Resources

Resources

The Centre for Recording Achievement provides some useful information and resources on personal tutoring.

You may also find the following resources useful in your role as a personal tutor:

Books

Bullock, K., Wikeley, F. (2004) Whose Learning: The Role of the Personal Tutor? Maidenhead, Open University Press.
Neville, L. (2007) The personal tutor’s handbook. Basingstoke, Palgrave.
Thomas, L., Hixenbaugh, P. (ed.) (2006) Personal tutoring in higher education.  Stoke-on-Trent, Trentham.
Wheeler, S., Birtle, J. (1993) A handbook for personal tutors. Buckingham, Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press.

Articles

Myers, J. (2008) Is personal tutoring sustainable? Comparing the trajectory of the personal tutor with that of the residential warden. Teaching in Higher Education, 13 (5), 607-611.

Owen, M. (2002) Sometimes You Feel You’re in Niche Time: The Personal Tutor System, a Case Study. Active Learning in Higher Education, 3 (1), 7 - 23.

Stephen, D., O'Connell, P., Hall, M. (2008) 'Going the extra mile', 'fire-fighting', or laissez-faire? Re-evaluating personal tutoring relationships within mass higher education. Teaching in Higher Education, 13 (4), 449-460(12).

Wilcox, P., Winn, S., Fyvie Gauld, M. (2005) ‘It was nothing to do with the university, it was just the people': the role of social support in the first-year experience of higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 30 (6), 707-722(16).