About This Webinar
Join us for an engaging and interactive webinar focused on the vital role of academic advising in fostering student success and institutional flourishment. In this session, we will touch upon the essential goals of academic advising, including supporting the development of ‘whole’ students (Grit, 2023), empowering decision-making (Ramwell and Farrell, 2023), cultivating student agency (Ramwell and Joash, 2025), and nurturing personal and academic growth (Grey and Osborne, 2018).
Through online activities, participants will explore the professional advising model by comparing and contrasting it with others, such as the pastoral and integrated institutional archetypes (Earwaker, 1992). Based upon our experiences, we will explore the professional paradigm’s potential advantages, including targeted specialist support and greater consistency, while addressing challenges, such as resource allocation and potential divides between academic and professional teams, among others.
This webinar will provide participants with a deeper appreciation of different institutional approaches to advising and will offer an exclusive inside look into the innovative professional approach being pioneered within the School of Social Sciences at the University of Manchester.
About the Presenters
Wayne Ramwell, School Academic Advisor, University of Manchester
Francis Joash, School Academic Advisor, University of Manchester
Caroline Hoyle, Senior Lecturer/LLM Programme Director, University of Manchester