PALS: Peer Assisted Learning Scheme

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Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) is a student-to-student support scheme for both academic and personal development. Mentors are trained to facilitate the learning of students on the same course in the following year. These trained student 'PAL Leaders' meet regularly with their groups, normally of students in the year below, to help them improve their understanding of the subject matter of their course and develop their study and learning strategies. Mentors also help first-year students to integrate into their department during the first few challenging months of being at university.

The character of PAL sessions is one of co-operative and collaborative learning. PAL Leaders are not there to teach (and the students attending should not expect them to); they are there to encourage discussion amongst the group, and to enhance comprehension of lectures already attended, not to impart any new knowledge.

Timetable

2009/10 CALENDAR, TERM 2: 13:00–14:00
Mentors seem largely to be making their own arrangements to meet with their groups, but to facilitate meetings, Room G01 in the Kathleen Lonsdale Building is available every Friday, 12:00-14:00

Please contact Ian Howarth if you have any problems or queries.
2009/10 CALENDAR, TERM 1: 13:00–14:00
Thursday Mentor Groups

Friday Mentor Groups
Date
 Location
 Date Location
Nov 5
 E1
 Nov 6
 E1
Nov 12
 E1
 Nov 13
 E1
Nov 19
 E7
 Nov 20
 E1
Nov 26
 E1
 Nov 27
 E1
Dec 3
 tbd
 Dec 4
 E1
Dec 10
 tbd
 Dec 11
 E1
Dec 17
 E1
 Dec 18
 E1
THURSDAY MENTORS:  Ali Ahmed, Alex Crallan, Connie Ip, Alma I Marinoiu, Arnold Mathijssen, Franciscus Prins.

FRIDAY MENTORS:   Nilesh Agnihotri, Romano Bianca, Richelle De Bokx, Jiajun Chen, Sahra Haji, Malini Patel, Gurpal Sagoo, Charmaine Wijeyasinghe.

MENTORS WITH 'PRIVATE' ARRANGEMENTS:   William Dunn, Nathan Johnson, Sam Thomas, Emma Wroe.
Rooms E1 and E7 are on the ground floor of the main Physics building


In term 1 of the 2009/10 session, PAL sessions are scheduled for Thursdays & Fridays, 13:00-14:00. (PAL mentors are expected to be present not later than 13:10, but may leave after 13:30 if they have no remaining 'customers'.)