It is a drop-in centre, which is open five days a week, located in the Mathematics Learning Resource Centre, Room S31 Newton Building. The building has been imaginatively designed, is well equipped and represents a significant improvement on the previous facilities available at Irwell Valley. The facility is managed on the University's behalf by Busy Bees, an experienced and well respected childcare company which already manages nurseries in other Higher Education institutions. The nursery offers a caring and stimulating environment for children between the ages of six months and four years. In all Schools, students are assigned a personal tutor who is responsible for their academic welfare during their time in the School.
Students can turn to their personal tutor for advice.
If you are not sure who your personal tutor is, please ask at your School office. Your personal tutor should be the first contact if you have academic or study problems, or need general advice about academic matters. The Tutor Advisor Scheme was designed to provide a network of specialist tutors whom students can turn to for academic support and advice. The network provides an alternative source of help for students who have issues they feel uncomfortable raising with their personal tutor, for example gender or ethnicity related issues. The scheme is in place to ensure that you have the opportunity to discuss any problems you have with a tutor you feel comfortable talking to.