Write for us
We publish guest articles from teachers, tutors, exams officers, college staff, librarians and students who have recently been through it. You need first-hand knowledge and sources a reader can check. A famous job title is not required.
What we would like to read
- Subject-specific revision at GCSE or A level, with a worked example. A real method for a real type of question is ideal.
- What it is really like to sit exams as a private candidate, including the admin.
- Studying for a level 3 course or degree around shifts, caring or children.
- Practical distance learning: how to plan a module, ask a tutor for help, or keep going after a poor assignment mark.
- Access arrangements, dyslexia, ADHD and exams, from people who deal with the process, with reference to official guidance.
- Careful readings of education research: what a study found, and what it did not.
What we will decline
- Essay-writing services, or anything that helps someone pass off another person's work as their own.
- Promises of grades, "guaranteed" methods, or statistics without a source.
- Promotion dressed up as advice, including lists of a company's own courses.
- Medication or supplements for focus, and any gambling, adult or crypto content.
- Machine-generated drafts sent without real checking and first-hand knowledge.
- Advice on loans or tax that reads as a personal recommendation.
The rules
- Length: 800 to 1,500 words, in British English.
- Original work: it must be your own and unpublished, and it should stay exclusive to us.
- Sources: link to the primary source for every rule, date and figure. We check them.
- Stories: students and examples need to be real and used with permission, or clearly labelled as invented.
- Disclosure: tell us about any commercial interest, and we will state it on the page. Links must be useful to the reader, and we may remove any that are not.
- Images: send only those you have the right to use, with credit details.
- Editing: we edit for accuracy and clarity, and will send you significant changes before publishing.
How to pitch
Email [email protected] with the subject "Pitch: your idea"
The question your article answers, in one sentence.
If you cannot do this yet, it is too early to pitch.
Why you are the person to write it.
Two lines. No CV needed.
Three or four sentences of outline, and your main sources.
Please do not send the full draft at this stage.
Any commercial connection, or anything you would like to link to.
Say it up front. It saves everyone time.
You can email us at [email protected]. We may not be able to reply to every pitch.