Peer Active Learning Scheme: PALS Mentor 2025 / 2026

The Peer Active Learning Scheme (PALS) is a learning development programme designed for final year undergraduate and postgraduate students. It provides these students with the opportunity to develop their academic, professional, and personal skills by acting as a learning mentor to foundation, first- and second-year undergraduate mentees. To become a PALS mentor, individuals must demonstrate their academic capabilities by completing the application process, which includes providing evidence that they meet the eligibility criteria and completing a competency-based interview. Following a successful application, the PALS mentors attended a training session to develop their mentoring skills and enhance their learning capabilities before meeting their mentees.

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