First Year Psychology
Student Induction 2
Today’s induction
• Student Rep Shout out
• Student Wellbeing, Learning & Welfare Support
• Feedback in Higher Education
• British Psychology Society
• Psychology Society
• Student mentors
Supporting your success
Student Rep Shout out
Student Representatives Needed
• Represent your year group, and sit on our Staff-Student
Committee (4 times a year – refreshments provided).
• Looks good on your c.v. – demonstrates teamwork,
organisation, communication and initiative etc.
• Please complete the nomination form and return it to the
Student Union OR Psychology Office by Friday,
9th October 2015.
• Any enquiry regarding nominations should be directed to
“Hull Student Union” or “ Nadine Pyke”
(nadine.pyke@hull.ac.uk) in the Psychology office.
Full training will be provided by the Student Union
Student Wellbeing, Learning
&
Welfare Support
Bob Burwell
Student Wellbeing, Learning &
Welfare Support
Bob Burwell
&
Clare Omissi
Supporting your success
Student Wellbeing, Learning & Welfare Support
Student Wellbeing, Learning and Welfare
Support
3rd Floor, University House, come
to 2nd floor to book appts
Supporting your success
Who we are…
• Four teams:
–Financial support
–Learning support
–Welfare support
–Health and wellbeing
Supporting your success
Financial support team
• Home & international students in significant
financial hardship
• Short term emergency loans & a hardship fund
• Food vouchers
• Advice on budgeting & managing finances
throughout university
• Money doctors
Supporting your success
Learning support team
• Academic support for students with SpLDs ( Dyslexia, Dyspraxia,
AD(H)D
• Teach academic study skills such as academic writing,
information processing skills, planning, note-taking & exam
techniques
• Screening & arranging assessments for specific learning
differences
Supporting your success
Welfare support team
• Disability support:
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Unseen medical conditions
Mobility issues
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairments
• Specific student group support; mature students, carers, care
leavers (Karen Smales)
• Immigration advice
– 1:1 support for international students requiring visas for
study
Supporting your success
Health and wellbeing team
• Free, confidential advice & support service aimed towards
enabling good emotional & mental health;
• Any issues affecting the ability to study for example emotional
distress, anxiety, stress, homesickness, bereavement;
• Support students who have mental health issues and students
on the autistic spectrum, including Asperger’s Syndrome;
• Referral to external services e.g. Letstalk;
• Duty adviser available every day;
• You can raise welfare concerns e.g about the wellbeing of
another student.
Supporting your success
Faith
• Our chaplaincy team provide a caring, spiritual presence for our
students, of any faith or none.
• Chaplains can also advise on matters relating to faith and belief
and can signpost to local worshipping communities
• Facilities for prayer & worship are available on campus &
students are also warmly welcomed to join faith groups in the
local community.
• Based at 57 Salmon Grove/
Hull University Chaplaincy
Supporting your success
We are here to help you!
We are available each day
on the 3rd Floor of University house
www.hull.ac.uk/support
studenthelp@hull.ac.uk
Telephone: (01482) 462020/2222
Supporting your success
Feedback
in Higher Education
Dr Myfanwy Bugler
Feedback in Higher
Education
Dr Myfanwy Bugler
Department of Psychology Faculty of Science
Office: Room 124 Applied Science
Email: m.bugler@hull.ac.uk
Tel 465010
Feedback in Higher Education
• Feedback at school/college?
• Feedback in Higher Education?
WHAT IS FEEDBACK?
Written comments
• Written feedback from tutors on your
work is very valuable – pinpoints
strengths and weaknesses in your work.
• Its effectiveness, however, is dependent
on how you apply this feedback to your
future work. Feed forward
• Keep a portfolio of your feedback which
you can regularly refer back to and ‘feed
forward’ to future work; this will prevent
you from repeating the same mistakes
again and will remind you of where your
strengths and weaknesses lie.
Written comments
• Don’t just look at the mark you have
received.
• Take care to read and re-read the
feedback provided on your work;
academic staff go to great efforts to
provide meaningful feedback for a
reason: so that you can apply this to
future work.
• If you don’t understand a piece of
feedback then ASK!
