Skip to content

CamAWiSE Mentoring Programme 2024

The CamAWiSE Mentoring Programme 2024

The CamAWiSE Mentoring Programme aims to connect students, researchers and professionals in STEMM and support them in their professional development. The programme allows participants to make new connections, expand their exposure and insight into professional areas beyond their own, and gain further skills relevant for their professional or their personal lives. This is an inclusive programme and we welcome applications from all genders and different international locations.

We are pleased to say the programme will be running again in 2024, and applications for the 2024 cohort are now open until 31st May 2024.

Apply now

 

The CamAWiSE Mentoring Programme launched in 2020 as a pilot, you can read more about the experience at the programme in this interview with mentor Becky Hall. Following the success of the pilot, we continued the programme and are now calling applications for the fifth cohort in 2024. The programme will run for six months, from mid June until the end of November 2024. Anyone with an academic or a professional interest in STEMM can apply, independent of their career stage, gender or location. There is no prior knowledge of mentoring required to participate as a mentor. 

Mentors and mentees will be matched by CamAWiSE using the feedback provided on the application form. Further information about the programme is available in the participant handbook.

How to apply?

Mentors and mentees should submit an application online to participate in the Mentoring programme. Applications must be submitted by 31 May 2024. 

Mentees must be CamAWiSE members for the duration of the mentoring programme. Update your membership or join us at https://camawise.org.uk/membership. Membership is not required to participate as a Mentor. 

Programme schedule

Mentor-Mentee matches will be finalised by June 14th, and all participants will be notified accordingly. We encourage mentees to initiate contact with their mentors upon receiving confirmation of their match.

Orientation sessions for mentors and mentees are scheduled for the week of June 24th. All participants are encouraged to attend the orientation session. During the programme, CamAWiSE will also host cohort calls for mentees to support them in setting and developing their goals, and as an opportunity to share experiences with other participants.

We recommend that the mentor and the mentee meet once a month. Where mentor and mentee are based at different locations, the expectation is that meetings will take place online, but the format of the meetings (in person or online, length and the medium for communication) is to be agreed between mentor and mentee. 

If you have any questions or would like more information about the program, please do contact us at info@camawise.org.uk.

Why mentoring?

Mentoring is a potentially rich source of learning for both parties, benefiting mentors and mentees with opportunities to gain leadership skills, to give back to the community and expand their networks. It allows the mentee to gain guidance and encouragement, support around work/ life balance, self confidence and new professional perspectives. But mentoring does not only benefit mentees, it provides mentors with opportunities to gain leadership skills, and to give back to the community.

Many of today’s successful leaders have participated in a mentoring programme that helped to empower them. These mentees are often willing to mentor up-and-coming leaders as well. Studies have shown that 71% of women will accept an invitation to act as a formal career mentor.

TOP

Benefits for mentors and mentees

Mentorship success stories