Find a mentor

What is a mentor?

• A mentor is someone with experience and expertise that can help develop the career of a mentee.
• A mentor guides, advises and inspires the career development of the mentee.

How does the mentoring scheme work?

Here at Greenwich, each faculty have their own mentoring scheme suited to the needs of students and mentors.

• The Faculty of Business: One to one meetings with a professional that runs for 4-6 months.
• The Faculty of Engineering and Science: SPARK Mentoring is also one to one meetings with a professional running for 4-6 months.
• The Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Each school has their own scheme ranging from E-mentoring to face to face meetings.
• The Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences: SHARE Mentoring is a termly group session that lets students meet industry professionals.

With each scheme, we'll support mentors and mentees with workshops, one-to-ones, and regular catch-up sessions with our staff to make sure you're getting the most out of mentoring.

What will I get out of the scheme?

Mentoring schemes offer plenty of personal and professional benefits. 

For mentees, you'll be able to:

• Get valuable advice from an established professional
• Explore your chosen industry
• Improve your communication skills
• Gain industry contacts
• Build your confidence and boost your job prospect

For mentors, you can:

• Develop your leadership skills
• Be trained in mentoring and coaching
• Boost your CSR activities 
• Find graduate talent

How do I apply?

• Business School: apply to the Business School Mentoring Programme
• Faculty of Engineering and Science: apply to SPARK Mentoring
• Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences, apply to SHARE Group Mentoring
• Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Enquire at FLAS-employability@gre.ac.uk.

General queries should be directed to the central Employability & Careers Service (ECS) 

• Telephone: 020 8331 8810
• Email: mentoring@gre.ac.uk