Now open to all research associates and research assistants right across the University of Sheffield.
What's involved?
Mentoring will supply you with professional guidance to help support you through all stages of your career here and into your next position whether that is within the academic environment or in one of the hundreds of alternative career paths.
Your mentor will be a member of academic staff outside your Dept. All our mentors are trained and experienced in helping researchers to take control of their career through established mentoring and coaching techniques.
Do you want:
- a sounding board
- to know your options
- support in your career choices
- help to focus on your career development
- to discuss Fellowships
- to narrow down your ideas
- to improve your confidence
- to raise your profile as a researcher
- to make new contacts and networks
We have two intakes per year, in Spring, and in Autumn. You will be assigned a mentor after attending a specialist training session and application form via which you will be able to specify your own requirements of the mentor. This will help the mentoring committee to pair you with a mentor of suitable experience and expertise.
Your mentor will be assigned to you for six months and you will be expected to meet a minimum of three times over that period. There will also be the opportunity to attend mentee/mentor coffee mornings to discuss progress and outcomes.
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Mentoring expertise
Originating in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health, the programme has been designed and developed in conjunction with world-leading research expertise. Dr Kay Guccione manages mentoring programmes across the University of Sheffield.
Paul Stokes of Sheffield Hallam University facilitates our Mentoring Programme introductory workshop events. Paul is an experienced researcher, lecturer and consultant who currently co-directs the coaching and mentoring team and is the subject group leader for the Organisational Behaviour/Human Resource Management Subject Group within the Department of Management at Sheffield Business School.
Kay Guccione offers full support for mentoring. If you have any questions about the programme, about your mentee or mentor, best practice in mentoring, or you need to know where to look for help, guidance or support please get in touch.
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