Your Personal Tutor

In the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, the number of scheduled online one-to-one meetings you will have with your Personal Tutor will depend on which year you are in. These meetings will typically be of 15 minutes’ duration. You are actively encouraged to request additional meetings with your Personal Tutor as you require. throughout your studies.

Year 1: Four meetings: 

• semester 1: in Welcome Week and in week 5

• semester 2: in weeks 1 or 2 and in weeks 6 or 7  

Year 2: Three meetings: 

• semester 1: in Welcome Week

• semester 2: in weeks 1 or 2 and in weeks 6 or 7  

Honours years: Three meetings: 

• semester 1: in weeks 1 or 2

• semester 2: by the end of week 5

As far as possible allocations will be made as follows:

• If a personal tutor is going to be away for one semester, either semester 1 or semester 2, their tutees will be moved to a different personal tutor for this period and then moved back.
• If a personal tutor is going to be away for the full year (or longer) or leaves the university, their tutees will be moved to a new personal tutor.
• Students returning from an interruption of study will be returned to their previous personal tutor.

Please be aware that:

• If your assigned personal tutor is unavailable for a period for reasons such as sickness, their personal tutees should use the Student Support Office as their initial point of contact for enquiries.
• If you wish to change personal tutor, please contact the Student Support Office.

Each School has a Senior Tutor who oversees the effectiveness of personal tutoring within your School.  If you feel that you cannot speak to your Personal Tutor, please contact the Senior Tutor.

The School Senior Tutor is available for consultation by Personal Tutors and Personal Tutees regarding any aspect of the Personal Tutor system.

For Semester 1 of Academic Year 2021/22, the Senior Tutor in HCA is Dr Esther Mijers (E.Mijers@ed.ac.uk; 0131 650 3756).