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Purpose: 

Academic Tutoring supports students to achieve their academic and personal aspirations. A purposeful personal relationship with their tutor enables students to become autonomous, confident, and engaged members of society. This ongoing and collaborative relationship connects students deeply to the YSJ family, supporting them through their course and beyond.

Academic Tutoring provision at York St John is founded on the following principles and norms:

Students are expected to:

• Be willing to openly discuss your own development and identify your strengths and weaknesses.
• Keep Academic Tutor appointments and inform tutors in good time if unable to attend.
• Comply with the University Attendance Monitoring Policy, and appreciate the consequences of non-attendance at teaching sessions
• Engage fully in preparatory activities and come to tutor meetings prepared.
• Support your peers in your tutorial groups, and engage fully in group tutorial meetings and activities
• Prepare a summary of your time in University In collaboration with your tutor as the basis of future references

Tutors are expected to:

• Keep confidential records of meetings which are shared with the student
• Contact students before they arrive at the University and where possible, meet with new students during Welcome Week
• Act as a primary point of contact and support for their students during their time at York St John University
• Respond within 2 working days to a request for a meeting, or any email communications
• Advise students on how to access specialist services
• Collaboratively prepare with the student a summary of their time in University as the basis of future references.
• Write references of a professional standard for further study, employment, and any other purpose you may require, within one week of receiving a reference request.
• Offer one hour of support to each tutee per year, with at least one individual meeting per semester, to review student learning and help students to formulate action plans for academic, personal, and professional development

Please attach the following as appendix to your dissertation:

1. Ethical Approval Form (as approved by YSJ) 
2. Participant Information Sheet & Consent Form 
3. Gatekeeper form (if applicable)
4. One sample questionnaire used for your research 
5. One sample set of interview questions (for those learners who conducted interviews for data collection)

Welcome to the course!! 

Please see the information below for some basic information about the module content and housekeeping. 

Module Rationale and Aims

This module provides theoretical knowledge in counselling psychology and psychotherapy. It integrates knowledge of developmental psychology across the lifespan with key theoretical perspectives. The unit develops knowledge and skills in planning interventions for a number of specific developmental issues that are addressed as exemplars of each stage of the lifespan.

We are lucky to have a number of guest lecturers and YSJ staff taking sessions and talking about their specific areas of expertise working with individuals across the lifespan.  

Specialist Lecturers include: Dr Emma Bradshaw, Dr Emily McGeown; and Dr Gemma Forshaw

Please see the Moodle information for each week for more details. 

Module Housekeeping

I've put some basic information about myself, as I am co-ordinating the module this Semester, as I should be the first port of call if you have any general queries about the module. Individual lecturers will also be happy to answer more specific questions about the content of their lecture, of course. 

 Module Coordinator/ Leader 

Dr Sophie Brigstocke

Lectures/ Seminars

The Lecture/ Seminar will generally take place on Wednesday 9 -11 and 11.30 to 1.30 in DG/127 ( please check timetable for room changes as they do happen!!). 

Please email me if you can't attend a lecture and book a tutorial if you would like some help catching up.  Required reading will be indicated within the weekly moodle information for each session. 

Summative Assessments 

Assessment 1 (50% of module grade):   Written Essay   - Submission date Midday 31st March 2023

Assessment 2 (50% of module grade)    Written 2 hour Exam - Exam Week End of Semester 2 

This is the landing page for all YSJ MSc SLT information. Here, you will find information that is relevant across the programme, such as the programme handbook and information about academic tutoring.