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"The Hidden Advantage: Delivering Excellence in Tutorial Support," presented by Nigel Robbins OBE, explores the crucial role of tutorial systems in tertiary education. Funded by LSIS, this project investigates the impact of tutorial changes on student retention and achievement, recommending best practices for colleges. Through stakeholder surveys, site visits, and data analysis, it provides guidance for institutions seeking to enhance their tutorial support systems. Key findings emphasize the importance of commitment from senior management, a dynamic curriculum, and continuous professional development.
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The Hidden Advantage: Delivering Excellence in Tutorial Support Presenter: Nigel Robbins OBE
The Hidden Advantage: Delivering Excellence in Tutorial Support Background to the Project Tertiary Colleges Group secured LSIS Flexibility & Innovation Funding and commissioned RCU Ltd to undertake the project Establish evidence base on impact of changes in tutorials systems Providing a focus on the rationale for tutorials Identifying good practice Establishing the link between tutorial systems and improved retention and achievement Providing guidance to help support colleges planning to review or modify their tutorial systems.
The Hidden Advantage: Delivering Excellence in Tutorial Support Methodology Desk and web search Contact with key stakeholders e.g.FETN Data analysis of published success rates to identify target Tertiary and Sixth Form Colleges for site visits Online survey with over 300 senior staff with responsibility for tutorials systems – 33% response rate Half day site visits to six Tertiary and six Sixth Form Colleges involving senior staff responsible for tutorial system, operation staff delivering tutorial programme and students.
Commitment from the top of the organisation The Hidden Advantage: Delivering Excellence in Tutorial Support
CPD and attributes of tutorial systems The Hidden Advantage: Delivering Excellence in Tutorial Support
Ranked Purposes of Group and Individual Tutorials The Hidden Advantage: Delivering Excellence in Tutorial Support
The Hidden Advantage: Delivering Excellence in Tutorial Support What supports excellence? Wholehearted commitment from senior management to ensuring that the support to help individuals succeed is at the heart of the organisation’s ethos. Dynamic tutorial curriculum informed by users and able to be flexible and adaptive to different areas of the curriculum or type of learner. Parity of tutorial curriculum and academic/vocational curriculum. Investment in getting discipline, behaviour and personal values right. Continuous Professional Development. Strong links with enrichment and health and wellbeing. Clarity of purpose and high profile. Fit for purpose individuals to deliver the tutorial system. Value outweighs the cost. Electronic Individual Learning Plans/Personal Learning Plans (EILP/EPLP).