Parent. In these difficult times Greene’s, Oxford’s oldest tutorial college, is opening its [...]
World Mental Health Day 2019
Today is World Mental Health Day, which is celebrated on 10th October every year in order to raise awareness of and support for mental health issues all over the globe. This year’s focus is suicide prevention. Suicide is tragically one of the leading causes of death among 15-19 year-olds. For many young people, the teenage [...]
World Rhino Day 2019
According to the World Wildlife Fund, it is estimated that in the early 20th century 500,000 Rhinos used to live in areas of Africa and Asia. However, Rhinos became a target for poachers who could make money off selling Rhino horns to be used as Ancient medical remedies in parts of Asia. Habitat loss also [...]
Climate Change and Severe Weather Events
The news is increasingly dominated by stories about natural disasters and weather phenomena linked to climate change. Just how close are these links? Hurricane Dorian, originally a severe Category 5 hurricane, has recently left a swathe of destruction through the Bahamas and its remains are now heading back across the Atlantic towards the UK, so [...]
When A levels go wrong: Clearing or Retakes?
It’s now only one week until CIE A level results are released and nine days until the other boards’ results are released. You’ve applied through UCAS, you’ve got your firm and insurance offers confirmed, so what happens if you don’t make the grades? First of all: don’t panic! You’re not alone – over 60,000 students [...]
Preparing for University Application – Choices, Choices, Choices
The summer holidays are for relaxing and unwinding after a long year of studying and exams, but they’re also the ideal time to begin thinking about university applications if you’re about to start Year 12, Year 13, or a gap year. Recent statistics show that more and more students are dropping out of university before [...]
Things We Don’t Know: Traumatic Brain Injury and Ageing
Written by Sofia Amirbayat Edited by Rowena Fletcher-Wood The brain is a complex organ that has a natural ability to adapt and change with time; it is made of about 100 billion neurons, able to connect to each other in networks and pathways. What makes these networks is our lived experiences with the world and [...]
Review of the Year: a message from the Principal
“Firstly, I would like to say how thrilled I am to have joined the exceptional team at Greene’s in January. It’s been fantastic to witness the progress that students have made in this short time, whether they are here for the full two-year A level programme, GCSEs, or retaking past exams. We have repeatedly seen [...]
Tutor Drinks Reception
It was a great pleasure for us to arrange a summer drinks party on Wednesday 3rd July, as a small gesture to say thank you to our excellent tutors. They are the engine of Greene’s success and it is they who guide and inspire our students to the confidence and improvement that is associated with [...]
Edward Greene – 8th October, 1937 to 17th October, 2018
Edward Greene passed away at his home on Pembroke Street in central Oxford on 17th October, 2018. Edward Greene started the tutorial college that bears his name in 1967, in central Oxford. It was known as Edward Greene’s Tutorial Establishment and was the first of its kind in Oxford. Edward’s larger than life personality ensured [...]