Personal Tutors' Handbook

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• Guidance & Support for Personal Tutors
• Helping Students in Difficulty
  • Common Problems for Students
    • Work-related Problems
    • Requests to Change Degree Course
    • Examination Stress
    • Financial Difficulties
    • Relationship Difficulties
    • Harassment and Bullying
    • Problems for International Students
    • Student References
  • UCL's Student Support System
  • Student Services
  • UCL Policy Documents
• Frequently Asked Questions

Common Problems for Students

Student problems are not easily pigeon-holed. Even broad classifications overlap and merge: academic and personal problems interact and often prove inseparable. Nevertheless, in terms of the form in which problems may come to the attention of personal tutors, there are a number of recurrent categories:

• Work-related Problems
• Requests to Change Degree Course
• Examination Stress
• Financial Difficulties
• Relationship Difficulties
• Harassment and Bullying
• Problems for International Students
• Student References