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Here is the PAL Award tracker - use this to tick off and keep a record off the activities you have done.

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Get to know the faces behind the emails, and who you can expect to chat to at our drop-ins and catch ups. You can contact the team for support at any point by emailing pal@uea.ac.uk.

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You'll need to keep a record of your PAL sessions - after each meeting, please fill out the appropriate form (links below). This is super important so we can keep an eye on what's going on in the scheme!

Group Session Log

One-to-One Meeting Log

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CPD Workshop: Mental Health Awareness November 25th 12-2pm Online

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CPD Workshop: Mental Health Awareness November 25th 12-2pm Online

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As PAL Mentors, you have access to exclusive training sessions to help you develop and gain new skills - not just for your time as Mentors, but more broadly too! The below dates are the sessions we have planned. We'll advertise and send more details nearer the time, but for now save the dates!

Mental Health Awareness November 20th

Inclusivity TBD

Careers Skills - How to talk about PAL on job applications TBD

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Once every two months we will host a PAL wide drop in session. In this session you will:

Connect with mentors from across PAL

Hear about upcoming opportunities that will help improve your practice, add more points to your PAL Award and look great on your CV

Get to hang out with the PAL team (I know, how amazing)

You will receive an invitation via email and followed up with a Teams invite, please RSVP as it helps us plan. The first one will be online but in future we hope they can be face to face to make us more of a community!

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General PAL Handbooks are in this section. Looking for info about One-to-One or Group Mentoring specifically? Head to your One-to-One or Group Padlet to find your scheme-specific handbooks.

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Handbook 2: Mentoring Theories, Approaches and Skills

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Handbook 2: Mentoring Theories, Approaches and Skills

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General PAL Handbooks are in this section. Looking for info about One-to-One or Group Mentoring specifically? Head to your One-to-One or Group Padlet to find your scheme-specific handbooks.

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Workshop 1: Self-Reflection and Goal Setting 

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Workshop 1: Self-Reflection and Goal Setting 

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These asynchronous workshops are exclusively for you as PAL Mentors and have been designed based on researching what other universities' PAL Schemes offer Mentors. This workshop covers self-reflection, self-awareness, and goal setting. Completing these workshops can also earn you points for your PAL Award. Watch the workshop via this link: PAL Workshop: Self-Reflection and Goal Setting - Planet eStream (uea.ac.uk)

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Screengrab from the workshop video. A slide reads 'PAL is your PAL too: CPD Workshops for Mentors' with a heading reading 'Self-Reflection and Goal Setting'. There is a black and white image of UEA campus.

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Throughout your mentoring journey, mentees can submit #thanksPAL testimonials to help us celebrate what a great job you do. Take a look through these and feel inspired! Pass on this link to your mentees ahem, it is good to ask for appreciation every now and again! https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=lYdfxj26UUOKBwhl5djwkGDITYsg1oRDqnfXjETDSYxUNTJWRkZNT1M3N0FFWDcwV0lSTkFLVjJUNC4u

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Tips to Increase your Inclusivity practice as a mentor

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Campus signage with trees in background.

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Knowing where to send your mentees is really important. The following links will come in handy for most signposting needs.

Student Services

Learning Enhancement Team

Student Information Zone (SIZ)

Wellbeing

Safezone App

UEA Medical Centre

Students Union

Library

Careers Service

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Struggling to get your mentees to engage? Open this document to read our suggestions and support.

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Winter Wonderland (date)

Spring Social (date)

End of Year Celebration (date)

Make a note of these PAL celebrations and we'll post details and promos in this section nearer the time!

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Did you know all UEA students have access to LinkedIn Learning? If you're looking to upskill yourself (not just as a mentor but in general!), take a look at over 16,000 courses on offer. You only need to register once to activate your account. Head HERE to get started.

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These asynchronous workshops are exclusively for you as PAL Mentors and have been designed based on researching what other universities' PAL Schemes offer Mentors. This workshop covers wellbeing and creativity. Completing these workshops can also earn you points for your PAL Award. Watch the workshop via this link: PAL Workshop: Wellbeing and Creativity - Planet eStream (uea.ac.uk)

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Promo video! Fancy convincing your pals to join us?

