Whether you’re an undergraduate or postgraduate student, your personal academic tutor is here to help you to develop, grow and succeed in your studies and research.
Every student is allocated a key named member of academic staff, from their course of study, called a personal academic tutor (PAT).
Your PAT will work in partnership with you to help you to succeed in your studies at CCCU. Together you will reflect on your academic development, student life and future goals covering:
Your Personal Academic Tutor will contact you at the beginning of your studies to introduce themselves and make an appointment to meet you.
If you are unsure who your PAT is, please contact your course team.
Students should have contact with their PAT in each period of study (semester, trimester or module dependent on course structure), so it should be at least twice a year.
You can also contact your PAT when you have something you would like to talk over. Remember PATs have busy schedules too, so don’t leave it too late to book an appointment if there is something time sensitive that you need their advice on.
The most successful relationship with a Personal Academic Tutor will be a two-way one, in which you as a student can also have an active role. Your part in the relationship will involve:
Think about what you might want to talk about and the types of questions your PAT may ask.
Below are examples of questions your PAT may raise at a meeting to help you prepare.
Your meetings with you PAT will evolve as you progress in your studies. Below are some example questions your PAT may ask at different levels of study:
First Semester/Trimester
After the first assessment results
Before the next assessment period
First Semester/Trimester
After the first assessment results
Before the next assessment period
First Semester/Trimester
After the first assessment results
Before the next assessment period
First Semester/Trimester
After the first assessment results
Before the next assessment period
The Student Engagement Dashboard will be used by your personal academic tutor or Course Support Team in conversation with you to give an indication of how your learning is progressing and where you may need further support.
In preparation for these conversations, you should consider and reflect on your own engagement and identify your strengths and any support you may require to succeed.
The dashboard pulls together a range of existing data about your engagement in your studies, as well as how this compares to average engagement. Pulling together this information in this way will help us to understand how we can best support you to develop and reach your goals.
For further information on the dashboard and how your data is being used, we have developed this student guide. The dashboard is not part of any formal assessment. If any of the personal data used in the dashboard is inaccurate, you will be given the chance to correct these inaccuracies.
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