ABSTRACT
One of the key resources to students in their work in the study unit groups has
proved to be that of the consultants. In a number of ways their role mirrors the
facilitators’ role. They are not expected to ‘teach’ the students on the basis of their
specialist knowledge and indeed are actively discouraged from doing so. Instead,
they respond to the questions that the students bring to them from their reading and
discussion in their groups. However, if there are key issues that the students seem
not to be addressing, the consultants will raise these with students and alert students
to their importance.
