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Project Outputs > Guidelines for Establishing PAL

The guidelines for establishing PAL that can be downloaded below have been built out of reflections on the learning points from the project Peer Assisted Learning: In and Beyond the Classroom. The learning has been drawn from:

regional seminars based on PAL
the experiences of universities that were supported to implement PAL during the course of the project
interviews with PAL leaders and project officers

The guidelines, full of top tips and recommendations, are organised into 10 sections aimed at supporting those who would like to implement PAL in their own institution:

Making a case for PAL within your own institution
Aims and Benefits of PAL
Models of PAL
Partnership and networking
Recruitment of PAL leaders
PAL Leader training
Timing
Logistics of PAL
Learning from those institutions that have recently adopted PAL
Critical success factors

The guidelines can be accessed below:

Guidelines for Establishing PAL

The guidelines can be read alongside a report that the University of Bath has developed providing information for those institutions considering the establishment of PAL schemes. The report includes advice on resources needed to ensure that PAL becomes a sustainable and effective tool for improving the learning experience of students across the institution. It can be downloaded below:

Report on Implementing PAL schemes