Sheffield Mentors'

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Sheffield Mentors.

• Making marketing matter within a HE university
  mentoring scheme
• Ian Munton Emma Jeggo
• The University of Sheffield
• MANDBF Foundation Conference
• Thursday 22nd May 2008

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Sheffield Mentors.

• Overview of Sheffield Mentors.
• The last year Seechange
• Where are we now?
• The future
• Group Discussion

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Sheffield Mentors. The Basics

• Centrally run Student Services
• 2nd and 3rd Year Student Mentors
• Transition//Orientation/Induction/ongoing support
• Informal and friendly peer support

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How it started.

• Started in 2000 with a pilot focussing on
  specific student groups
• Mature students in Law
• Female students in EEE
• Female students in Mech Eng
• Erasmus students in Civil Eng

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Growth of the scheme.
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18 Months ago.

• The scheme was not clearly defined
• Had a clerical focus
• Was not widely known or recognised within the
• university
• Had little ongoing support
• Minimal monitoring and evaluation

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What do these images say?
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Focussed Developments

• New Team
• Accelerated Growth
• Advertising Recruitment Campaign
• Refocus of role aims
• Enhanced Mentoring Community
• Greater Recognition Reward

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Bold, directed and obvious
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Relevant and inviting
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Where are we now?

• Recruited and Trained 500 new mentors
• 40 Continuing mentors
• Pilot Postgraduate Scheme in Modern Languages
  Teaching Centre
• International Student Mentoring project

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Collaboration.

• Important to have key Internal partners to act as
  drivers
• Pro-vice Chancellor
• Students Union Education Officer
• Departmental Contacts
• Those running related projects

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Internal Selling Points.

• Advertising Recruitment University wide
• Centrally Run Training Programme
• Minimal Departmental/Academic Commitment
• Larger Network for Mentors
• Developing a culture within UofS
• Small budget streamlined costs

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The Future.

• University wide All Inclusive
• Streamlined administrative processes
• Online mentor application training allocation
• Online mentee application
• Database
• The Norm