Graduate Degree show 2018.jpg As a Personal Tutor it is important to establish appropriate professional boundaries for the working relationship you will develop with your students. This will help you to ensure that your students know what they can expect from you as their Personal Tutor and what is expected of them in respect of their working relationship with you.

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A minimal expectation of students would be that:

They prepare for, and attend their scheduled Personal Tutorial meetings.
They take the initiative to contact their Personal Tutor if they have a problem or need advice.

As a Personal Tutor is it not your role to ‘solve’ a student’s problems. Personal Tutors should be guided by the principle that their primary aim is to support the student to reflect on and engage with learning and development in the context of their studies and the challenges that they may encounter.

Recognising Your Limits

As a Personal Tutor you can have a positive impact on a student’s life and their experience as a student at GSA. This can be a rewarding experience for both student and Tutor. However, as a Personal Tutor you may also work with students who are experiencing situations that are distressing to both the student and to yourself. It is therefore important to recognise when a student’s situation is having an impact on your own wellbeing and to seek support for yourself from your line manager. Alternately you can also seek support from Human Resources who have a range of support in place as part of the employee support programme.