Mentoring

The purpose of the Mentoring strand of the Balance Project is to produce a resource pack that will document the case for mentoring and which will set out guidelines for establishing successful schemes to support women in addressing the issues they may face in the course of pursuing a career in engineering. The resource pack is to be disseminated across higher education and other organisations.

Deliverables

Deliverables for the Mentoring strand of the project include:

• An initiatives report identifying current mentoring schemes in the UK
• Documented experiences of Mentors, Mentees and Mentoring Scheme Co-ordinators
• The detailed documentation of successful mentoring schemes
• The identification of mentoring good practice

As the deliverables are completed they will be made available on the website. To read the latest report, please use the link below.

Existing Mentoring Schemes in the UK
The report is concerned with current and recent mentoring initiatives that are being undertaken in the UK. The first section of the report gives an overview of mentoring and its definitions. The second section documents and categorises UK mentoring schemes. The report includes observations drawn from the documented schemes and links to useful mentoring websites.

Get Involved

Are you a female in a traditionally male-dominated field? Would you or have you benefited from mentoring? Or are you involved in running a mentoring scheme? If so the Balance Project would be interested in hearing from you, please contact Sarah Bamforth at the Balance Project.

Useful Links

The follow are links to useful mentoring websites.

www.nmn.org.uk - National Mentoring Network's Website

www.mentoringgroup.com - An American website providing tips for running mentoring schemes and access to mentoring materials.

www.coachingnetwork.org.uk - The Coaching and Mentoring Networks website provides contacts with mentoring and coaching people, products and services and is regularly updated with developments in mentoring and coaching.

www.mentoring.org - The national mentoring partnership's website provides advice on running different types of mentoring schemes and resources on how to set up a successful scheme.

www.mentornet.net - An e-mentoring network for women in engineering and science.

www.mentorsforum.co.uk - The Mentors Forum is an interactive site hosted by Business Link Hertfordshire, looking not only at individual mentoring schemes, but studying mentoring as a 'generic' subject

www.mentors.org.uk - The big brothers and Sisters website gives statistical evidence which supports the benefits obtained through mentoring.

www.mentoringknowledgebase.com - The Mentoring Knowledge base site provides information about supporting young people through local mentoring schemes. There is also a wealth of information and good practice to tap into.