Meeting with your personal tutor
What will you talk about?
University life can be an exciting as well as challenging experience and it isn’t unusual for students to face challenges at some point which could impact your academic performance.
You can talk to your Personal Tutor about anything which is bothering you, or affecting your studies. They know what it is like to be a student working hard to achieve a degree, and they are committed to helping you to make a success of your time at Lincoln.
This can include helping you to identify patterns in your assessment feedback, talking through your module choices, or simply just being available for a chat about how you’re progressing.
How can they help me?
Your Personal Tutor is there to help you with so many aspects of your academic study. And even if they can’t help you directly, they will know who can, making connections with our highly trained and experienced support teams.
Your personal tutor is here to:
- Help you adjust to being a university student and encourage you to develop your skills for studying in higher education;
- Guide you on how to use assessment feedback to develop your confidence in independent learning to enhance your academic progress;
- Support you to manage your studies if you are having personal challenges and where appropriate direct you for specialist support;
- Encourage you to engage in University life beyond your programme, as well as help you to think about your career aspirations and support you can receive to help you on your way;
- Act as a single point of contact throughout your programme to help you make a success of your time at University.
You will be allocated your Personal Tutor in induction week, please wait for information from your school to get further details on the Personal Tutoring Programme for your course. If you do not receive this information, please ask at your School Office.
Each School operates its own Personal Tutoring Programme. Some Schools have individual tutor/tutee meetings, whilst other Schools have a mix of group and individual tutorials. You will be told about the specific meeting points during the first few weeks of term and if you have Group tutorial sessions, these will appear in your timetable. At your first individual meeting with your Personal Tutor, please ask them what their drop-in office hours are and how best to get in touch with them.
You can discuss academic and personal issues with your Personal Tutor, especially if you feel your circumstances are impacting on your studies or experience at University. Your Personal Tutor will be able to direct you to the appropriate support within the University to help you further.
Your Personal Tutor will be an academic member of staff from your School, but their subject expertise may be different from the specific modules you are studying. Your Personal Tutor will be able to advise you on where to seek help for subject-related questions you may have, but they may not be able to answer all subject-related queries. For questions relating to teaching materials, you can also approach the relevant module lead.
The University has a range of support services to help you with personal and wellbeing issues. You may want to discuss these issues with your Tutor, who will then be able to signpost you to the right service, or you may prefer to approach the relevant service directly. You can find information on who to approach on the Student Services website.
Each School has a Senior Tutor who oversees the Personal Tutoring Programme. If you have an issue with Personal Tutoring, such as not being able to contact your allocated Personal Tutor, please contact the School Senior Tutor. They can be reached via your School Office.