Have you ever wanted some advice from a senior colleague who isn’t formally connected to you? Have you ever wondered how others approach challenging problems? Are you interested in perspectives from other academic environments? This is your opportunity. We are bringing together experienced academic researchers for a speed mentoring session so that they can offer you their support and advice.
About speed mentoring
Speed mentoring offers you the opportunity for a series of short, focused conversations about a specific question or issue you are struggling with or a goal you are trying to achieve. At this session, which is focused on career and professional development, you will rotate around four different mentors, spending 15 minutes with each, to gain different perspectives on a personal professional issue you are seeking to resolve.
This session is being run in collaboration across the Universities of Bath, Cambridge, Kent, Oxford, Oxford Brookes, and Sussex and King’s College London. If offered a place you will have the opportunity to participate in speed mentoring sessions with academics from a selection of the participating institutions. Those academics may or may not be based in your disciplinary area. The focus is on career development more generally.
The next event will take place on 24 October 2024, 10:00-12:00, online
Registration opens on 12 September and will close will close at 12 noon on 8 October 2024
Register your interest
Registration
Participants will be asked to complete a brief form to register interest. As part of the application process, you will be asked to briefly describe what you hope to discuss with the mentors and what you’d like to get out of the session. These responses will form part of the participant selection process.
Places are limited and will be distributed between the participating institutions. Please note that registering here may not guarantee a place, though we will operate a waitlist if needed. If selected, you will be emailed invitations with joining instructions in advance of the event.
Aim
The purpose of these cross-institutional speed mentoring events is to give early career researchers the opportunity to have a series of brief, focused conversations with more experienced professionals (within or outside of their subject discipline or sector) to gain insight and new perspectives on a career goal or challenge. The cross-institutional nature of this event enables researchers to access academics from other universities, expanding their network and broadening their awareness of the academic experience beyond their current research environment. Mentors benefit from learning about the challenges and aspirations of early career researchers and will be given the opportunity to meet and network with each other during the session.
