Information for Staff
Faculty Academic Skills Tutors (AST)
The BaL Academic Skills Tutors provide targeted support for the faculty’s students and academic teams. (This separates us from the university’s ASK service which provides general services, in particular through the GradSchool.)
Our aim is to improve student outcomes and the student experience through the development of the scholarship, study and academic skills of BaL’s student groups and facilitating BaL’s academic teams' assessment and teaching practices. Our provision is developed alongside the BaL academic teams to ensure a bespoke Business or Law informed approach to our teaching.
Our tutors:
Claire Burrell - Tutor for L4 students and Team Leader claire.burrell@port.ac.uk
Michelle Kane - Tutor for L5 students
Janet Hillier - Tutor for L6 students
Karen Findon - Tutor for DA/DL/Top Up and Part-Time courses
Helen Frost - Senior Tutor for Postgraduate students
Deborah Hicks-Clarke - Tutor for Postgraduate students
How we provide academic skills development:
Development of bespoke and general teaching & learning resources including those provided on our website
Provision of lectures and seminars covering Academic and Study Skills
Tutor-led Student Workshops
Tutor-led Study Groups
1:1 and small group tutoring sessions
Development of the AST website
Support academic colleagues with the creation and use of assessments.
Supporting faculty learning and teaching activities and events, including those for EnABLe
Supporting the ART team as the first point of referral for students attending academic integrity hearings
Provision of early interventions to prevent academic misconduct
Office location: RB 1.02
Email: bal-ast@port.ac.uk
Website: port.ac.uk/bal-ast
Information block provided on every BaL Moodle Page