Effective Personal Tutoring and Academic Advising in Higher Education

This is a comprehensive guide for higher education professionals engaged in student support, advising, or personal tutoring roles. It covers key topics relating to tutoring in the HE landscape including coaching, core values and skills, boundaries, monitoring students, undertaking group and individual tutorials and how to measure impact.

Dave Lochtie is the Operations Manager for the Ann Craft Trust, a leading authority in safeguarding adults, University of Nottingham. He is Co-chair of the Association for Peer Learning and Support which promotes best practice in student-led learning.

Emily McIntosh is Director of Student Success at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) where she leads a variety of cross-institutional strategic initiatives relating to the holistic student journey and student experience.

Andrew Stork is a University Teacher and Programme Director for the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education at the University of Sheffield. He delivers personal tutoring staff development and has presented at national and international conferences, including as an invited keynote speaker.

Ben W Walker is a Senior Lecturer in Educational Development at Oxford Brookes University where he leads on academic advising, supports colleagues to gain fellowship of Advance HE and is an active educational researcher.

Nienke Alberts is a Higher Education researcher, specialising in student support and educational inequalities. She led on the Personal Tutoring Project at the University of Bristol, investigating staff and student experiences of personal tutoring. Nienke has worked as a lecturer in Anthropology at various Universities.

Alison Raby is a Senior Lecturer, Senior Tutor and Programme Leader at the University of Lincoln, in addition to being co-Project Manager of the University’s partnership with Guizhou University in China.