Welcome to the Personal Tutoring Website

Staff in this University pride themselves on the professional and personal relationships they build up with students over a number of years. One way of developing these relationships is through personal tutoring.

Students who have studied at Staffordshire University can tell you that tutors have been an essential source of support. Your personal tutor can help you with academic work and choices, and is the first place to go to with any other issues which affect you. 

The Personal Tutoring Policy was approved in June 2006, with a view to sharing good practice across the University, and ensuring all students have access to consistent support. The policy is available from the links in the left navigation bar.

The Personal Tutoring Website contains some hints and tips to help you make the most of personal tutoring.

For students:

The pages (linked from the left navigation bar) tell you about:

• What you can expect from your personal tutor
• What they can expect from you
• Other support in the University (e.g. with accommodation, finance, career planning)
• Support for disabled students
• Data Protection Act
• PDP and employability

For tutors:

The pages (linked from the left navigation bar) tell you about:

• Skills and training opportunities for tutors
• Spotting problems and referral 
• Suggestions for group tutorials (some ideas which you may be able to adapt for your students)
• What your tutee expects from you
• Data Protection Act
• Supporting disabled students
• PDP and Employability
• Writing references
• Monitoring and evaluation