‘Study tubers’ blamed for exam hysteria

THE rise of “study tubers” is whipping up hysteria among children, it is feared.

These increasingly popular Youtube videos show teenagers studying for hours, while sharing tips and advice about how to revise.

Youtuber Ruby Granger’s channel has amounted 13million views, and among her videos are speeded-up clips of herself revising for her A-levels in English, philosophy and chemistry for 14 and 15 hours a day.

Meanwhile, Jade Bowler’s Youtube channel called Unjaded Jade has had 10.3million views – one of her posts shows her crying as she tells how she was rejected by Oxford University – and Eve Bennett from Revision With Eve had 12.6million views.

Chris Mcgovern, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, said that “study tubers” can offer social support and reassurance for students who may otherwise feel isolated while revising.

But he added that as there was “rising panic” among teenagers about exams, Youtube vloggers could “create a sense of hysteria, a collective hysteria”.

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said that youngsters should be congratulated for “being innovative and using technology for something constructive”. But he added that they must be “protected” from “setting themselves unattainable goals” after watching “study tubers”.