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Arqus Mentoring Programme for Early-Stage Researchers

This programme is intended for late-stage PhDs and early-stage PostDocs who are interested in professional support and strategic advice during the first phases of their academic career. The goal of the mentoring programme is to provide a framework within which to discuss career planning, strategic decisions, work-life balance and similar issues that might arise. The international nature of this programme offers a different perspective on the challenges and opportunities of research. The 9-month programme lasts from October to June, applications open each year in March/April.

Key aspects of this programme:

  • Mentees will be matched with an established researcher from another Arqus University, taking into account mentees’ preferences and needs (i.e. the Arqus team will contact mentors on the mentees’ behalf to ask them to participate in this programme).
  • Mentor and mentee meet for a minimum of four (virtual) sessions over the course of nine months, dates and goals will be set by the participants individually.
  • An in-person visit of the mentee at the mentor’s home institution is highly encouraged, but not mandatory. Information about potential funding opportunities will be provided.
  • Mentees will take part in four one-and-a-half-hour online training sessions offering input and opportunity for exchange on how to better navigate academia and how to respond to common challenges (e.g. research organisation and mental health, funding opportunities in the EU).
  • To ensure a clear focus on strategic (personal) decisions and/or further career steps of interdisciplinary researchers, guiding materials will be provided to mentors and mentees.
  • Mentors will have the opportunity to participate in regular mentors’ lounges.
  • An in-person kick-off meeting in late September/early October will provide mentees the opportunity to connect and exchange experiences, building the peer group for the next nine months (funding for travel and accommodation will be available).

Arqus Alumni Mentorship Programme

This programme aims to enhance the culture of knowledge and network sharing amongst current students at the Arqus Universities and alumni. This is accomplished by matching Arqus alumni as mentors with current students as mentees to counsel and support students in work-integrated learning and in the transition to the world of work, especially in transnational contexts. [More information].

Local Mentoring Offers

Many of the Arqus Universities offer their own mentoring programmes with a variety of different aims and formats – many of them focus on getting in touch with a mentor from business/industry, others connect mentees with alumni and some are about getting in touch with experienced researchers.

Granada

Mentoring Programme for doctoral candidates is designed to improve doctoral training by recognising as a training activity the counselling and support work provided by doctoral students to undergraduate and master’s degree students. u003ca href=u0022https://escuelaposgrado.ugr.es/doctorado/escuelas/actividadesformativas/mentorizacionu0022u003e[Read more]u003c/au003ernrnu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400;u0022u003eThis programme consists of bringing together students from the University of Granada and international students who are going to study part of their studies at our University through one of its mobility programmes. u003ca href=u0022https://internacional.ugr.es/pages/perfiles/estudiantes/programa-mentor-de-la-ugru0022u003e[Read more]u003c/au003eu003c/spanu003e

Graz

The University of Graz offers a Peer Mentoring Programme for PostDocs, a SpinOff Lab for Researchers, a Career Mentoring Programme, and many others, an overview of which u003ca href=u0022https://mentoringprogramme.uni-graz.at/de/u0022u003ecan be found hereu003c/au003e.

Leipzig

Leipzig University offers three mentoring programmes for early-stage researchers:rnu003culu003ern tu003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/studying/guidance-and-services/career-service/mentoring-programmeu0022u003eMentoring for Students and Graduatesu003c/au003eu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/equality/administration-teaching-and-research/team-for-female-doctoral-researchersu0022u003eMentoring programme t.e.a.m. for female doctoral researchersu003c/au003eu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/equality/administration-teaching-and-research/team-for-female-postdocsu0022u003eMentoring programme t.e.a.m. for female postdoctoral researchers u003c/au003eu003c/liu003ernu003c/ulu003e

Maynooth

Maynooth University offers mentoring programmes, but there is no permanent webspace. Keep your eyes open for calls! u003ca href=u0022https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/study-maynooth/undergraduate-studies/news/mentoring-programme-openu0022u003e[Read more]u003c/au003e

Minho

Only for Master’s students. The University of Minho offers u003ca href=u0022https://alumni.uminho.pt/en/involve/Pages/Mentoring.aspxu0022u003eUMinho Mentors Programmeu003c/au003e, which allows mentees to connect with professionals and includes aspects of job shadowing.

Padua

The u003ca href=u0022https://www.unipd.it/en/mentor-me-projectu0022u003eu003cstrongu003eMentoru0026amp;Me projectu003c/strongu003eu003c/au003e provides mentees with professional guidance in making professional choices and offers them the opportunity to explore career paths.

Vilnius

Vilnius University offers u003cstrongu003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.vu.lt/en/studies/student-services/mentoringu0022u003eVU Mentoringu003c/au003eu003c/strongu003e, an ongoing mentoring matching platform that helps interested mentees to find an experienced, successful, inspiring mentor who will advise them on how to achieve their academic and professional goals.

Wroclaw

The University of Wroclaw offers a u003ca href=u0022https://biurokarier.uwr.edu.pl/en/mentoring-program/u0022u003eu003cstrongu003eMentoring Programmeu003c/strongu003eu003c/au003e that provides the opportunity to work with a professional from business and industry.

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