PETER SYMONDS COLLEGE | SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS
SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS
We place great emphasis on supporting and guiding you personally and academically.
Personal Tutors
Your personal tutor plays a key role in your life at college. You will meet him/her and your tutor group twice a week as well as having regular one-to-one sessions each term. Your tutor will get to know you well, monitoring your progress and attendance and making sure that you are kept up-to-date with what is going on in College.
Lead Tutors
Students with difficult problems or those which take time to resolve are often referred to a Lead Tutor for support and guidance.
Study Support
We will expect you to spend at least 10 hours a week in college doing private study, as well as a significant amount of independent study at home.
Learning Advisors are available every lunchtime at drop-in workshops if you would like help with organising your work, managing your time, writing essays and revising.
Ashurst Learning Resource Centre
Ashurst is our new £3.4 million Learning Resource Centre (LRC). It has 400 individual study spaces, 200 computers and 16,000 books together with quiet study areas and a viewing room for DVDs. You will be issued with your own personal network account giving you access to colour printers, scanners and photocopiers. The building is fully wireless-enabled so it will be possible to use laptops within it. The LRC will be open 12 hours a day and members of staff will encourage you to make full use of all the facilities.