Mentoring Workshops & Events

• When? 22 September 2026, 9.30am-12noon
• Where? In person
• Who is it for? For mentors on the University-wide Mentoring Scheme, or any other mentoring programme, who would like to share experience and peer support with other mentors. You must have mentored at least one mentee in the last 12 months to participate in this workshop.

This workshop is designed for experienced mentors who want to reflect on and enhance their mentoring skills. In this session you will:

• Examine how psychological safety can be created in mentoring and identify ways you as a mentor can balance support and challenge to create psychological safety for mentees.
• Consider how differences in perspective impact the mentoring process and know some tools to aid reflexive practice in mentoring.
• Increase your awareness of your strengths and areas for development as mentors and identify some next steps to continue your development.

• When? 22 September 2026, 1pm-4pm
• Where? In person
• Who is it for? For mentees in the University-Wide Mentoring Scheme who are interested in learning more about themselves to make better career choices.

In this interactive face-to-face session, you will explore your strengths, values, interests, and career development ideas within a supportive peer group of fellow mentees. The workshop features the engaging and popular careers board game, "Who You Are Matters!". You’ll also complete a reflective booklet that you can take with you after the workshop and discuss further with your mentor.

• When? 19 October 2026, 12noon-1pm
• Where? Online
• Who is it for? Coaches and mentors who are supporting others through organisational change while experiencing it themselves.

This 1-hour session offers a practical space for coaches and mentors who are supporting others through organisational change while experiencing it themselves. We’ll explore how to stay resourced, keep boundaries intact and avoid projecting your own experience into mentoring conversations. You’ll also learn quick Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) informed micro‑tools you can use in the moment — and we’ll talk openly about what to do when you’re not in a place to mentor or coach safely.

• When? 4 November 2026, 12noon-1pm
• Where? Online
• Who is it for? Coaches and mentors

In this session, we will look at imagination as one of the key pillars of building empathy and connection with coachees and mentees. Informed by her experience as an applied theatre scholar and practitioner, Alice will share her model for transformational coaching and introduce an approach that harnesses the imagination in a way that is fun, insightful and encourages coachees and mentees to channel different perspectives and develop new thinking. We'll be exploring through practice in a safe and supportive environment with lots of opportunity for questions, reflections and discussion.