During these challenging times it is important to be there for our students and remember the wider support networks across the University that can help you support your students. The following provides guidance for Personal Tutors around referring students to wider University support and also guidance for those Tutors who have more immediate concerns around the mental health and wellbeing of their students….
Tutoring Matters is UKAT’s series of professional webinars presented by UKAT members and experts in the fields of academic advising and personal tutoring. They are a great resource for helping further your own professional learning and practice around Personal Tutoring…
Today we’re releasing a page of resources for you with guidance on how to use the StREAM system, accompanied by helpful videos. The resources will enable staff to continue effective personal tutoring whilst working remotely. For advice on remote personal tutoring itself (rather than the system we us), please refer to the guidance already available…
UKAT is holding a webinar on Tutoring Online which we are sure will be useful to everyone in our shift to online education. This session will explore the OU model of tutoring and offer ideas and guidance based on their collective experience to those who find themselves in the position of tutoring online in the current climate.
There has been much focus on Personal Tutoring over the last two years. The University’s Personal Tutoring Code of Practice, providing a consistent approach across the University, was implemented in September 2018 and this academic year has seen the launch of StREAM – the learner analytics platform pulling together individual student data reflecting their level of engagement. We have been fortunate to secure two speakers at the forthcoming LTE Conference (taking place on Thursday 5th March) who will be presenting around these areas.
In this webinar, the speakers will discuss the importance of supporting international students through personal tutoring and give an insight into the types of support commonly sought by international student cohorts. They will also provide some case studies and examples of how personal tutoring can be tailored to support students from a wide range of backgrounds…
You will have seen the recent communication around StREAM, our new system which creates personalised engagement dashboards for students, and enables them to track their learning patterns and reach their full potential. Using data we already have, such as attendance, log-in activity and card swipes, StREAM will generate an overall engagement score providing students with a better understanding of how they are engaging with their studies, and where they can improve
Teesside University is in the early stages of implementing its recently developed Personal Tutoring Code of Practice providing an institutional wide personal tutoring system and approach. The Personal Tutor is a member of academic staff assigned to an individual student as a source of pastoral, general academic and professional support and many of our academic colleagues have taken on this role. Further information around The Code of Practice…
Personal Tutoring is a key component of the student journey and has the potential to significantly influence the student learning experience and improve retention and achievement.
