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Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) is a scheme that fosters cross-year support between students on the same course. What is a PAL Session?

PAL encourages students to support each other and to learn cooperatively under the guidance of trained students, called PAL Leaders, from the year above. Your PAL Leaders have just survived their first year and were in the same shoes as you this time last year. After training, PAL Leaders will facilitate regular study support sessions for groups of first year students. PAL sessions are planned, st

ructured, and friendly. PAL Leaders do not teach – they facilitate discussion/share experiences. The emphasis is on everyone working cooperatively to develop their understanding. Content for PAL sessions is based on existing course materials - handouts, notes, textbooks and set reading. Leaders are here to focus on what you as a seminar group would like to cover.

05/09/2023

Going into L6 this September? We've got the role for you!

Recruitment is now open for Peer Support Leaders - final year former PAL Leaders who help the Central PAL Team with observations and get involved with projects.

This is a paid role at £12.94 per hour and training is provided!

Find out more and apply by midnight Weds 20th September at https://libguides.bournemouth.ac.uk/peersupport/apply

28/07/2023

Today we say goodbye to our former PAL Placement Student Emma! She's off to the USA for a well deserved break before returning to her final year of Business & Management at BU - so you may still see her round campus!

I'm sure you'll all join us in wishing her the best of luck with her final year studies. Bon Voyage Emma! 🌟

07/07/2023

📣NEW STAFF MEMBER ALERT! 📣

This week we welcomed our new PAL Placement Student, Jen, to the Central PAL Team! She'll be working with our current PAL Placement Student Emma over the next 4 weeks as she learns the ropes.

"Hi! I’m Jen and I’m the PAL Placement Student for 2023-2024. I study Marketing Communications with Digital Media at BU. I was a PAL Leader in Second Year and enjoyed supporting and assisting the first years in their transition to everything University life has to offer.
This role inspired me to continue with the PAL scheme as being a PAL leader gave me an understanding of what it means to be leading and speaking to a group confidently; being a Placement student for this programme gives me the opportunity to see how everything works behind the scenes. Outside of University I love going to the gym with my friends and also love watching movies and spending time with my friends and family."

This also means that we'll be saying goodbye to Emma Lucas Vieira at the end of the month as she returns to study her final year of Business and Management at BU!

20/04/2023

We've been at the Service Excellence Conference today! Here's our very own Emma putting together a food bag for the Community kitchen!

Located on the second floor in SUBU, the Community Kitchen is open to all students and staff at BU to use throughout the year. Its main purpose is to help those who are facing difficulties during the cost of living crisis and are unable to afford daily essentials such as food or sanitary products. It also is a great place to go and meet people, heat up food, look through receipe books and eat as a group.

10/03/2023

Weekend plans?
✅ Bottomless Brunch
✅ Dinner with friends
✅ Apply for the PAL Placement Student role (maybe hold the Mimosas until after your application is done! 😉)

Get applying for this fantastic 13-week paid placement with the Central PAL Team this weekend! Find lots of benefits, info and how to apply in the link in our bio! 💫

Any questions or want a catch up about the role? Pop us an email at [email protected]

*Only open to students at Bournemouth University

01/03/2023

The PAL Team have a fantastic opportunity for PAL Leaders looking for a placement! They are recruiting for the next PAL Placement Student role starting in July and finishing on 31st July 2024. Applications are NOW open!

This 13-month placement will see the student working as a core member of the Central PAL Team, providing administrative and promotional support, overseeing communication channels, and lots more. The role will also allow them to develop a huge range of professional skills!

To find out more about the role, responsibilities, description, person specification, and to apply, please follow this link:

https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/about/jobs/pal-placement-student-fixed-term-internal-only

Closing date: 15th of March.

21/02/2023

There are many benefits of taking on the PAL Leader role!

From being paid, to gaining many transferable skills and having great network opportunities.

If you're interested, please visit: https://libguides.bournemouth.ac.uk/palcentral/apply

15/02/2023

Interested in being a PAL Leader next year 23-24?

We are now taking expressions of interest!

This is a rewarding paid role that you can manage alongside your studies, while being fully supported.

Being a PAL Leader is a fantastic opportunity to share your valuable experiences, knowledge, and skills to first-year students in order to help them to adjust quickly in their transition to university life.

If you are interested, please visit:

www.bournemouth.ac.uk/pal-leader

15/11/2022

Free on Friday? Head over to the library and help give us some feedback on what you'd love to see furniture wise for our spaces! Coffee and cookies are calling! 🍪☕

There's still time to join one of our fabulous furniture focus groups! They're happening tomorrow, Thurs and Fri - and we could really do with more people for Fri. Coffee, cookies and Louise A's famous wheel of furniture fortune - it's gonna be great! http://ow.ly/mg0m50LywLM

01/11/2022

Final year students! On Monday 14 November we're having a VIP catered event just for you...come and chat to the lovely library team and find out what we can do to support you this year. 5-6.30pm, Talbot campus library - we would love to see you there!

31/10/2022

Thank you to all those who joined us for our PAL Spooky Quiz today!
It was lovely seeing you all and having a bit of fun ☺️
Congratulations to team 'The Nightmares' who were our winners today 🥳
Please stay tuned to our social media and emails for announcements on any future events!

29/09/2022

Calling all former PAL Leaders! We're recruiting!
Recruitment is now open for any former PAL Leaders still studying at BU to become Peer Support Leaders!
Peer Support Leaders are recruited by the Central PAL Team to assist with observations of current PAL Leaders - using your own experiences and providing them with constructive feedback on their sessions to help develop their skills and feel supported. There may also be other paid opportunities to help with PAL events and promotional activities.

✅Full training provided
✅ £11.90 per hour pay rate
✅ Flexible around your final year studies

Interested? Apply by Sunday 9th October via the link here:
https://libguides.bournemouth.ac.uk/peersupport/apply

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All About Us - Bournemouth University’s PAL Scheme

The PAL scheme has operated at Bournemouth University since 2001. Originally we obtained funding of £150,000 from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) between 2001-2004 under Phase 3 of the Fund for Development of Teaching and Learning (FDTL3).

The aims of the Peer Assisted Learning Project were to promote awareness, enhance understanding, and encourage effective implementation of Peer Assisted Learning as a scheme which fosters cross year support for students. Furthermore, we aimed to produce materials that would support a workable, systematic, high quality, transferable and sustainable scheme.

When we started PAL we drew upon many of the principles and ideas associated with the North American Supplemental Instruction (SI) Model that had originally been developed at the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC) in the 1970's to combat the problem of high drop-out rates in certain courses. UMKC today supports The International Center for Supplemental Instruction.

Today, we are proud to be one of the largest Peer Assisted Learning Schemes in the UK, operating across all faculties and embedded within every programme at Bournemouth University. We have a centralised PAL Team, consisting of the Peer Learning Officer and PAL Intern, that manage the day to day operation of the PAL Scheme and provide advice and support to the PAL Leaders along with designated academics in every programme.