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Resources and Support for Personal Tutors and other staff –Updates, August 2015
Contents:• Online guidance, resources & FAQs for staff and students• Student Experience of Personal Tutor System• Preparing students for Personal Tutor meetings• 1:1 meetings – topics, approaches, structures• Group meetings – topics, approaches, structures• Support for Personal Tutors – University support services
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Academic and personal support:Online guidance and resources
• For staff http://www.ed.ac.uk/staff-students/staff/supporting-students/home– For personal tutors, programme directors, students support teams,
senior tutors and other staff involved in student support– Resources, roles & responsibilities, IT tools and other support
• For students http://www.ed.ac.uk/staff-students/students/academic-life/personal-tutor
• School documentation and contacts
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The Role of the Student• Opportunity for students – to reflect on their academic performance – to reflect on how their learning contributes to their
longer-term aspirations – to engage as a member of a community of learners
• Benefits for students• Student’s responsibilities – partnership working– Reflect, engage, take an active approach to their
development, write records– Preparing for meetings
• Adaptable worksheets http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/institute-academic-development/learning-teaching/academic-pastoral/support/resources/adaptable
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1:1 Meetings
• Tailored to individual student:– time of year, year of study, student’s progress
• Focus on core purposes & any student concerns• Guidance, advice and resources for Personal Tutors in
preparing for and running 1:1 meetings– http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/institute-acade
mic-development/learning-teaching/academic-pastoral/support/resources/individuals
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Group Meetings
• Considerable flexibility in timing, topic and structure– Opportunity to link to specific elements of the degree
programme (e.g. preparation for placements)– To deal more effectively and efficiently with specific topics
(e.g. study skills)– To work with other personal tutors across different year
groups or support particular cohorts (e.g. joint degree students)
• Guidance, advice and resources for Personal Tutors in preparing for and running group meetings– http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/institute-acade
mic-development/learning-teaching/academic-pastoral/support/resources/groups
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1:1 and group meetings: other ideas & approaches
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1:1 and group meetings: other ideas & approaches
• Adaptable study skills resources – Templates & worksheets that can be used or adapted– Includes note taking, feedback, time management– www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/institute-academic-development/
learning-teaching/academic-pastoral/support/resources/adaptable
• Careers & employability– Common career themes for each year of study, prompts for meetings,
resources for studentshttp://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/careers/university-staff/supporting-your-students/support-for-personal-tutors
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1:1 and group meetings: other ideas & approaches
• Graduate attributes– Introduction to graduate attributes
for staff and students– Sample session plans– www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/institute-academic-devel
opment/learning-teaching/academic-pastoral/support/graduateattributes
• School case studies – Approaches to 1:1 and group meetings,
other aspects of student support– www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/casestudies/Academic+and+Person
al+Support
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Support for Personal Tutors University Student Support Services
• Student Disability Service www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/student-disability-service/staff
• Advice on helping distressed studentswww.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/student-disability-service/staff/supporting-students/help-distressed-students
• Student Counselling Service www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/student-counselling
• Careers Service (employability and careers)http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/careers/university-staff/supporting-your-students/support-for-personal-tutors
• Institute for Academic Development (study skills)www.ed.ac.uk/iad
• A to Z of Student Support Services www.ed.ac.uk/staff-students/students/student-services
• Advice Place (EUSA)www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/advice
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Working with the School Student Support Team