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Online class: a student asks if she can have her webcam switched off because a classmate is taking screenshots of her during class. She doesn’t want to make a formal complaint.
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While tutoring a second year MA student, he expresses doubts that he has chosen the right degree and career path. He is considering dropping out to pursue a career as a session musician.
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During a tutorial, you learn that one of your most gifted students has been writing essays for her classmates in return for money as she is in a difficult financial situation.
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An MA student says he is having difficulties with his supervisor and would like to join your seminar instead. According to the student, the supervisor is unhelpful and overly critical. According to your colleague, he is lazy.
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A BA student breaks down during a tutorial: his long-term partner has just left him, meaning that he has to find a new place to live and is unsure if he can afford to continue studying.
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A second year MA student is keen on applying to the Doctoral School, but her research focus is too broad: what advice would you give her?
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A BA student is writing about a topic that her thesis supervisor seems unfamiliar with, but you are passionate about. What can/should you do?
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At the start of a regular class, and unprompted, a student says that he really struggled with online learning and the whole pandemic but doesn't feel comfortable returning to face to face classes. How would you react?
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An MA student is struggling to find suitable academic sources for his thesis. What advice/tips have you got?
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A first year BA student seems to be struggling with the academic transition to university, needing a lot of support and validation from you as a tutor. How could you help to make him more independent?
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A hard of hearing student wants to do her internship in a local school but is having difficulties with finding an institution to work with. How can you help?
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An MA student from your seminar is a single mother and caring for her child has meant that she has been absent for more than the permitted number of classes and is falling behind with her thesis deadlines.
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An Erasmus student mentions that he is finding adjusting to life in Poland very difficult, especially in terms of loneliness and the language barrier. He is considering returning home, but this will have financial & academic consequences.
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You are helping a student with her academic writing when it becomes clear to you that she is dyslexic.
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A previously excellent student stops coming to classes and turning in assignments. She then starts working in your local cafe and explains that she has to work 2 jobs to pay her rent.
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One of your students is a wheelchair user and you have classes on the first floor of a new building with an elevator. How else might the student need support?
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