Unlike your Director of Studies, your Tutor will probably not be a specialist in your subject. A Tutor s job is to care for your general well-being and, if anything should go wrong, provide practical advice and help. Since Tutors receive regular reports on their pupils academic progress they will try to ensure that you maintain the proper impetus, but they will also try to ensure that no-one suffers the academic loneliness or insecurity experienced by some university students.
Tutors see their pupils socially at regular intervals, and are available at any time if needed.
Their job is not to interfere or force their attention upon you, but to stand ready to help. It is up to you how much you use the tutorial system. For many it is reassuring simply to know that it is there. T he same is true of the College Chaplain who is a Fellow of the College. In addition to conducting chapel services, he offers a sympathetic and confidential ear to any member of the College who wishes to speak to him.