Study · In development

Help before the deadline.

Tutors, study groups and people who took the module last year.

See the plan
Section Study
Status In development
Who it is for Anyone one week from an exam
Cost to students Free to browse

01 The idea

Why we are building this

The person best placed to explain a module is almost always someone who sat it a year ago, and there is currently no way to find them. Academic help is about closing that gap: peer tutors first, professional tutors where they are worth it, and study groups for everything in between.

02 The plan

What academic help will include

  1. Peer tutors by module Search by university and course code, not by vague subject, so you get someone who sat your paper.
  2. Verified professional tutors For subjects where a peer is not enough, with rates stated up front and no lead-generation middleman.
  3. Study groups Open groups per module and per exam period, on and across campuses, that you can join rather than be invited to.
  4. Writing and referencing support Practical help with structure, referencing and academic English, which is where most marks quietly go missing.

03 In use

How it will work

  1. Step 1 Search your module By course code where your university publishes one, by subject where it does not.
  2. Step 2 See rate and record What they charge, what they scored in the module, and what other students said.
  3. Step 3 Book directly No agency fee, no commission taken out of a student tutor's hourly rate.

Where it actually stands

The tutor side is further along than most of this list, because the application to become a tutor is already live on this site and people are signing up. What does not exist yet is the search, the profiles and the booking.

Questions students ask

Straight answers about this, whether or not our version of it is finished.

See what already works

Right now, mostly by asking in a course WhatsApp group or paying an agency rate meant for school students. Neither works well: the group chat depends on who happens to be reading, and agencies rarely cover university-level modules at a price a student can afford.

What we are building indexes tutors by university and course code, so you can find someone who took the exact module. Students who want to tutor can already apply through our become a tutor page.

Getting in, paying for it, and passing.

Most of DubaiStudentLife is still being built, and we would rather say so than pad the site with empty pages. Register and you get told once, when the part you came for is actually there.