Mentor a student

In exchange for a small amount of your time as a mentor, you can get:

• Training in coaching and other key skills such as listening, facilitation and rapport building that may benefit your career and personal life.
• An insight into higher education and the strengths and development needs of graduates.
• Networking opportunities with future graduates, professionals, colleagues and fellow mentors.
• An understanding of how mentoring can help staff and personal development in your own workplace.
• The opportunity to reflect on your own skills and development.
• A feeling of satisfaction from helping another person.

Momentum

The Momentum Mentoring Programme is especially for Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) students, students with a disability, care leavers, mature students, men in receipt of a bursary and students who need a confidence boost.

As a mentor you will have the opportunity to share your knowledge and experience with a student. You will also provide ongoing support to your student, and boost their confidence and wellbeing, to help them achieve on their course and in their life and future career.

BAME Education Mentoring Programme

The BAME Education Mentoring Programme is delivered by the University of Brighton in collaboration with former head teacher John Lynch. The programme pairs local BAME role models with trainee teachers who identify as BAME, to counter the relatively low numbers of role models in schools. 

As a mentor you will have the opportunity to share your knowledge and experience with a student. You will also provide ongoing support to your student, and boost their confidence and wellbeing, to help them achieve on their course and in their future career.

Knowledge of the education system is not required as mentors will receive training from John Lynch.

BAME Nursing Mentoring Programme

The BAME Nursing Mentoring Programme is delivered by the University of Brighton in collaboration with John Lynch Consultancy and Training. The programme pairs local BAME role models with student nurses who identify as BAME.

As a mentor you will have the opportunity to share your knowledge and experience with a nursing student. You will also provide ongoing support to your student, and boost their confidence and wellbeing, to help them achieve on their course and in their future career.

Knowledge of nursing is not required.

Men in Primary Education Mentoring Programme

The Men in Primary Education Mentoring Programme aims to counter the low numbers of male role models in primary education.

If you are a male primary school teacher, you can offer support to a man training to teach in primary schools. You will have the opportunity to share your knowledge and experience. You will also provide ongoing support to your student, and boost their confidence and wellbeing, to help them achieve on their course and in their future career.

Uni-Amex LGBT+ Mentoring Programme

The Pride Network at American Express teams with the University of Brighton Careers Service to deliver the LGBT+ Uni-Amex mentoring programme.

The programme pairs staff from American Express’s LGBT Pride Network who wish to share their experience and knowledge, with current University of Brighton and University of Sussex students who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Trans (LGBT) and wish to develop their confidence and employability skills.

If you are an American Express employee and would like more information, please get in touch with Niall Roche, AMEX Mentoring Co-ordinator at  Niall.R.Roche@aexp.com or on 01273 211581.

In your role as a mentor, you will need to:

• Attend an induction to explore how to help you and your mentee to get the most from the mentoring relationship.
• Meet your mentee in person for a minimum of 12 hours throughout the six-month programme. The Men in Primary Education programme runs for a full academic year.
• Maintain regular contact remotely with your mentee, and prepare for meetings as appropriate.
• Maintain regular contact with your Mentoring Coordinator.
• Attend a mid-programme review and attend end of programme awards events, which tend to be outside of office hours. 
• Complete an evaluation questionnaire to help us assess and develop our programmes.