Academic Tutorials

Purpose of Academic tutorials

Every General Engineering student is allocated an Academic Tutor during Welcome Week. The Academic Tutor acts as a professional mentor to guide, help and support the student through their degree and their main roles are; 

• To act as the first point of contact for students in General Engineering 

• To provide general academic guidance and personal support to students

• To provide advice on where to obtain more specialist support within the University. 

Academic Tutors can't always provide specialist academic guidance, solve all problems, and they are not a trained counsellor or careers adviser. However they can advise on where to obtain help and guidance. 

Academic tutorials schedule and topics

Please see the Academic Tutor Handbook (linked above) for further information about the topics that will be covered in your Academic Tutorials. 

CHANGING Academic TUTOR OR CONCERNS ABOUT Academic TUTORS

If any student is unhappy with their Academic Tutor, for whatever reason, they can request to change their Academic Tutor by contacting eee-support@sheffield.ac.uk. 

It is important that all students feel comfortable with their Academic Tutor and that they are appropriately supported. Any such requests and the reasons for changing will be treated in strict confidence.

If students have concerns about their Academic Tutor or the Academic Tutor system, please contact either the General Engineering Year 1 and 2 Tutor, or the General Engineering Year 3 and 4 Tutor. This will be treated in strict confidence.