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Academic Advising

Academic Advising

Academic Advising gives students ongoing support from a named Academic Adviser. It helps students reflect on their academic progress, skills development, goals and future plans. All undergraduate and postgraduate taught students are assigned an Academic Adviser.

For colleagues, Academic Advising is about:

  • Building supportive academic relationships with students
  • Encouraging students to take an active role in their development
  • Helping students reflect on progress, learning and achievements
  • Supporting students to set academic and career-related goals
  • Identifying when students may need additional support
  • Signposting students to specialist services when appropriate

The Academic Advising framework sets out the model of support for our students.

Additional requirements for Academic Advising are outlined in our Expectations for Academic Advising.

The duties, roles and responsibilities of Academic Advisors at Newcastle are outlined in our Role Descriptors:

A full list of related guidance documents can be viewed in our Policies A-Z.

Find out more about Academic Advising on the LTDS website.