Case study: using PebblePad to enhance the effectiveness of personal tutoring and improve student engagement

It is widely recognised that there has been an increase in the proportion of students accessing a university education, in particular from groups who would not traditionally enter higher education (HE). With widening participation (WP) comes some key challenges, and pressure on institutions to retain students is ever growing. Therefore, the need for increasing achievement and reducing attrition requires an effective support mechanism for students through a university personal tutoring process (Stuart, Willock & Browning, 2019).