About the Journal

Waypoint is an online, open-access journal hosted by UKAT that is focused on student advising practice and research in Europe.

Our goal is to foster a collaborative community of staff and students around personal tutoring and advising, particularly within European universities and tertiary education institutions. We encourage contributions that:
- Connect research, models, theories, and reflections with practical applications.
- Showcase innovative and pedagogic approaches to sharing information.
- Facilitate discussions and build a collaborative community.

Waypoint accepts a broad range of practice-based contributions that link the scholarship and practice of personal tutoring/ academic advising by connecting practice to research, models, theories, and reflections.

Based in the UK, Waypoint welcomes perspectives from across the world.

Announcements

Call for Contributions - Special Edition on Postgraduate Advising

09/21/2026

We are currently seeking contributions for a special edition of Waypoint, focused on the needs of taught postgraduate students. We invite articles on topics such as student transition, diversity, expectations, and skills development. Expressions of interest (max 500 words) should be submitted by 1 November 2026 and should outline your topic, contribution type, relevance, and potential impact.

Read more about Call for Contributions - Special Edition on Postgraduate Advising

Current Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): Creating the Conditions for Advising to Matter
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The articles in this issue ask us to consider how we create the conditions for advising to matter. They move us from institutional design, through advising systems and the experiences of tutors, to the reflective conversations through which students develop confidence and judgement. They remind us that impactful advising is not created by any single intervention. It emerges when structures, people and relationships align to create the conditions in which students can belong, reflect and exercise agency.

 

Published: 10/26/2026

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