All 78 students who participated in this year's scheme will be presented with a certificate of completion by Tim Smith, BP's Manager of Government & Public Affairs at an event on Wednesday 30 April at BP Dyce, Aberdeen. Tim Smith said: "The Student Tutoring Scheme is an excellent initiative - it is powerful, the benefits are immediate and it is responsive to the needs of the schools. I'd like to extend my thanks to everyone involved in making this initiative a success - particularly the volunteer students, without whom this could not work."
Student tutoring is open to any second, third or fourth year student and involves spending a half day per week in the selected school for a period of 14 weeks. The way tutors are used in the classroom varies from school to school but are in place to help the class teacher rather than 'teach' themselves. Student Tutoring is often described as a win-win programme; the students themselves benefit from the development of transferable skills and from the opportunity to apply their subject knowledge in practical, classroom situations; schools and pupils benefit from the extra help of a classroom assistant and from the 'role model' aspect which comes from the students.