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Resources for Mentees

An impactful, successful and rewarding mentoring relationship requires planning, rapport building, expectation setting, and the development of active listening, questioning, reflection, the giving and receiving of feedback, and confidence.

The following resources for mentees provides advice on establishing and maintaining the best possible mentoring relationship you can and covers:

  • The role of a mentee
  • Understanding and clarifying what you want to achieve
  • The characteristics of a successful mentee
  • Approach your first meeting and making the most out of the mentoring relationship (a mentee checklist)
  • Establishing a mutual agreement/contracting in (template available)
  • Overcoming obstacles and building confidence as a mentee
  • Leaving a mentoring relationship

Preparing for Mentorship Online Module

This module is for anyone who is new to mentoring and wants to know the basics of what the roles of mentor and mentee entail and how to set yourself up for a successful mentoring partnership. The module will familiarise you with what mentoring is, and isn’t, what makes a good mentor and mentee, and some tools that can help you clarify the goals for mentoring and structure mentoring meetings. There are no prerequisites to this training module. The module is highly recommended for new mentees and mentors before you start your first mentoring partnership.

Access the Preparing for Mentorship Online Module

Access full transcript for module videos

We also offer live workshops for mentors and mentees on the Mentoring Workshops & Events page.

Resources for mentees

The EPSRC Inclusion Matters website also has numerous resources around inclusivity, including the online mentoring course.

Workshops for mentees

To further support your practice we run a number of facilitated sessions throughout the year for both mentees and mentors.

For mentees who wish to be part of the University-wide mentoring scheme these will focus on; how you can get the most out of a mentoring relationship, exploring and finessing your mentoring objectives, how to plan for and reflect on your sessions, and expectation setting. You do not need to be registered in the scheme to attend.

These sessions will be advertised on our Mentoring Workshops and Events page and the events section on the OD&PL site on the Staff Intranet (internal access only).