1. Students as stewards – Peer assisted learning to develop employability and leadership skills Eve Rapley University of Bedfordshire Centre for Learning Excellence HEA STEM conference University of Edinburgh 1 st May 2014

3. www.merriam-webster.com/

4. PAL Leaders = Empathy…“The Heineken Effect” www.radiotimes.com Olympics Gamesmaker More Knowing Other Empathy and approachability Facilitator not teacher Stewards for their course

5. PAL Leader CPD programme Term 1 1. Academic skills Certificates of attendance Staged CPD in tandem with naturally occurring events in the curriculum 3. Revision and exam preparation 2. Planning and researching for assessments Peer Observation

6. PAL Leader CPD programme Term 2

7. PAL Interns PAL Publicity Promotion PAL Publicity Promotion 75 hours £500 2 nd timers 75 hours £500 2 nd timers Open Days Recruiting new PAL Leaders Evaluations Data gathering Evaluations Data gathering PAL training co-facilitators Developing PAL materials

8. PAL Leader benefits University Certificate Comprehensive ongoing training CPD programme and Bedfordshire Edge CPD Certificate Internships and Peer Coaching opportunities Volunteering Certificate Pre-arrival Buddies CV enhancement HEAR ‘soft skills’ development

9. STEM PAL Leaders and PALumni Arsene BSc Computing Graduate Project I.T Manager for the MOD Andrew BSc Computing Graduate Software Designer for RuneScape Fumi BSc Biomedical Science

10. PAL Leader Awards Ceremony April 2013 with the VC and DVC (Academic)