Dave Lochtie & Andrew Stork 
The Higher Education Personal Tutor’s and Advisor’s Companion [EPUB ebook] 
Translating Theory into Practice to Improve Student Success

Introduction

Themes

Case study 1 Supporting student employability through integrated research exposure and a curriculum- embedded skills module 
Case study 2 The power of future planning: empowering personal tutors to have effective careers and employability conversations 
Case study 3 A data- focused approach to personalising central support programmes and complementing personal tutoring 
Case study 4 Making belonging explicit by design 
Case study 5 Dissonant discourses: constructing a consistent personal tutoring experience across the whole university

Case study 6 The ‘anatomy’ of a solutions- focused coaching conversation in personal academic tutoring 
Case study 7 Developing an effective institutional personal tutoring and development framework to support student success 
Case study 8 How a student and staff partnership informed the co-creation of an online professional development course for personal tutors 
Case study 9 ‘Talking the talk and walking the walk’ of personal tutoring: using structured continuing professional development opportunities to inform, develop and empower personal tutors 
Case study 10 Refreshing the academic advising system through co-creation and consensus development 
Case study 11 Ask PAT: how the introduction and implementation of an e-portfolio approach transformed the nature of student support and development 
Case study 12 Personal tutoring for ‘vulnerable’ and ‘at risk’ students: is there value in a differentiated approach? 
Case study 13 Supporting Arts and Humanities student development and progression through integrating reflection into personal tutoring 
Case study 14 A ‘whole of institution’ approach: what does a culture of advising and tutoring really involve?

Case study 15 Levelling up: from reactive to proactive – shifting the narrative of academic tutoring from problems to solutions 
Case study 16 What do the students think? Evaluating academic advising across an institution using the Listening Rooms method 
Case study 17 A framework for personal tutoring: system and activity 
Case study 18 Using Social Identity Mapping in personal tutorials to aid students in their transition and social integration into and throughout higher education
Case study 19 Personal tutoring as a USP: what happens when personal tutoring is made a priority? 
Case study 20 Professional large group mentoring as an alternative to the ‘traditional’ personal tutoring system 
Case study 21 Moving from distributed to centralised academic advising: making the case for change 
Case study 22 Exploring the values of personal tutoring via a level 7 academic practice module 
Case study 23 Student success coaching: developing a model that works to enhance personal tutoring and student success 
Case study 24 Introducing group personal tutoring to improve student engagement

Case study 25 The Hero, The Professional and The Nurturer: the challenge for personal tutoring to negotiate identities within systems of practice in higher education

Ben W Walker is a senior lecturer in Educational Development at Oxford Brookes University where he supports colleagues to gain fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, delivers staff development and undertakes educational research projects. In previous roles at the University of Lincoln, Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Derby, he supported a wide range of trainee teachers and existing practitioners. He was  programme leader of the Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and has been an invited keynote speaker at national and international conferences. As co-author of books and journal articles on personal tutoring, he is at the forefront of professional development and research in this field and committed to developing it further. Find out more about Ben at http://benwwalker.co.uk