Become a UKAT Affiliate Member – Introducing UKAT Affiliate Membership

Become a UKAT Affiliate Member –  Introducing UKAT Affiliate Membership

UKAT, the United Kingdom Advising and Tutoring association, is a body of professional practitioners and researchers interested in all aspects of student advising and personal tutoring in Higher Education in the UK.

Teesside University is a UKAT Member Institution, and one additional benefit of Institutional Membership is the introduction of a new Affiliate Membership category. Until now, only a handful of staff from each Member Institution have been able to directly access all resources through the UKAT website.  This additional benefit means that all TU staff can now register as a UKAT Affiliate Member free of charge…

UKAT Free Webinar! Personalised Learning for the Student-Consumer

UKAT Free Webinar! Personalised Learning for the Student-Consumer

UKAT’s next webinar is coming up on 18th March and is entitled Personalised Learning for the Student-Consumer, led by Angela Partington, Associate Professor at the University of Kingston. the webinar discusses the concepts of ‘student as consumer’ and ‘student as partner’.  Angela argues that the development of inclusive personal tutoring, which reflects the diversity of 21st century students, requires an approach which transcends the binary opposition between ‘student as partner’ and ‘student as consumer’…