Personal Tutor
Your personal tutor, who is a member of academic staff, is responsible for guiding and supporting your studies. If you want advice, you should approach your personal tutor. Your tutor can also give pastoral guidance and support. In the case of serious personal worries tutors are encouraged to direct you to Student Wellbeing Support Services.
Your tutor sees you at weekly tutorials in terms 1 and 2 of years 1 and 2 and in the first half of term 3 in year 1. These tutorials should
- Help you with general questions about your studies, including your choice of options, approach to examinations and possible course changes.
- Help you with the core modules. They also mark your attempts at the questions on the worksheets associated with PX160 & PX276 (Maths/Physics students) and PX161 & PX275 (Physics, Physics with Astro and Physics with BS students).
- Support your studies generally - looking at the wider relevance of the material, giving you practice at working as a group, preparing for the examinations.
After year 2, your personal tutor should arrange to see you at the start of term 1 and at the end of each term (usually in the final week) to discuss your progress. However, you should feel free to approach your tutor at any time if you have a particular question you want to discuss.
Your personal tutor and project supervisor are the people you should ask to provide references/testimonials to potential employers. (Employers can require more than one reference.)