What are the benefits for you as a Year-1 student?
PAL sessions provide you with academic support.
The PAL scheme allows you to
- Discuss problems on a one-to-one or group basis
- Improve your skills to work independently and in a team
- Improve your communication skills
- Develop relationships with fellow students in your year, as well as the PAL leaders
- Be able to discuss ideas with other students with varying perspectives to help better your understanding of a given subject
- Ask other students questions you may feel too embarrassed to ask otherwise.
In addition, engaging with the PAL scheme helps you to
- Increase your confidence in areas you may find more difficult
- Feel more confident when talking to others
- Improve your understanding of the concepts of the course
- Develop and adapt study and learning strategies
- Integrate more quickly into university life
- Be better prepared for any assessment and exam situations.