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Promo video! Fancy convincing your pals to join us?

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Here is the document for the PAL Award.

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Earn points by... filling out a reflective log 

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Earn points by... filling out a reflective log 

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Reflective logs are short written documents that outlines what you did in your sessions and asks you to reflect on the experience (what went well, what could be improved, and what skills you are gaining). It is good practice to reflect on your experiences, as it aids skill development and makes you a better mentor! If we reflect on what went well and what went not so well, we can produce better sessions in the future.

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Earn points by... doing peer observation of a PAL

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Earn points by... doing peer observation of a PAL

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You can add points to your tracker by carrying out a peer observation on one of your fellow mentors. Contact the PAL team on pal@uea.ac.uk to arrange this. Use the attached form for the process!

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Find out more about the Student Advisory Board and how to express interest in getting involved

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Expression of Interest in PAL Student Advisory Board

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Expand Your #PALate - Recipes from the PAL Community!

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Expand Your #PALate - Recipes from the PAL Community!

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To build community and support students who are living independently for the first time, we are creating our very first PAL Recipe Book! If you have a favourite recipe and would like to contribute, please email PAL@uea.ac.uk.

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#PALsOfWisdom - Top Tips from PAL Mentors

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#PALsOfWisdom - Top Tips from PAL Mentors

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We have a wonderful ever-growing list of 'Top Tips' from PAL Mentors that we'll be gradually sharing via social media. If you have any advice for new students and would like to share those 'PALs of wisdom' (ahem), please click this link! Top Tips for students! (office.com)

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CPD Workshop: PAL Inclusive Practice Training Monday 17th February, 10-12 Hybrid

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CPD Workshop: PAL Inclusive Practice Training Monday 17th February, 10-12 Hybrid

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Location: The Council Chamber (on UEA campus) and online in this PAL Inclusive Practice Training room on Microsoft Teams

Why should you attend this training?

Greetings PAL Mentors! When you facilitate peer-assisted learning for your mentees, using inclusive practice is crucial! It helps to ensure you don't unintentionally and unfairly disadvantage some mentees and advantage others. It helps create an environment that meets mentees' diverse learning needs and enables everyone to flourish. Developing your inclusive practice is also super useful beyond PAL; for example, employers are increasingly looking for graduates with the competencies and skills required for more inclusive 21st century workplaces.

What will the training cover specifically?

This training session will help you to enhance your inclusive practice for use in PAL and beyond. Specifically, the session aims to help you:

Enhance your understanding of important ideas related to inclusivity and accessibility.

Gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to use specific, practical methods to make your PAL sessions more inclusive.

Develop your familiarity with helpful resources to guide your continual professional development in future, such as the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines.

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Mandatory Consent Matters Training: To complete as soon as possible

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Mandatory Consent Matters Training: To complete as soon as possible

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FIND YOUR CONSENT MATTERS COURSE ON BLACK BOARD

In line with Office for Students (OfS) regulations, universities and colleges must take certain actions to protect their students from harassment and sexual misconduct; Consent Matters forms part of these actions.

Consent Matters is an essential online training course, designed to help students understand sexual consent, promote effective communication and respectful relationships, and empower participants to be an active bystander.

The training is relevant for everyone, regardless of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, race, religion or belief. Its aim is to empower you to shape healthy, positive and respectful relationships with others. It is not heteronormative in content, nor is it aimed at a specific age range.

The Consent Matters training includes the following:

Module 1: Thinking about consent – This module will define the meaning of consent, to help you to identify when you have been given consent, and will cover scenarios when consent can, or cannot be given, regardless of your gender or sexual orientation.

Module 2: Communication skills and relationships – This module will help you to define and recognise your own boundaries, and how to talk about boundaries with others.

Module 3: Looking out for others – This module will help you to take simple, safe, and effective steps to challenge harassment when you see it.