Personal Academic Tutor Pack

Introduction

These resources provide guidance and advice on how to carry out your role as a PAT effectively. By the time you have completed all the sections you should be able to:

Describe the PAT roles and responsibilities;
Reflect on the best advice for students;
Provide appropriate signposting to other services.

It will support you to:

Fulfil your responsibility as a PAT;
Develop your skills as a PAT through reflection and further practice.

There is no prescribed route through these resources. They are intended to be generic and flexible to allow you to refer to them as and when required. They include a number of reflective tasks and skills based resources to help you in your role as a Personal Academic Tutor. A number of scenarios have been included along with audio responses from current University PATs on how these scenarios were handled.

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About these resources

The University’s Student Support team and the Educational Development Unit (EDU), have worked together to create this resource of interactive guidance materials, designed to support Personal Academic Tutors throughout the university colleges and research institutes carry out their duties and responsibilities effectively.

This resource is designed to be viewed online, but it can also be downloaded as a PDF document. . A number of small sections can be printed separately and these are indicated by the print icon. It can be viewed on any device type or operating system. A headset and speakers will be required for the audio and video content. The resources have been structured around the four broad roles of a Personal Academic Tutor:

Academic advice
Signposting and referrals
Online module selection
Student withdrawal

Acknowledgements

The resources have been developed with the support of many staff outside of the project team including many contributions from existing PATs. The project team are proud of the fact that the resource that has emerged from current practice at UHI.

A number of staff contributed to the content of these resources – some provided source content; some provided advice and guidance and others reviewed the content for quality; accuracy and appropriateness.

Members of the project team were

Ian Horne – Ian.Horne@uhi.ac.uk
Evelyn Campbell Evelyn.Campbell.ic@uhi.ac.uk
Matt Sillers Matt.Sillers.ic@uhi.ac.uk
Valerie Innes Valerie.Innes@uhi.ac.uk
Heather Fotheringham Heather.Fotheringham@uhi.ac.uk

If you have any queries about the PAT role please contact:

Ian Horne - Ian.Horne@uhi.ac.uk 01595 771251
Michaela Gilmore Michaela.Gilmore@uhi.ac.uk 01463 27927

Encountering a problem

If you encounter any problems in using the material, please contact the EDU (email: edu@uhi.ac.uk) stating:

The name of the resource
The nature of the problem
The section of the material where the problem occurred
Which internet browser you are using. This information can be found by going to - http://detectmybrowser.com/

Disclaimer

UHI provides links to external sources of information and may refer to specific Web sites, products, processes or services within this resource. Such references are examples and are not endorsements and whilst every effort is taken to ensure the accuracy of information provided UHI is not responsible for any of the content or guidance. You are advised to exercise caution.

Information on social media websites may also be provided. Staff using social media websites must comply with the University’s social media policy. It is recommended that you fully understand the terms and conditions of use before using these sites and that you take steps to protect personal or sensitive data.

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