1. Personal Academic Tutoring
Our new policy and the accompanying guidelines for tutors and students
Presented by the Deputy Head of School

2. About the Policy

3. Intent
regular opportunities for students to review the academic, personal and professional aspects of their development
academic guidance: a central and stable point of contact, fosters a sense of belonging and sustained engagement
Personal Academic Tutor
Specialist support services
Academic staff

4. Add details for the School
Models of delivery
group delivery,
delivery integrated into the curriculum and
delivery solely through one to one tutorials
minimum of 3 tutorials a year (group or individual)
at the Tutor’s invitation
Add details for the School

5. Commitment of the School
Ensure that the mechanisms for delivery of personal academic tutorial support will be fair and inclusive.
Ensure that personal academic tutorial support is delivered sensitively, objectively and in a non-judgmental manner, recognising and responding to a diversity of needs and situations.
Provide opportunities and encourage students to give feedback on their experience of the tutoring through relevant and appropriate mechanism
Inform students with disabilities of appropriate university support services, as part of the schools overall information to students
Pass on relevant information about individual students with disabilities to the Dyslexia and Disability Team (DDT), in accordance with the university’s Disability Disclosure Policy. (…)

6. Implementation and Evaluation 1
Responsible: Heads of Schools
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Policy will place from three different perspectives:
the perceived impact upon student retention and progression;
impact upon academic staff;
impact upon the quality of student experience;

7. Implementation and Evaluation 2
Learning and Teaching Committee (LTC): monitoring implementation
Schools, through the representation on LTC, to comment on policy implementation.
The Centre for Learning and Teaching, the Student Services Department and the Academic Standards Division of Academic Services: sharing information and feedback and disseminating good practice through the Widening Participation Action Team (WiPAT).
The Centre for Learning and Teaching: monitoring requests for training and support for personal academic tutoring and evaluating the workshops and resources provided.

8. About the Guidelines for the Tutors

9. Role of the Personal Academic Tutor
A personal academic tutor:
Provides a central point of consistent contact within the academic team for the student and to foster a sense of ‘belonging’ to the University, through creating a sense of academic community with the School.
Provides information and guidance on Institutional processes, procedures and expectations
Supports students to alleviate anxiety about what is expected academically (e.g. independent study) and to aid transition to Higher Education
Refers students to other support services as required (SSGT, Student Services)
Provides a holistic support for retention, progression and success for all students
Supports students in regularly reviewing their academic progress and performance in line with the Personal Academic Tutoring policy
Supports students’ awareness and use of academic feedback.
Encourages students to reflect on their formal and informal learning more broadly (rather than focusing on individual modules) and how it contributes to their future development and career

10. School Diagram

11. Support Deputy Head of School is responsible Workload, support
CLT training available
Personal Tutor Guidelines
Web resources from CLT
Web resources from Student Services

12. Challenge?
Discussion
What do you think is the biggest challenge for the Personal Tutors?

13. About the Guidelines for the Students

14. Dissemination
Students will receive their guidelines and the name of their Tutor through StudentCentral.
The first Tutoring session is part of the induction.
The Tutor invites the students and makes sure they attend.
Guidelines offer information about other support services