{"id":508,"date":"2013-10-02T17:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mytutorweb.co.uk\/blog\/?p=508"},"modified":"2021-08-18T13:20:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T13:20:58","slug":"tutoring-digital-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/parents\/mytutor\/tutoring-digital-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutoring \u2014 for the digital age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.thestudentguide.com\/images\/uploads\/Racheltutor-6a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"263\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 607px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 607\/263;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thestudentguide.com\/images\/uploads\/Racheltutor-6a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"263\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejc.com\/business\/business-features\/100142\/tutoring-%E2%80%94-digital-age\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The JC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robert Grabiner is one of them. A former executive director of programme management at ABN AMRO, he has launched an online start-up, which he hopes could revolutionise the traditional tutoring market.<\/p>\n<p>MyTutorWeb provides live, one-to-one, private tuition for GCSE and A-Level students over the web. By doing so, Mr Grabiner \u2014 the twin brother of prominent investor Stephen Grabiner, former head of global media at Apax Partners \u2014 believes he can cut the cost of tutoring by around 50 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Father-of-two Mr Grabiner says: \u201cLike most parents, I wanted my children to be tutored by someone excellent, but the cost can be prohibitive. It occurred to me that the advances in technology mean that this no longer has to be the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejc.com\/business\/business-features\/100142\/tutoring-%E2%80%94-digital-age\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The JC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is from The JC Robert Grabiner is one of them. A former executive director of programme management at ABN AMRO, he has launched an online start-up, which he hopes could revolutionise the traditional tutoring market. 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