One year after launching a new Academic Tutoring model, De Montfort University reflects on its journey from design and implementation to embedding and evaluation.
In this follow-up webinar, we share key insights from the first year of practice, exploring how the shift from personal tutoring to academic tutoring has influenced the student and staff experience. We will examine what has worked well, the challenges encountered, and the adaptations made in response to student and staff feedback.
Drawing on institutional data, evaluation findings, and practitioner experiences, presenters will discuss how academic tutoring has contributed to a more proactive, developmental, and learning-focused approach to student support. The session will also explore the ongoing balance between pedagogic and pastoral responsibilities, highlighting how clear referral pathways and partnership working can enable tutors to focus on supporting students' academic growth while ensuring appropriate wellbeing support remains accessible.
Participants will gain practical insights into leading and sustaining tutoring transformation, measuring impact, supporting staff through change, and building a culture of meaningful student engagement.
UKAT’s free monthly webinars, Tutoring Matters, are designed to support all those engaged with personal tutoring and advising, whether that be as a practitioner, leader or in a related support role. They will also act as key professional development for those undertaking tutoring and advising roles. Facilitated by various key professionals associated with UKAT and collaborative in nature, the webinars will cover important issues for academic advising.
If you would like to facilitate a webinar, please get in touch. We are also open to suggestions from members about topics they would like to see covered. To make a suggestion, or for any other queries regarding the webinars, please email webinars-team@ukat.ac.uk.
You can book onto the webinars and find out further information by clicking on the webinar titles below (booking will go live approximately one month before the webinar is due to take place).
Academic Tutoring in Practice: Reflections, Impact and Lessons Learned One Year On - Thursday 17 September 2026, 14:00
Dr Dionne Barton and Erick Morataya, De Montfort University