Road Map for Personal Tutors: Level 1
Academic
Term
1
HEAR & Careers
Personal
Explain the purpose of personal tutoring, your
What sports or activities have you
role as a personal tutor and how these
done previously? Are there any you
meetings will run
hope to continue? Signpost to
Has your student loan come in? Signpost to
Experience Sheffield website for
Student Advice Centre (SAC) if not
What are you hoping to learn from your
overview of activities available
(www.shef.ac.uk/union/student-advice-
course? Which topics particularly interest
(www.sheffield.ac.uk/experience)
centre/).
you?
To find out which ones are
How are you coping with academic work? Is
Where are you living? How’s that going?
‘HEARable’, go to:
Have you registered with the University Health
www.shef.ac.uk/hear-search.
Service and validated your PIN online?
there anything that you’re worried about?
(www.sheffield.ac.uk/health/newregistrations)
Don’t panic if you’re overwhelmed
How are you getting on with using the
by information at this point - there will
Do you know about all the services that the
library?
be more opportunities later on!
Student Services Information Desk (SSiD)
offers?
How are you getting on with using MOLE?
The Student Jobshop can help you to
find part-time work
Don’t rush finding a house - it’s not a good
Did you have any special arrangements at
(www.shef.ac.uk/careers/students/jobs
idea to do this before February; there is a
school, e.g. for dyslexia? If so, signpost to the
/jobshop); and there is a Part-Time
surplus of accommodation so you WILL be
Disability & Dyslexia Support Service (DDSS)
Work and Volunteering Fair in Week 2
able to find somewhere.
to make sure that any arrangements can
(http://sheffield.ac.uk/careers/students
continue to be made at university
/events/ptjobsvol).
(www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/disability).
Pick housemates carefully, check out landlord
etc. So many students regret the
Study Abroad & Erasmus Fair late
arrangements they’ve made by January,
Did you know that you can develop your
Oct/early Nov
because they are made too hastily
study skills at 301? (can be ‘HEARable’ if
(www.shef.ac.uk/studyabroad/sheffield
→ Student Advice Centre website on housing
do Academic Skills Certificate) →
/prospective/fair).
- includes contract checking service
(www.shef.ac.uk/union/student-advice-
Have you thought about being a course rep?
‘It's Your Career...’ Fairs Programme
centre/housing/)
(this is ‘HEARable’) →
in November
→ PropertywithUS publicises registered
(www.sheffieldcareersfairs.ac.uk).
landlords
Reading Week is a useful time to catch up on
(www.sheffield.ac.uk/propertywithus)
organising notes – and you could start to
make revision tools at the same time.
Start revision early - make a timetable, and be
realistic with your time!
Academic
Term 2
HEAR & Careers
Personal
Exam results – were they what you were
Are you aware of all the opportunities the
How did you feel you balanced out your
expecting? Why do you think so well/why do you
Students’ Union offers? Why not go to
academic commitments with keeping some time
think you found X more difficult? Was there
the Ultimate Fair (February) to find out
back for yourself and looking after yourself
anything you could have done that would have
more?
during exams? Are there any significant impacts
helped you to improve Y?
on your time other than your studies?
Are any of the activities you are
What feedback have you received so far (on
doing/thinking of doing HEARable (see
Explore Well Connected
assessed and non-assessed work)? How might
www.shef.ac.uk/hear-search)? Do you
(www.sheffield.ac.uk/wellconnected) and
you use this? (www.shef.ac.uk/lets/toolkit/f-
know what the criteria are for getting
support@sheffield.ac.uk for any help. SSiD’s
a/feedback)
recognition? Do you think you will be
Things Not Going Right? page is also very useful
able to meet these?
(www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/sos).
Need support on skills or advice on exams? 301,
TASH or the Writing Advisory Service may be
Students who have found a society that
How are things going more generally? Are things
able to help you.
really suits them might consider joining
still going ok where you’re living?
the committee (AGMs around Easter).
If you suspect a student might have a learning
This will be recognised in the HEAR.
disability, encourage them to explore
remember to organise travel vaccines via the
assessment options with the Disability and
What kind of work experience have you
Dyslexia Support Service
got? Have you thought about some work
(www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/disability).
experience during the summer? It might
be wise to start investigating some
Think early about essay deadlines.
options?
(www.shef.ac.uk/careers/prospective/wor
Have you heard of SALT (Student Ambassadors
If you have plans to go travelling in the summer,
k)
for Learning and Teaching)? Would this interest
you (www.sheffield.ac.uk/lets/student/salt)?
Could you use any term-time jobs / work
Recruitment opens in March, and you can get
experience towards achieving the Careers
HEAR recognition for this activity.
Service Skills for Work Certificate (this will
also go in your HEAR)?
Would a degree with employment
experience interest you?
(www.sheffield.ac.uk/placements/student
s)
‘It's Your Career...’ Industry Days in
February & March (Careers Service has
more information), and a Careers Fair in
March (www.sheffieldcareersfairs.ac.uk/).
University Health Service.
Academic
Term 3
Choosing modules for following year
Re-sits overseas - need to apply for these before
HEAR & Careers
What are you up to over the summer?
Have you got everything sorted for the summer?
Does this tie in at all with any future
What are you up to?
goals? →
know what your exam results are, otherwise you
will have to do any re-sits in Sheffield in August.
Personal
For students staying in Sheffield, there is a
Would a degree with employment
‘Staying in Sheffield Summer Vacation
experience interest you?
Programme’
(www.sheffield.ac.uk/placements/student
(www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/vacation).
s)
Re: moving out, can pick up red/clear sacks from
Application closing dates for internships
PropertywithUS.
and placements are early. If you are
interested in any of these activities, start
Visit Things Not Going Right?
exploring your options now - why not
(www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/sos) / chat to someone in
visit the Careers Service?
SSiD if have worries, e.g. re: finance.
Could you use any summer work
Don’t forget to sort out your student loan now
experience towards achieving the Careers
(for home students), otherwise you won’t have
Service Skills for Work Certificate (this will
it in September.
also go in your HEAR)?
(www.sheffield.ac.uk/careers/students/ad
vice/sfwc)
Are you considering doing the Sheffield
Graduate Award?
(www.sheffield.ac.uk/thesheffieldgraduat
eaward)
N.B. This does not replace the HEAR, but
is an example of a high level achievement
that can go into Section 6.1.