Mentor a student

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

Plus, you and your organisation can benefit from the mentoring relationship in a number of ways.

Apply to be a mentor

Why become a mentor?

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.
work-with-us-mentors

Which mentoring programme?

Momentum 

The Momentum mentoring programme is especially for students with a disability, care leavers, mature students, Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) 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 Match 

The BAME Match Programme pairs local BAME role models with students from the university community who identify as BAME. 

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.

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 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+ 

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 Coordinator at Niall.R.Roche@aexp.com or on 01273 211581.

How much commitment is involved?

Due to the COVID-19 situation, all our mentoring programmes are being delivered remotely, usually through videoconferencing. The face to face mentoring programmes will resume once the situation changes.

 

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 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 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.