Last chance to book - Structured personal tutoring

HEA Research Seminar Series 2009: Access and Success for All

Structured personal tutoring to engage undergraduate students on professional programmes

Swansea University, Room 231, Glyndwr building, School of Health Science

Wednesday 8 July, 12:00 – 16:30 (lunch included)

Drawing on the experiences of academics involved in personal tutoring and using cases from undergraduate professional health care programmes as exemplars, the seminar will examine the following key issues:

The challenges of personal tutoring in the era of mass higher education;

• Supporting and operationalising cultural change in personal tutoring in a research led institution;
• The aims and benefits of a structured approach to personal tutoring in professional healthcare programmes;
• The 'emotional labour' of personal tutoring.

Speakers:
Tessa Watts, Senior Lecturer
Angela Williams, Lecturer
David Gallimore, Tutor
Mike McIvor, Lecturer
Andrew Evered, Tutor

Bookings: Please email bookings to Jean Phillips
j.c.phillips@swansea.ac.uk

30 places available on first-come, first-served basis.