What is Specialist Mentoring and Specialist Study Skills Support?
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What is Specialist Mentoring Support?
Your mentor can help you with:
- planning
- organisation
- time management
- work/life balance
They can support you to develop techniques to
- reduce anxiety and stress
- increase confidence and motivation.
They are not therapists, but they provide a supportive and non-judgemental ear, they can provide advice, resources and signpost you to other services if necessary.
What is Specialist Study Skills Support?
Your tutor can help you to hone your academic skills such as:
- research
- organisation
- note-taking
- essay/report writing
- revision/memory
- proofreading
- presentation skills.
Study skills tutors are qualified teachers with additional qualifications and experience in supporting autistic students, students with ADHD and students with Specific Learning Differences such as dyslexia and dyspraxia.
How does it work?
You usually meet your mentor/tutor once a week for an hour (usually during term time only). You will meet with the same person throughout your course. If you elect to have your session online, then you and your mentor/tutor will agree when to meet, and this takes place over your preferred platform – Teams/Google Meet, etc. If you prefer to meet your mentor/tutor in person, you can book a group study room in your uni library, and they will meet you there. Sessions are scheduled through an online system/app so you can clearly see when your upcoming sessions are using the dashboard calendar.