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Professional Development

What is mentoring and what does it offer?

Mentoring

The University is committed to continuing professional development (CPD) and supports mentoring as part of this.

“to help and support people to manage their own learning in order to maximise their potential, develop their skills, improve their performance, and become the person they want to be”

Parsloe 1992

Mentoring is a relationship which helps individuals  through guidance and support from someone more experienced.

Mentoring has the value of an informal relationship with added benefits of having a structured framework. Creating the balance is the main focus of these web pages.

University Testimonials

The positive impact mentoring can have on both the mentor and mentee can be significant. It can also significantly increase engagement at work for both.

Watch this video of testimonials and find out what our colleagues are saying about the benefits of mentoring.  Click the back button at the top left of the screen to return to mentoring pages

What does mentoring offer?

A mentoring relationship is one where both mentor and mentee recognise the need for personal development.  A mentor can help someone achieve their personal and professional development objectives when they:

mentoring offers

All mentoring relationships are unique and as such, a mentor can provide support in a number of ways by acting as; 

mentor benefits

What are the main benefits?

Becoming a mentor provides:

mentee benefits

Becoming a mentee provides:

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