Students often face significant challenges at key transition points in higher education, from starting university to undertaking resits or returning after interruption. This webinar introduces a Structured Recovery Framework designed to strengthen academic advising and tutoring at these critical moments. The session presents practical, evidence-informed strategies that enable staff to support students in rebuilding confidence, setting clear and achievable goals, and sustaining motivation, including structured resit roadmaps and purposeful, action-focused advising conversations. It will also address common challenges such as supporting students after failure, clarifying expectations, and enhancing self-efficacy. The webinar offers structured, transferable approaches that enhance retention, progression, and academic advising conversations during these difficult times.
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).
Supporting Students at transition points: A Structured Recovery Framework for Academic Advising - Thursday 16 July 2026, 14:00
Karen Lander, University of Manchester