UIS Learning and Development: Mentoring in Practice (Unit 2)

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UIS facilitates a mentoring scheme exclusively for the University's IT community and UIS' internal staff.

Mentoring can be a really useful tool in supporting colleagues to develop their professional lives and careers, in both roles as a mentor and mentee.

This is a welcome event (Unit 2) and part of the UIS' Mentoring training journey, for all mentees and mentors enrolled in the 2021-22 programme. This interactive workshop is designed to give an overview and introduction to mentoring, giving the opportunity to explore the key benefits for mentors and mentees, practice some key skills needed for both mentors and mentees, mistakes to avoid and become familiar with some simple models and tools to support the mentoring partnership and maximise its value and impact.

UIS and IT staff enrolled on the Mentoring Scheme 2021-22.

Mentors and mentees need to complete Unit 1 self-taught reading exercises before attending Unit 2 (Mentoring in practice)

Number of sessions: 1

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Understand programme's vision and goals
• Recognise the importance of mentoring
• Identify your strengths and areas of improvement in a mentoring partnership
• Learn how to use some models and techniques to achieve mentoring goals

Introduction to mentoring followed by one-to-one mentoring and small break-out room activities

Please note, this workshop date replaces the previously advertised session on 14 July. If you have any queries about the workshop or pre-work, please contact Rinku Raina at: rr541@cam.ac.uk

1 hour 30 minutes

Usually an annual welcome event. Subsequent informal session swill be advertised throughout the 9month programme.