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Personal Tutoring
Personal Tutor Toolkit
This web page is designed to support academic staff undertaking a personal tutor role at Bath Spa University. You can download the staff guide for personal tutors, which includes information about the role of a personal tutor, suggested content for tutor groups and tutee meetings, and details of other sources of support.
The University has provided guidance for staff involved in the personal tutor system - Undergraduate Personal Tutor System.
Internal links are provided to direct you to information and resources which will prove useful to you in your role as a personal tutor.
Peer Support Network
Information on the University's Peer Support Network can be found on a separate webpage - Peer Support Network
Referring Students
Information on referring students can be found on a separate webpage - Referring Students.
External Links
The Higher Education Academy website has useful information, resources and examples of good practice on personal tutoring.
The Open University website has information on Skills for Study.
Resources
You may also find the following resources useful in your role as personal tutor:
Books
Bullock, K., Wikeley, F. (2004) Whose Learning: The Role of the Personal
Tutor? Maidenhead, Open University Press.
Neville, L. (2007) The personal tutor's handbook. Basingstoke, Palgrave.
Thomas, L., Hixenbaugh, P. (ed.) (2006) Personal tutoring in higher education.
Stoke-on-Trent, Trentham.
Wheeler, S., Birtle, J. (1993) A handbook for personal tutors. Buckingham,
Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press.
Articles
Myers, J. (2008) Is personal tutoring sustainable? Comparing the trajectory of the personal tutor with that of the residential warden. Teaching in Higher Education, 13 (5), 607-611.
Owen, M. (2002) Sometimes You Feel You?re in Niche Time: The Personal Tutor System, a Case Study. Active Learning in Higher Education, 3 (1), 7 - 23.
Stephen, D., O'Connell, P., Hall, M. (2008) 'Going the extra mile', 'fire-fighting', or laissez-faire? Re-evaluating personal tutoring relationships within mass higher education. Teaching in Higher Education, 13 (4), 449-460(12).
Wilcox, P., Winn, S., Fyvie Gauld, M. (2005) ?It was nothing to do with the university, it was just the people': the role of social support in the first-year experience of higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 30 (6), 707-722(16).