At the end of the first year students split into the two streams. 36 students attended at least one SI session, with 19 students attending three or more sessions. 199 students were registered, but not all of these were current' students. The scheme supports and complents normal teaching support. The scheme has been used most frequently with first year students on difficult, content-laden course.
Students attend a one-hour SI session once per week.
Student leaders are trained for their role, both at the start of the verbal communications skills, theory of learnig and dealing with problems outwith their expertise are among the skills developed during training. Structuing SI sessions is also dealt with. At the beginning of the academic year th estudent leader structures the session , but later students themselves take some responsibility for the content of the sessions. A member of academic staff takes responsiblity for the scheme, but day to day running is the responiblity of an SI co-ordinator. Ideally this person would be a resent graduate from th esame department, but if the scheme runs in several departments one co-ordinator could take organisational resposiblity for all of these.