• NOTE-TAKING SKILLS
• REVISION SKILLS
• THINKING SKILLS
• WRITING SKILLS
• FREE WRITING
• ASSIGNMENT PLANNING
• INTRODUCTIONS
• ARGUING SKILLS

PSTS: WELCOME TO PROBLEM SOLVING TUTORING SERVICES

I'm Richard Smith and I offer individual and small groups tuition in: -

Business Studies

Economics

English (Lang/Lit)

History

Politics

Psychology

Religious Studies

Sociology

I also help with: -

Business Planning

CV's and Job Applications

Developing Critical Thinking

Essays and Dissertations

Exam Techniques

Interview Skills

Letter Writing

Study Skills

However, I do NOT offer tuition in Maths, Advanced Science, Geography, Foreign Languages, Music or Counselling

Nor do I tutor children below the age of 14 (year nine at school)

All requests to produce assignments on behalf of a student (or any other party) will be refused on the grounds that it violates legal guideline relating to plagiarism. As a Tutor, my role is to correct work that they've genuinely produced; it's not to produce work for them to claim as their own. I am not in the business of ‘ghost writing'. For further details please see the important document ‘The Levels of Plagiarism.'

FACE-TO-FACE TUTORING

I offer face-to-face tuition in the Leeds, Bradford, Harrogate, Ilkley and Wakefield areas within West Yorkshire, England.(Students from Leeds University and Notre Dame Sixth Form College are especially welcome) I can teach from Key Stage 3 to Degree Standard. I can offer online tuition for anywhere in the United Kingdom and for English Speakers from other countries through using Skype and other such facilities (so long as they can use the PayPal payment facility at the bottom of the sidebar.) I can tutor in people's homes or in neutral venues like public libraries or quiet work places

Details of fees and charges in relation to Face-to-Face Tutoring can be found at my website www.rjs-tutor.co.uk

Payment is to be by cash, which I need to see upfront

ONLINE TUTORING

I can offer online tuition for anywhere in the United Kingdom and for English Speakers from other countries through using Skype and other such facilities

My Skype number is rjsleeds

Details of fees and charges in relation to Online Tutoring and Proof Reading will also be found on my web site. Payment is via paypal.

PUBLICATIONS

ADVANTAGE STUDY SKILLS
RICHARD SMITH
ISBN:978-1-907910-10-4
AVAILABILITY: Available on Amazon, Amazon Kindle and Lulu Publications
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Advantage-Study-Skills-Richard-Smith/dp/1907910107

When embarking upon a career as a Private Tutor (October 1990) I repeatedly found that many of my students were lacking in basic study skills. Precious time, which would have been far better spent imparting subject knowledge, had instead to be given over to the provision of these skills. The following two decades saw the continuation of this same problem and has now led to the production of this new and thoroughly revised edition (the first having been produced in 1994.)

Advantage Study Skills seeks to improve the performance of teachers and students (operating at the Sixth Form, College or University level) as well as those returning to learning after a long gap. A variety of topics is covered, along with helpful Tables, Summaries and Illustrative Guides.

Advantage Study Skills spurs the genuine student on to exam success and provides a step-by-step guide to tackling any assignment. It's an invaluable resource, proving its worth over and over again.

AT 47:
POEMS ON 'THIS' OR 'THAT'
BY RICHARD SMITH
ISBN: 978-1-907910-06-5-7
AVAILABILITY: Available on Amazon and Lulu Publications
http://www.amazon.co.uk/At-47-Richard-Smith/dp/1907910069

Following repeated requests from professional and personal contacts, I decided reproduce samples of my poetry in book form and here is the result. It's hoped that ‘At 47' will amuse, challenge, inform and motivate the reader. In addition, it aims to: -

1) Appeal to many people by presenting intriguing and well-constructed poetry

2) Be easily adapted to other forms of media

3) Celebrate the genuinely good things in life

4) Explore a diverse range of emotions and topics (some of them controversial)

5) Provide useful material for English Students or those starting out in poetry

6) Make some contribution to English Literature

7) Offer useful information on a variety of topics

8) Provide a chance for people to engage with the English Language

9) Satirize human hypocrisy

10) Stimulate thought by offering fresh and unusual perspectives.

Most of the poems in this collection were produced from May 2003 until December 2010. This was at a time when I was pleasantly surprised at discovering that a demand existed for my literary work (as reflected in the ‘Prologue' and my first poem, entitled ‘At Forty Seven'). Since October 2007, many opportunities have arisen to give public recitals of my poetry at different venues within my locality (one of which is celebrated in ‘Cafe Pianco'). I have also given recitals at two Literary Festivals held in Yorkshire.

A key characteristic of this collection is the variability in both style and subject matter. In Part A especially, readers just do not know what is coming next. A happy go-lucky poem about a pussycat could easily be followed by something abstract on Post Modernism; a sad poem involving death could be followed by a biting satire on some aspect of Britain's contemporary political and social scene. A conscious attempt has been made to explore a wide range of emotions and topics. Reflected are the unpredictable ‘ups and downs' of life.

Readers should note that in some poems an attempt has been made to adopt a ‘persona,' one expressing views which the reader may find unacceptable. These views do not necessarily reflect those of the author and he will not enter into debate over them.

For ease of reference most major collections have been placed in alphabetical order. The only exception was Part E where the material was arranged in chronological in order to highlight the sequence of events which occurred around a crucial domestic event.

Trading Since

1990