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Information about the Joint Mentoring Scheme
The Cancer Institute is part of the FPHS cross-institute mentoring initiative, a combined mentoring scheme with seven other UCL Institutes: Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health; Institute of Global Health; Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology; Institute of Health Informatics; Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health; Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care; and The Institute of Cardiovascular Science.
Staff at all levels, and students (2nd year PhD onwards) across the participating Institutes are invited to apply. Our regular mentoring training sessions are aimed at both mentors and mentees - to explore what mentoring is, what it involves and how it works so you can make a start to set up your mentoring relationship.
A mentor can help you gain impartial advice and encouragement in a supportive relationship where you can bounce ideas around. This can help you develop your career, develop professional networks, set a work/life balance, or transition to a new role. As a mentor you can further your own personal development, widen your understanding of UCL and how it works, and enhance your job satisfaction through supporting the development of others.
How to join the Scheme
1. Attend a mentoring training session
- Come to a cross institute workshop advertised around the building or through email communications.
- Online training through Moodle using the self enrolement key: Mentoring2021
2. Join the scheme
- Once you have completed the training you have the option of joining as a mentor, mentee or both.
- Instructions on how to join as either or both are given at the end of the course.
3. Matching and establishing a mentoring relationship
- When you join as a mentee you will be able to select from a list of mentors (from across all eight Institutes) based on the experience or expertise thay can offer.
- As agreement is then made between mentor and mentee for the frequency and content of the meetings, and the period of time the meetings should continue. After this, the mentee and mentor feedback their experiences to the mentoring steering group and can then either continue in the mentoring programme (with the same or different mentor-mentee pairing) or leave the programme.
We offer regular mentoring scheme induction sessions, to train mentors and mentees. This page will be regularly updated with upcoming dates.
The next in person mentoring session will take place on Tuesday 2nd May, 11.30pm - 1.30pm at the Cancer Institute in the Cancer Academy.
Further information on the FPHS cross-institute mentoring scheme can be found here.
Contact: ci.mentoring@ucl.ac.uk
CI Mentoring Champions
Nnenna Kanu
Lucia Cottone
Yasmin Morris
Testimony: Nnenna Kanu
I sought a mentor when I decided to go for a senior promotion and was unsure how to navigate the process. My mentor gave me feedback on my application, which allowed me to improve it significantly. The mentoring relationship gave me a sense of direction and purpose and provided me with valuable insights on how to approach the application process. Their guidance and encouragment kept me motivated and focused throughout the promotion process and I was able to identify my strenghts and weaknesses and work on areas that needed improvement. My mentor also provided me with valuable networking oppertunities and introduced me to other professionals and expanded my professional network. I am grateful for my mentor's help and am confident that their advice will continue to benefit me in my future endeavours.
As my career progressed I was able to pay it forward, and mentor others in a similar position. I found that mentoring others not only helped me reinforce what I had learned but also allowed me to make a positive impact on the careers of others.
Overall, having a mentor was a game-changer for me, and I am grateful for the positive impact they had on my career, growth and development. I would highly recommend it to anylook looking to achieve their professional goals.
Junior Group Leaders Mentoring
Please contact Veronica Dominguez v.dominguez@ucl.ac.uk
B-MEntor Mentoring Scheme
B-MEntor is a cross-institutional mentoring scheme for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) academics and researchers.
