Nweke, Mauryn C;
Sulu, Michael;
(2023)
Addressing the Attainment Gap: Investigating Gaps in Personal Tutoring Provision.
In:
The Barcelona Conference on Education 2023: Official Conference Proceedings.
(pp. pp. 1-9).
The International Academic Forum(IAFOR)
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Abstract
The department of Biochemical Engineering, UCL, is one of the smallest departments in the faculty of Engineering Sciences, with an average annual intake of approximately 40 undergraduate students on the BEng/MEng programmes. Of that intake, around a third tend to be home students and of that, 40% identify as BAME (black and ethnic minority). With such small numbers, the attainment gap has been seen to fluctuate largely, demonstrating inconsistencies year on year. With relatively high staff to BAME student ratios, it begs the question - can greater staff effort help close the attainment gap consistently? A number of reports have shown the link between inclusivity through personal tutoring and student performance so this project investigates departmental personal tutoring provision, specifically aiming to see if there are any gaps within it that can be bridged through mechanisms that include upskilling personal tutors and cohort building for peer support and finally, its link to academic performance. It uses a phased approach: Phase 1 – survey data collection reflecting student perceptions on personal tutoring. Phase 2 – focus groups/interviews with BAME students. Phase 3 – observations of external practices. Phase 4 – upskilling of personal tutors and observing academic performance. The project is currently coming to the end of phase 1 and so far results indicate that rapport building and reviewing of academic results with personal tutors are desired by the collective cohorts. Phase 2 will look more specifically into the needs of BAME students as a means to address the attainment gap.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Addressing the Attainment Gap: Investigating Gaps in Personal Tutoring Provision |
| Event: | The Barcelona Conference on Education 2023 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.22492/issn.2435-9467.2023.53 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2435-9467.2023.53 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Biochemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10182480 |
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