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Students looking for Mentors

Students at Poplar, please come to our student reception and ask to be put in contact with our mentoring team, who will book you into a ½ hour registration induction session.

If you are based at any site other than Poplar, please ask your site’s reception to call the Mentoring Team at Poplar. We will then make an appointment to come and see you at any of our sites for a ½ hour registration induction session.

Becoming a Mentor

We offer mentors the following opportunities...

• To develop personal transferable skills relevant to the workplace
• To increase their awareness of the local community
• To gain personal satisfaction and insight through supporting a mentee
• To promote their company and enhance its image

What is involved?

• Meeting regularly with your Mentee over a period of six months to a year (or until the student leaves the College)
• Providing objective support and guidance to the Mentee according to the Mentee's aspirations and career plans
• Ensuring that your meeting places are safe and accessible
• Liaising with your Mentee's tutor or the Manager of the Mentoring Programme in the event of any concerns
• Being accessible and reachable at work and at home*

*Although we discourage the exchanging of personal addresses, we expect that ad hoc contact will occur once the Mentee and Mentor develop a friendship. The mentoring relationship is not part of your paid professional work and should not be viewed as such. It is a personal voluntary relationship between two adults.

Why become a Mentor?

• Gain personal satisfaction through doing something worthwhile
• Develop transferable skills that are directly relevant to the workplace and career enhancement
• Benefit from opportunities to work in different environments
• Gain experience of working with people from other backgrounds and cultures
• Promote your company, enhance its image and help develop its future workforce
• Contribute to helping combat social and educational exclusion
• Be a role model
• Motivate and support a young person to raise their level of attainment and fulfil their potential
• Increase your awareness of the local community and give something back

Apply to become a Mentor »