From Surviving to Thriving: How and why peers can be your best support and resource
co-authored by Dr Jon Fenton, Department of Physics & Dr Sue Sing, Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship
As part of the inaugural Learning Well Programme, we hosted a student-panel discussion exploring the question: ‘Why are peers your best support and resource?’ Students shared rich, personal insights into the wide-ranging ways peer support can be advantageous for Imperial students – academically, emotionally and practically. Our six speakers were from a range of departments and faculties and were at different points in their undergraduate and postgraduate journey. Interestingly, their perspectives shared many common threads (more…)