Student Mentoring

Many Things to Many People: Research on Mentoring Schemes Management

02.01.2020 in General Mentoring, Professional Mentoring, Student Mentoring

While there is extensive evidence of the benefits of mentoring relationships for mentees and mentors, there is less research evidence on what it means to design and manage a successful mentoring scheme. This is despite widespread recognition that there are an increasing number of mentoring schemes being developed in diverse sectors, from the arts to youth services, professional associations to social justice and across all education levels.

MentorNet Starts to Support Oxford University’s Mentoring Schemes

03.05.2018 in News, Student Mentoring

The University of Oxford has been running mentoring schemes for a while now, but recently has decided to select sfG MentorNet as the mentoring platform for some of its mentoring programmes. We are very pleased to be working with the University, to enhance their mentoring…

Half of Employers Don’t Think Students Have the Right Soft Skills, making Mentoring More Important than Ever

12.12.2017 in Information, Professional Mentoring, Student Mentoring

When writing another blog, I had a general conversation with Jo Haddrick from Napier University about the role of mentoring in preparing students for the business world. We discussed the challenges faced by students in learning how to operate in a corporate environment and having…

Setting up a Mentoring Programme using an Online Mentoring Platform

01.12.2017 in General Mentoring, Professional Mentoring, Student Mentoring

Jo Haddrick is Mentoring Coordinator within the Employer Opportunities Team at Edinburgh Napier University. The department has been running a mentoring programme for 9 years and they are currently in the process of moving to an online mentoring platform, sfG MentorNet. Following a conversation with…

Cambridge University goes Live with Online Mentoring for its Widening Participation Student Mentoring Scheme

27.01.2016 in News, Student Mentoring

Cambridge University Students’ Union (CUSU) is the representative body of all 20,000 students within the University of Cambridge and is a registered charity. It aims to support and advance the opportunities of its members, from all walks of life. A key goal is to widen…

How Reverse Mentoring can Help those not Born into the Digital Age

17.09.2015 in Charity Mentoring, General Mentoring, Professional Mentoring, Student Mentoring, Trends

In our last blog, we mentioned Generation Y, the younger generation of today – and its preference for interactions, social media and a life that has grown up with the internet and all things digital. For those people in the slightly older generation – say…

Facilitating the Administration of a Key Mentoring Programme at Oxford Brookes University

20.10.2015 in News, Student Mentoring

Mentoring is an important concept for Oxford Brookes University. The Accounting, Finance and Economics Department is one of the departments in the university that uses MentorNet for their mentoring scheme. A larger scheme is run by the Oxford School of Hospitality Management, that also uses…

Engaging Younger Generations through Interactive and Social Online Mentoring

20.08.2015 in Charity Mentoring, General Mentoring, Professional Mentoring, Student Mentoring, Trends

An interesting article that I saw today talks about the younger generation of 16-25 year olds, referred to as Generation Y – and their experiences and expectations going into the future world of work. Many of the mentoring programmes our customers run are in some…

Demonstrating The Value of Mentoring Relationships – through Surveys

15.07.2015 in Charity Mentoring, General Mentoring, Professional Mentoring, Student Mentoring, Trends

Building connections – be they in the educational, charity or business environment – can have a substantial impact on individuals. A recent survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development – in its 17th year of surveys, provides many insights into the area of Learning…