Peer Mentor Scheme
The Faculty has recently implemented a Peer Mentor Scheme for all new postgraduate research (PGR) students. All new PGR students will be offered a peer mentor. Peer mentors will be current students in their second or third year and will be allocated no more than four mentees. A Peer Mentor will provide support to new students particularly in the induction phase and settling in. | ||||
AimThe aim of the scheme is to support new PGR students as they make the transition to a postgraduate degree programme, as life as a PGR students is quite different from that of an undergraduate student. Our international students may also have to come to terms with moving to a new country and culture. |
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Your roleYour role as a Peer Mentor is to create a supportive and successful relationship through email, telephone and face to face communication. You should do this by:
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How to get involvedIf you would like to be a peer mentor please email the Graduate School attaching the mentee application form (see downloads section). Your application will then be considered to be one of the Faculty’s Peer Mentors. Following a successful application you will then be given relevant training and then assigned new students. The skills acquired by undertaking this role are valuable and do contribute to skills identified in the TNA. What the Mentors say...
What the Mentees say.......“…I found it very easy to cope with the anxiety of starting a PhD. There was always someone I could talk to informally if I had any doubts and someone who had very recently been in my shoes and faced similar situations and dealt with them. Having a tutor is of course useful but I found opening up to my buddy easier as she was almost my age and this gave me reassurance.” |