PhD Mentoring Program
2024 applications now open
Program dates: April - December 2024
Applications close: 31 March 2024
Apply now
In our case, I think mentorship wasn’t limited to just mentorship – it has gone beyond that. I would call [my mentor] a collaborator on my PhD, rather than an official mentor or supervisor.
Ravikiran (Ravi) Parameshwara and Soujanya Narayana, PhD Candidates, 2023
Read about their mentor match made in heaven in the UnCover Story.
Program Overview:
You will be matched with an industry mentor in a similar industry or research area.
Over 9 months and 4 meetings, mentors share their expertise and insights from their candidature and career.
You are given the skills and support to lead the mentoring relationship and ensure they get the most out of their mentor. Mentors provide:
- New and alternative perspectives
- Ideas and approaches
- Career pathway advice
- Real-life experience
- Help identify skills gaps
- Help grow your industry networks
- Reinvigorate motivation
During the Mentoring Program you have access to:
- Mentoring workshop with Dr Janet Smith
- Mentoring meeting framework
- Monthly resources
- Email/phone/drop in session support throughout program
- Occasional social coffee catch up
Program requirements:
- Attend orientation virtual event at start of program
- Attend mentoring workshop
- Minimum 4 meeting (in person or virtual)
- Program runs for 9 months March to December
- 500-word reflection upon completion
Would you like to be a mentor?
If you are an industry professional, Adjunct Professor, UC Alumni or Academic and wish to become a mentor please email now. |