Hours required: Between one and three hours per week, on average, during teaching weeks only. Provisionally the sessions are timetabled Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoon and Friday afternoon (of which you would need to work at least one session), but please be aware this is subject to change until mid-September. There is compulsory paid training Friday 27 Sepetmber 2024.
Job description
MASH is the University’s mathematics and statistics help provision as part of the Mathematics Resources Centre. We provide daily drop-in support for all students, and dedicated sessions for Year 1 students studying Mathematics modules, led by a team of peer tutors.
Peer tutors will work in small teams to deliver drop-in support during teaching weeks.
We surveyed our peer tutors in 2022 and 100% of respondents said they enjoyed working for MASH.
Essential skills and qualities
- You must be a student within the mathematics department, dual honours are acceptable.
- You must be a year 2/3/4 undergraduate or a postgraduate with a mathematics undergraduate background.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Good verbal communication skills.
- Ability to explain complex mathematical concepts.
- Empathetic.
- Good organisational skills and attention to detail.
Method of application
To apply, you need to send the following to mash-admin@bath.ac.uk, using the subject MASH Peer Tutor Application.
- A short CV (max two pages) - please ensure that you include your previous education, employment, and any relevant experience. This should include details of at least one referee who can be contacted as part of the recruitment process.
- Your full examination results to date; this must either be a transcript generated via SAMIS or a screenshot from SAMIS: http://www.bath.ac.uk/student-records/transcripts/. If SAMIS is unavailable, email transcripts@bath.ac.uk to request your transcript.
- Your response to the scenario (below); 250-500 words.
Deadline: Friday 13 September 2024
Decisions: Wednesday 18 September
First day: Friday 27 September
You will need to attend a very brief in-person ‘right to work’ check before, or on, the first day of work, this requires you to have your passport with you.
Queries
If you have any queries, please email mash@bath.ac.uk.
Scenario
Poppy is a Maths student who has been working on an algebra problem sheet in the library. She has written down answers for the first three questions but comes to a halt as soon as she sees question four. She notices another first year, Tom, who she does not know well, and asks him but he does not know how to start question four and has not yet managed to do questions two and three. Tom remembers that there is a MASH session and suggests they attend.
Poppy takes a seat and gets the problem sheet, her working and her algebra notes out of her bag. Tom sits down at the same table but does not take out any work. When a tutor comes over to the table Poppy immediately shows the problem sheet to the tutor and asks "How do I do question four? Are my answers for questions one, two and three correct?"
Question
Describe how you would work with Poppy and Tom in this scenario. What would you definitely do and not do? What concerns might you have? What approaches and resources would you use? What do you aim to achieve before you need to talk to other students who are waiting?