Mentoring enables students to Evaluateand Enhance their Personal Skills andBuild Commercial Awareness, assistedby an Experienced Employee

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Employer Mentoring Scheme For Second Year Students2010 – 2011

www.anglia.ac.uk/mentoring

What is the Scheme about?Anglia Ruskin University is working in partnershipwith local organisations to introduce second yearstudents, most of whom will have no directexperience of graduate type employment, to localvolunteer employees who will help them to developpersonal skills and business awareness. Each pairwill work on issues the meet the needs of theindividual student mentee, using whatever methodsseem appropriate.

Why does Anglia Ruskin runthe scheme?• It demonstrates a positive commitment to our

Strategic Plan and Mission Statement insupporting wider participation and forgingpartnerships with the local community.

• It enhances the employability of Anglia Ruskinstudents by broadening their experience, a factorseen as increasingly important by students,employers and the Government.

• It enables us to develop stronger links with localemployers to ensure that our courses remainrelevant and up to date.

• It heightens the general level of businessawareness amongst Anglia Ruskin students.

What kind of employees makeGood Mentors?• Someone with enthusiasm for the role, AND

any of the following…• A good communicator with wide interests and

an open mind.• Someone ideally, but not necessarily, within 3 –

8 years of the start start of their professionalcareer so that their experience still seemsrelevant to the mentee.

• A member of staff with an interest in staffdevelopment and motivation.

What are the opportunitiesand benefits?• Free training in ‘soft skill’ such as listening

and feedback. Mentors will put these skillsinto practice, supported by Anglia RuskinUniversity professionals, thus enhancingprofessional development.

• Similar schemes have demonstrated thatwitnessing the successful development of amentee increases motivation and jobsatisfaction amongst mentors.

• A successful mentoring experience providesan opening for identifying possible futureemployees – in short, an extended selectionprocess.

• Mentoring will develop an increasedawareness of what your company has tooffer amongst local students and henceinfluence possible recruits.

• The wide publicity and promotion of thescheme offers excellent public relations andnetworking opportunities for yourorganisation.

• There are possibilities for cultural awarenessvia exposure to a student from an ethnicminority or from overseas. These students,although limited in number, can be avaluable resource.

Employer Mentoring Scheme

“I am much more confident of my futuresince receiving this support and motivation.”Anglia Ruskin student

“I am very pleased that I took partin the scheme. The schemehelped to lift my motivation levelsand maintain my determination tosucceed.”

Anglia Ruskin student

“Not just a chance to givesomething back, but veryrewarding too. I have gainedvaluable personal skills especiallyin giving feedback. All in all athoroughly worthwhile experience”.

Mentor, Essex County Council

“It has been useful for the teamshere to see people keen to learn,and positive about coming intothe organisation.”

Mentor, Swan Housing Group

“As a mature student and careerchanger it is easy to assume thatpeople think you will automaticallyknow how to act, think and workwhen you have finished yourdegree and enter the big wideworld. Guidance from aprofessional, no matter how smallcan be invaluable.”

Anglia Ruskin student

“My mentee was overwhelmed byhow much she has got out of thescheme. Skills gained in our‘knowledge transfer centre’ wereparticularly useful for her.”

Mentor, Royal & Sun Alliance

“This is without doubt the singlemost productive thing I have donesince starting my course andwould strongly recommend it toall. Thank you again for arrangingthis superb experience.”

Anglia Ruskin student

What is your Commitment in taking part?• Each NEW Anglia Ruskin University Mentor will attend an interactive training workshop in the autumn,

which will provide the context to the Scheme and develop the necessary skills for effective mentoringof students.

• All Mentors and Mentee students will meet at an introductory / pairing evening

• Each pair will meet for a minimum of 6 sessions of at least 2hrs each – this has proved to be theminimum amount of contact to be effective. Further sessions are at the discretion of your organisation.

• A Final Awards Event is usually held. All participants invited and Certificates issued.

Other points worth noting• We hope that most, if not all, meetings will take place on your work premises to allow maximum

development of organisational awareness, although this may not always be possible or relevant.

• The Training Programme and participation in the scheme are FREE to all participants.

Timing of the 2010 – 2011 programme in Chelmsford• Tues 12th OR Wed 13th October – A half day mentor training workshop at Anglia Ruskin University,

Chelmsford from 8.30am – 1.00pm

• Mon 22nd November (evening) – Introduce pairs and formulate action plans at Anglia Ruskin University,Chelmsford

• November / May – Programme runs

• May / June 2011 (evening) – An awards event or dinner in Chelmsford

Timing of the 2010 – 2011 programme in Cambridge• Wed 13th October – A half day mentor training workshop at Anglia Ruskin University,

Cambridge from 5 – 8pm OR

• Thur 14th October – A half day mentor training workshop at Anglia Ruskin University,Cambridge from 2 – 5pm

• Mon 22nd November – Introduce pairs and formulate action plans at Anglia Ruskin University,Cambridge

• November / May – Programme runs

• May / June 2011 (evening) – An awards event in Cambridge

What Next?If you would like to take part or for further information, please contact:

Jan Haldane (Chelmsford enquiries)Tel: 0845 196 4273Email: jan.haldane@anglia.ac.uk

Katie Morris (Cambridge enquiries)Tel: 0845 196 2541Email: katie.morris@anglia.ac.uk

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