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Escaping to the country
encourage group-based activity, with
lecturers and tutors consequently finding
more creative ways of encouraging Jaan Enden is a College Fellow and a former Chair of Council. With her kind
interaction. support, the opportunity to escape the rush of city life to visit her farm has been
an exciting JCH tradition for several years now. On 1 May 2016, we continued
Imogen: The structure of the Arts degree that tradition.
at Melbourne appears to have changed
immensely. However, the structure of the It was a cold Sunday morning and my first priority was to stop at McDonald’s for
individual courses seems much the same. coffee on our way to the country. When we arrived at the farm, I recall being blown
away by the relaxed atmosphere I experienced there. It made me realise how busy
What are your thought on the benefits/ the city is, and it was great to have a break from that for a while.
advantages of the College tutorial
program? Soon after we arrived we all jumped on the back of the ute and went on a farm tour.
With the wind blowing our hair in every direction, we drove around enjoying the
Catherine: I think interacting with tutors beautiful views and breathing in the brisk, fresh air.
who have either completed studies in the
discipline of the subject being taught, or The night before there had been a horrible storm, which had felled a number
have completed the actual subject offers of trees. We helped clean up the property by collecting fallen trees and broken
a unique perspective that is beneficial to branches, and throwing it all onto a huge pile that was later removed. All the hard
students. Moreover, the collegiality of the work paid off when the BBQ started! As we sat in the shed eating our sausages, we
tutoring program at JCH can encourage could hear soft rain on the tin roof. It was a wonderful moment.
students to support each other in their
learning endeavours, and also to receive The part I like the most about this tradition is that it is an opportunity to get to
emotional and academic support from know fellow JCHers in a different setting, far away from the books and stresses of
staff. University. We were required to pitch in and get our hands dirty. The experience
brought us closer together, as well as challenging us to find and use our practical
Kelly: A benefit of hiring alumni to tutor skills. I would certainly recommend that any JCHers presented with this opportunity
at JCH is that we have walked in the should be sure to take it. They would be guaranteed great fun and a good way to
shoes of our students, so we can relate escape the city for a day!
to all that they are going through. What a
pleasure to be able to give advice based Han-Mari Cronje
directly on experience and to be able Vera Moore Scholar
to stand at the other end and say that
it will all be okay and to just enjoy the
moment! The College tutorial program
provides not only academic support, but
pastoral support as well. And at the end
of the day, I feel that pastoral support has
a much more beneficial and long term
influence for people of our age.

Tom: As a student, I found it to be an
incredible extra source of information to
consolidate the content from the previous
week and work through confusing
problems in greater detail. In this way,
it is a great chance to ask the ‘silly’
questions that are still important. It also Escape to the country
provides another opportunity to get to
know a mix of other students at College
and initiate study group sessions and
academic discussions.

Imogen: The University system is vastly
different from high school and, when
combined with a move from interstate or
a rural area, there are many new things
for students to adapt to. One of the key
benefits of the College tutorial program
is providing students, especially those in
first year, with a more comfortable space
in which they can clarify concepts.

The next generation

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