PASS

Peer Assisted Student Support (PASS) was introduced by Athlone Institute of Technology and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (our SIF II partner) in January 2009.

PASS is a scheme that offers cross-year support between students on the same programme. It encourages first year students to support each other and learn co-operatively under the guidance of a trained student from the second years of your programme.  PASS initially commenced as a collaborative project between GMIT and AIT. AIT has won further funding under the dormant accounts initiative to extend this project.

PASS aims to help first year students:

• quickly adjust to college life
• improve their learning and study skills
• enhance their understanding of the subject matter of their programmes
• prepare better for assignments and exams

Read more about the benefits of PASS, or alternatively explore the background to Peer Assisted Student Support.

Peer Assisted Learning Symposium, taking place May 12th and 13th in GMIT, for more information please select PASS Symposium