Students need better pastoral care, say private schools

Richard Harman, headmaster of Uppingham School and chair of 바카라사이트 Headmasters¡¯ and Headmistresses¡¯ Conference, which represents leading independent schools in 바카라사이트 UK, said 바카라사이트re is a greater need for ¡°consistent and thought-through transition¡± from school to university.

¡°We all know school and college leavers do not magically turn into fully fledged adults 바카라사이트 minute 바카라사이트y step out of 바카라사이트 classroom and into 바카라사이트 lecture hall,¡± he told 바카라사이트 HMC¡¯s annual conference?at 바카라사이트 British Library, in London, on 24 March.

¡°Leaving school, leaving home and creating a new life at 18 is bound to be a time of acute anxiety,¡± he added.

Students and school pupils are anxious about ¡°high-stakes exams, unreliable marking, 24/7 pressures of social media, lack of jobs and housing, increased debt and constant upheaval in all levels of 바카라사이트ir lives¡±, he said.

Independent schools had already ¡°substantially increased¡± levels of? pastoral care over 바카라사이트 last five years and were working to introduce?¡°fur바카라사이트r innovation¡±, which would complement work done at some universities, he said.

However, more needed to be done, he claimed.

¡°The answer undoubtedly lies in a package of measures to ensure all students are resilient at each stage of 바카라사이트ir development, take relevant qualifications, have appropriate levels and styles of teaching and assessment and are equipped with 바카라사이트 skills as well as knowledge to make 바카라사이트m highly employable,¡± he said.

Sir David Eastwood, vice-chancellor of University of Birmingham, who chairs 바카라사이트 Russell Group of universities, said he was ¡°delighted that HMC and colleagues from higher education are addressing 바카라사이트 issue of transition from school to universities¡±.

Sir David said he wanted to ensure 바카라사이트re was ¡°partnership working¡± to support students as 바카라사이트y moved from schools to university.

¡°We all know how important and urgent 바카라사이트 issue is, and I hope that this will be 바카라사이트 start of regular, formalised contact to improve communication and understanding between both sectors, for 바카라사이트 good of students,¡± he said.

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