International Student Tutor

De Montfort University works to deliver an unrivalled student experience, making ourselves a workplace community that people want to be a part of, carrying out world-leading research activities, and contributing to the development of an informed, fair and sustainable society.

Our new undergraduate block delivery model called Education 2030, and extensive portfolio review, have created a distinctive offer for our students, which manages the transition to university, creates strong learning communities and helps manage assessment schedules. A new postgraduate portfolio has also been created in block mode for delivery in October 2023.

Faculty / Directorate

Located at the heart of De Montfort University’s beautiful city centre campus, our faculty is based in the specially-purposed Hugh Aston Building - with its new extension for executive education called The Yard - and the historic Leicester Castle. Our facilities accommodate a range of learning approaches, from lectures and seminars to interactive learning and a variety of spaces for group work and self-study.

The faculty comprises two leading professional schools: Leicester Castle Business School (LCBS) and Leicester De Montfort Law School (LDLS). This year, the faculty has been restructured to create two large schools within the LCBS: the School of Accounting, Finance and Economics and the School of Leadership, Management and Marketing. The faculty is strongly focused on three areas of activity - excellent learning and teaching; impactful research; and enterprise development, with cross-cutting themes of sustainability, internationalisation and public good.

We are a faculty with a very international outlook, and a commitment to educating and supporting talent from diverse backgrounds from the local, regional, national and international communities.

Role

We are looking to appoint a full-time International Student Tutor. Our International Student Tutor team’s main role, is to provide academic and pastoral support for our growing population of undergraduate and postgraduate students from all over the world. This includes supporting students’ transition to UK Higher Education, helping them navigate the challenges of living and studying in the UK. Tutors also have the opportunity to work with course teams to enhance the learning experience, raising staff awareness of the different needs of international students.

Ideal Candidate

Ideally, you will have experience of working with and supporting International Students in a Higher Education environment. You will need to be an excellent intercultural communicator with a strong awareness of the challenges that international students face in adapting to UK Higher Education. Experience of working effectively in teams is essential.

The successful candidate will be required to obtain a satisfactory DBS Check. Level of check to be determined.

Mohammed-Hanif Patel is the Senior Tutor in the Faculty of Business and Law and manages the International Student Tutor team. If you would like an informal conversation about the role, please contact him via email: mhpatel@dmu.ac.uk.

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