Mentor a student

Make a big difference to a student's life and future career by mentoring them.

Mentoring is a catalyst for personal and professional growth. Mentoring helps students to facilitate their own development, on their own terms. Mentors assist students in planning their development and can offer support in recalibrating when things don’t go as planned.

Mentoring is common in many workplaces as mentoring can help people to reach their potential and explore the things they are most passionate about.

Please note, our mentoring programmes do not help with study skills.

The mentoring programmes provide support to current University of Brighton students; undergraduate, postgraduate, part-time and full-time from across the university. There are five programmes available, you can find out more below.

apply to be a mentor

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What's the time commitment?

You will meet every two weeks over four to six months. This may vary slightly by programme.

Due to the COVID-19 situation, all our mentoring programmes are being delivered virtually using tools such as Facetime, MS Teams, Zoom, Skype or WhatsApp.

How do I get involved?

Complete a short application form and once this is received, we will contact you to tell you more about the programme and provide training. We do not guarantee to match you with a student.

Which mentoring programme?

Momentum

Momentum supports students who identify as:

  • a mature student
  • a commuter student
  • a care leaver or estranged student
  • a man who is from a working class / low economic background
  • having a disability
  • in need of support to develop your confidence

This is a non-identity match programme, so you will not necessarily share a specified characteristic with your mentee.

Identity Mentoring Match

This mentoring programme aims to match students and mentors affiliated by their skin colour, background heritage or a shared experience of being racialised.

You will support the students by building their confidence and helping them to work towards their goals.

Uni-Amex LGBTQ+ Uni-Amex Mentoring 

The Pride Network at American Express partners with the University of Brighton Careers Service to deliver the LGBTQ+ Uni-Amex mentoring programme. Mentors will have been referred to this programme by Niall Roche at American Express.

This programme supports students who identify as:

  • lesbian gay
  • bisexual
  • trans
  • non-binary
  • queer
  • and all sexualities, genders and identities that fall under the plus.

This is an identity match programme, so mentors will share a specific characteristic with their mentee.

Men in Primary Education

The Men in Primary Education mentoring programme aims to counter the low numbers of male role models in primary education. If you are a current 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.

Graduate Mentoring

The Graduate mentoring programme aims to support graduate mentees with their career goals or to help them build confidence. You will have the opportunity to share your knowledge and experience.

This is a non-identity match programme, so you will not necessarily share a specified characteristic with your mentee.