Aftertheawayday…

1. Intro2. Enhancing 4th year projects (Terry)3. The Personal Tutor system (Roger)4. Next steps

Introduction‘When academics talk, good things happen’Awayday generated/unearthed many good ideasNeed for follow-upCan’t leave this to School CommitteesProposal: Regular informal meetings of academics across group

boundaries Consider in depth 1-2 ideas with someone leading

discussion Refined ideas (maybe) written up and submitted (to School

Board?) for formal consideration

Personal Tutors

Idea:Long term link

between student and staff. Student has one person who knows them long-term, can guide, write references, etc.

Personal Tutors

Reality:Which one’s s/he?

Personal tutors know few of their tutees.

12 is a large number

Arrangements

There are supposed to be 4 meetings / yearWeek 0. Relic of old days when school registered students.

Now done by student online. Need vanished/changed

‘Guidance’ in choosing options largely superfluousVery hard to arrange. Week 0 full for students and

staffOther 3 meetings tend not to happen (50%?).

Scrap it?

No!

Fix it.

Proposal

1. Allocate 4 students/year, not 12/3 years.2. First meeting in Week 1, not week 0.3. Meetings in group, individually on request4. Personal tutors = 1st year Academic tutors

4-year expertiseElitismEfficiencyPersonality clashes

Harder to level teaching loads

More info availableCommonalityMore status for tutorialThere are other safety

valves. Need to ensure they work

Probably a good thing. Giving many tutorials is soul-destroying

Where next?

Do we want to do it again?Do we want a blog as well/instead?How often? (Weekly/monthly/termly…)Time and day of week?Next meeting date/time/venue and topics