Mentoring and Insight Talks
Use your expertise to inspire the industry leaders of tomorrow
Mentoring
Being a mentor is a great way to further your connection to the University, get some fresh perspectives from our fantastic current students and reignite the passion for your role.
Mentors offer their time and expertise to students at an earlier stage of their personal and career development. The results can be highly life-changing for a student.
These relationships often continue to develop outside of the scheme, with some students taking up internships and even graduate employment in their mentor’s workplace.
We offer a range of Mentoring Schemes that vary depending on what our students are studying. We know that the academic and career experience mentors can give our students is invaluable so we encourage you to take a look at all our mentoring opportunities to see how each scheme can benefit our students.
If you are interested in participating as a mentor, we would love to hear from you! Email us at fssl-pln@bristol.ac.uk.
Help undergraduate students make their next steps
What’s involved?
You will typically attend three remote meetings with a small group of students over a calendar year.
Many of our undergraduate students are in the ‘exploring a career’ phase which means they really benefit from subject-specific advice and guidance on their next steps. When there are so many options and paths available, a mentor can help them make an achievable plan, increase their professional skills and build their confidence.
Can I be a mentor?
We are looking for mentors who have studied an undergraduate Social Sciences subject and are working in or outside of the UK.
Help postgraduate students move towards their specialism
What’s involved?
You will typically attend three remote meetings with a small group of students over a calendar year.
Many of our postgraduate students are clear on their career path and are doing a masters to specialise in an area. This means they really benefit from a mentor working in a career of interest to them and guidance on how they can move into competitive roles. A mentor can help them make a plan, build their confidence and provide tailored advice on their next steps.
Can I be a mentor?
We are looking for mentors who are working in and/or have studied the following to postgraduate level and are working in or outside of the UK:
- Clinical, Counselling and Educational Psychologists
- Those who have studied a postgraduate Psychology degree and are working in Psychology (for example, Psychotherapists, Education Consultants, Lecturers)
- Those who have studied a related MSc Public Policy or MSc Policy Research degree and are working in policy
- Those who have studied Finance and/or Banking and are working in Risk Management, Regulation, Compliance, as Researchers in policy institutions, working in policy or for a central bank
Help postgraduate international students with the transition of returning home after graduation
What’s involved?
You will typically attend four remote meetings between April and August and have the choice of mentoring one student or, a group of two, three or four students.
Many of our international students are unsure about the steps they need to take once they have returned home after graduation. Our postgraduate international students are typically only studying in the UK for one year, so working out their next steps can be really overwhelming, amongst other challenges they are faced with. Having a mentor who can provide insight into the job market in their home country, help them to make a plan and build their confidence will make a huge impact to their graduate prospects.
Can I be a mentor?
We are looking for mentors working outside of the UK who have studied Economics, Accounting and Finance and/or Management to postgraduate level.
Get in touch
Placements - Claire Horton, Professional Liaison Administrator
The Bristol Model - Nora Pau, Professional Liaison Administrator
Civic Research Internship Programme - Sally Pheasant, Professional Liaison Administrator
Talks and Events - Holly Bain, Professional Liaison Administrator
Undergraduate Mentoring - Robyn Taylor, Professional Liaison Administrator
Postgraduate Mentoring - Claire Horton, Professional Liaison Administrator
MSc Business Analytics - Alex Barlow, Professional Liaison Administrator
Marketing Applied Extended Project (AEP) - Alex Barlow, Professional Liaison Administrator
Visit the About Us page for specific staff contact details.
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I took part as a mentor as I gained a lot from my time at Bristol and I wanted to take the opportunity to give something back. It was great to find out that things I have learned were useful and interesting to my mentees and it helped me to think about my career and what I enjoy whilst I discussed it with others. I would definitely recommend taking part as a mentor; for a relatively small amount of effort, you can make a big difference for some current students.
I get to know many new younger students, they are so fresh and eager to make a big show in the recruitment...Also, we would talk about some latest industry movement, and recent updates of UOB. All of these makes me feel valuable.
PLN Talks and Events
We are currently redesigning our industry student talks and creating a new programme of discussions and events on a range of topics.
We will update this page soon with more information and ways for you to get involved.