For Faculty/Advisors | Advising at LUMS

Whether you are meeting with a new advisee for the first time, supporting a student in difficulty, or trying to better understand the academic policies that apply to your student, the advising office has developed resources that can help you build a strong advising relationship. These resources are for faculty advisors, peer mentors, staff advisors and department coordinators.

All Advisors

This section contains best practice memos and professional development repository for all the advisors at LUMS

Academic Advising During the Pandemic

Harassment, Bullying and Other Misconduct: Guide

Promoting Social Engagement during the Pandemic

Group Advising

FACULTY ADVISORS

Advising Guide for Faculty Advisors (under development)

PEER MENTORS

Advising Guide for Peer Advisors (under development)

DEPARTMENT COORDINATORS

Protocols for Department Coordinators (under development)

STAFF ADVISORS

Protocols for Staff Advisors

FOR FACULTY ADVISORS

Maintaining confidentiality of your student interactions

Confidentiality in student interactions

(importance of establishing a confidential and safe space with advisees)

Strengthen confidential relationships

(verbal communication, neutral language, anonymity and centralising information)

Tips by type of situation

Meltdown during a meeting
(understand your role, listen, refer and take zambeel notes)

Meltdown during a meeting

Mental health issues
(Understand, identify, refer, provide guidance and take zambeel notes)

Mental health issues

Harassment experience
(relevant resources, options for support & reporting etc. )

Harassment experience

Declining mental health support/counselling
(exploring reasons and bursting myths)

Declining mental health support/counselling

Confusion about major declaration
(resources, exploring options, connecting with relevant faculty)

Confusion about major declaration

Majoring in your field of expertise
(discuss courses, compare fields, explore resources, ask questions)

Majoring in your field of expertise

Aggressive behaviour in meetings
(understand the root cause, set boundaries)

Aggressive behaviour in meetings

Not working towards decided goals
(understand the problem, refer them to other support services)

Not working towards decided goals

Academically struggling and probation students
(understand the causes, guide through relevant options)

Academically struggling and probation students

Academic Policies
(school transfer, major requirements, degree progress, taking semester off etc.)

Academic Policies

Unresponsive Students
(alert the advising unit, document on zambeel notes, reach out personally)

Unresponsive Students

Tips on different kind of student interactions

Tips on things to do before meeting a student

(familiarise yourself with student's academic background, read zambeel notes, skim through self-reflection forms)

Tips on conducting a group session

(what to do before, during and after the session)

For University Leadership

Resources to Support the Development of advising systems at LUMS

This section contains resources for LUMS Leadership for the development of advising systems at LUMS

Faculty Advising: Key Decisions and Options

Comparative Data for Teaching and Advising Loads at LUMS (Fall/Spring 2019-2020)

Campus Involvement of Students in Support Services LUMS