Written comments
• At first - difficult to apply feedback from one
assessment to another because of the
variation in content matter, but try to look at
the feedback holistically.
• Have you misunderstood the question? Could
you take more care next time to read the
question and ensure you fully understand it?
• Talk to your lecturer or peers to clarify what
the question is asking
• Is your essay, presentation or report
technique letting you down?
• Make an appointment with your Academic
Support Tutor or the Skills Team
Orally during allotted contact hours
• Make the most of the time you spend with
your Academic Support Tutor, seminar
tutors and lecturers - provide you with
feedback without you even realising!
• Be proactive and engage in discussion don’t be afraid to ask questions: there are
no stupid questions!
• Make notes on the feedback given to you in
seminars and lectures. It will make you more
aware of when you are receiving feedback
and you can include these in a portfolio of
feedback as reference for future work.
Meetings with your Academic Support Tutor
• Meeting with Academic Support Tutors
affords you a one –to-one opportunity for
feedback and to ask questions.
• Always prepare for your meeting with your
Academic Support Tutor.
• Ask yourself what you want to get out of
the meeting and go to your meeting with
questions, so that you don’t leave feeling
disappointed.
Oral feedback during lab sessions
• Receiving oral feedback during practical work
is great as you’re more likely to remember the
feedback as you are carrying out the work that
needs doing (active learning)
• Make a note of what went well and what
didn’t, so that the next time you carry out a
similar task, you can refer back to this.
• As well as including the feedback from your
tutor, assess your own performance; self
assessment is an essential skill which you
will need to develop for your professional
career.
Generic class feedback – written and verbal
• This type of feedback relates the feedback you
receive from lecturers in your class about
upcoming or recently completed essays or
examinations.
• It is a very powerful form of feedback and
should never be underestimated!
• You can gain a lot from knowing pitfalls that
you should avoid, which perhaps your peers
have encountered, or for gaining a different
perspective on a subject or new technique,
which you had not previously considered and
may choose to adopt in a future assessment.
Peer feedback – formal or informal
• Peers can provide an objective view on the
feedback you have received and in turn you
can help your peers.
• It may be difficult to be open when criticising
and receiving criticism from your peers at
first BUT this will help each of you to
improve your work and grade.
• These are also skills which you will need in
your professional life.
• Be proactive: organise study groups or meet
with peers regularly to discuss the feedback
you have received from your tutors and to
provide one another with constructive
feedback on work.
How to make the most of feedback
• Regard all feedback as valuable.
• Feedback from anyone is useful.
• Don’t get defensive when feedback is
critical.
• Thank people for critical feedback too.
• Don’t just wait for feedback, ask for
it.
Education is not a passive process
• You have to engage both in your
studies and in seeking and
receiving feedback
• Engaged students = more in depth
understanding of your subject, more
motivated and satisfied and a higher
degree classification
Becoming a member of the
British Psychology Society
Dr Jo Horne
BPS Membership
• Benefits of membership – The Psychologist, PsychTalk, online
access to BPS journals, discounts
• Cost of student membership: £25 per year
• Application forms are available from the BPS website
www.bps.org.uk/student
• BPS Liaison is Dr Jo Horne
Psychology Society
Lucy Howard-Comber
Ψ
Hull University
Psychology Society
Socials
• We will have both sober and drinking socials
• eg:
• Big Fun
• Café Gelato’s
• Film Nights
• Bar crawls
• Pub socials
• There will also be joint socials with other
societies.
Socials are fortnightly and will be announced
via the Facebook page.
Fundraisers/Charity
• Past fundraisers have included:
• Charity Humber Bridge Walk
• Bake Sales
• Charity Football Matches
Academic Sessions
• Essay writing advice
• Exam revision sessions
• SPSS help
External Speakers
• We will be searching for speakers on topics relevant to the
course material to visit the university.
• We will let you know in advance who, when, and how
much it will be!
How to join
• Membership is £4 and you can join at the Societies desk
on the 1st floor of the Union building, or at
Hullstudent.com/store.
Contact Us
Hull University Psychology Freshers 2015 – 16
Hull University Psychology Society
@HullPsychSocPug
Your Student Mentors
John McCarthy
Bar in Union
Thursday Night
at 6.30 onwards