Mentoring

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UQ offers a number of mentoring programs that provide valuable leadership and guidance through all stages of your time at UQ and beyond.

From supporting new students in the transition to uni life to fostering positive cultural, social and professional connections, this is your first stop in learning how you can get involved.

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Mentoring programs

Programs vary from one on one, small group to peer community – find what works for you

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Through guidance and dedication, these programs enhance the futures of young students.

Mentor eligibility: Students over 18
Mentee eligibility: High School Students
Commencing students connect with an experienced student mentor and other new students from a similar faculty. It’s a fun way to meet new people and get some tips from your mentor in your first few weeks at UQ.

Mentor eligibility: current students who have completed at least one semester at UQ
Mentee eligibility: all interested first semester students
Connect with an experienced student mentor and meet other new students in the Doctor of Medicine (MD). Mentees will be supported by a senior student who will help with the transition to the clinical setting.

Mentor eligibility: Second or fourth year MD students
Mentee eligibility: First or third year MD students
New Science students can get help transitioning and settling in to university life.

Mentor eligibility: Senior Science students
Mentee eligibility: First-year Science students
This Faculty of Medicine program connects members of all ages and backgrounds and eases the transition into university and medicine studies.

Mentor eligibility: Current Premedical Society members
Mentee eligibility: First-year Premedical Society members
The UQLS Law Buddy program helps new Law students make the transition to uni life.

Mentor eligibility: Current Law students
Mentee eligibility: First-year Law students
The Dentistry Peer Mentoring Program helps new Dentistry students navigate through their first few weeks in the dentistry program.

Mentor eligibility: Second-year or above Dentistry students
Mentee eligibility: First-year Dentistry students
Unite with fellow Psychology students to socialise, gain support from a senior student and share the experience of settling in at UQ.

Mentor eligibility: Current Year 2 or above BPsySc (Hons), BA (Psychology) or BSc (Psychology) students. Mentors must have completed at least 4 Psychology units.
Mentee eligibility: First semester Psychology students enrolled in BPsySc (Hons), BA (Psychology) or BSc (Psychology).
This stream matches 1st year and 1st semester Pharmacy students with later year students as mentors. Mentors provide advice and guidance to new students during their first semester and facilitate events to help 1st year students settle into life at UQ. This program welcomes new students to UQ and builds a supportive community within the school.

Mentor eligibility: Current Year 2 or above BPharm (Hons) students.
Mentee eligibility: First semester BPharm (Hons) students.
Throughout your first semester our NMSW Peer Mentors will connect you with your peers, pass on key insights and advice, and support you in navigating a new academic environment.

Programs currently supported: Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Midwifery, Bachelor Nursing/Midwifery Dual Degree, Masters of Nursing Studies, and Bachelor of Social Work, and Masters of Counselling
Mentor eligibility: Students in second year+ of above programs
Mentee eligibility: Students in first year of above programs

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Virtual Village is a student led program that enables students to create interest groups to connect with like-minded UQ students from all over the world.

Everyone can informally mentor, create catch-ups and lead within this program.
A free support service for UQ international student family members, visiting professors, staff and research fellows.

Mentor eligibility: Tutors
Mentee eligibility: Students, Staff & Supporters
Allows offshore students affected by travel restrictions to connect with other members of the UQ community living in your city, and meet in real life to socialise and study together.

The program is available to everyone to informally mentor, create meet-ups and lead groups.

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Writing mentors in the Peer Writing Support program discuss students’ drafts with them to improve the quality of their assignments and academic papers and develop their academic writing skills.

Mentor eligibility: Second year students and above
Mentee eligibility: Current students (except PhD and MPhil)
This program is design to advise and support students studying first year Greek and Latin courses.

Mentor eligibility: Second-year or above classical languages students
Mentee eligibility: Studying GREK1110, LATN1110, GREK2120, LATN2120
Small groups of first-year chemistry students meet weekly for voluntary interactive study sessions.

Mentor eligibility: Current second and third-year students who have previously obtained a high mark for first-year chemistry courses.
Mentee eligibility: First-year chemistry students.
The Personal Advisor Network (PAN) provides targeted and individualised support for medical students and fosters a spirit of community and connectedness.

Mentor eligibility: UQ staff member or affiliate who is an academic, clinician and/or researcher in the field of medicine or who has experience in working with medical students.
Mentee eligibility: All medical students in Years 1 and 2 and onshore medical students in Years 3 and 4.
The ScienceLink – EMCA Mentoring Program is a flexible career mentoring program that connects Early-Mid Career Researchers and Academics with Senior Researchers and Academics within the Faculty of Science. The program involves working in a one-on-one mentoring connection over a period of 6 months to guide and support the mentee’s professional and personal development in a way that is relevant and meaningful to them.

Mentor eligibility: Membership as a mentor is open to Level C, D & E Academics within the Faculty of Science

Mentee eligibility: Membership as a mentee is open to Early to Mid-Career Academics within the Faculty of Science. This includes Teaching and Research, Research Focused (e.g. postdocs, research fellows), Teaching Focused, and Clinical Academics.

Career & industry programs

Engage in entrepreneurial skills and mindset by connecting with founder and investor mentors across ventures programs and events.

Mentor eligibility: Startup founders, expert service providers and investors
Mentee eligibility: All students and UQ alumni
This program connects engineering, architecture and IT students with professionals to motivate, encourage, empower and transform the next generation of specialists.

Mentor eligibility: Industry professionals and alumni in the engineering, architecture and IT sectors.
Mentee eligibility: Engineering, architecture and IT students in the second-last or last year of their university program.
MBA students are given the opportunity to exercise leadership while working with community organisations.

Mentor eligibility: Community Organisations
Mentee eligibility: First-year MBA students
This program aims to help current BEL students make the transition from uni to the workforce.

Mentor eligibility: Professionals, Industry & Alumni
Mentee eligibility: Final year undergraduate and all postgraduate students, excluding MBA students
Ventures ilab Accelerator is a three-month intensive program that supports founders in building their startup or social enterprise.

Mentor eligibility: Startup and social enterprise founders, industry experts, and investors.
Mentee eligibility: At least 50% of the co-founding team must have a UQ connection: student, staff, or recent alumni (in the past 10 years).
Early Career Researchers connect with leading industry mentors to: get connected, finesse research translation, and shape their career.

Mentor eligibility: Experienced industry professional in a relevant field
Mentee eligibility: PhD students or Postdoctoral Researchers within UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience
This program connects Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) coursework students with HASS alumni and professionals to explore career options and goals.

Mentor eligibility: HASS alumni and industry professionals from any location
Mentee eligibility: HASS coursework students, including dual degree and honours students, in second year or above (for undergraduate students), and HASS postgraduate students.
Provides students studying business, economics and law with the opportunity to work on real life projects in the community sector.

Mentor eligibility: Current MBA students or MBA alumni.
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Eligibility: all UQ alumni
Science Connect empowers students to enhance their employability and kick-start their journey into a rewarding career by giving them the opportunity to connect with a mentor of their choice from UQ’s community of alumni and industry professionals in the sciences.

Mentor Eligibility: UQ alumni and professionals with a science background
Mentee Eligibility: Currently enrolled UQ Students studying in a Faculty of Science program
This program connects students from The University of Queensland who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander with industry mentors (i.e. external people in businesses, government and startups) who can act as professional mentors.

Mentor eligibility: Professionals, Industry & UQ Alumni
Mentee eligibility: Final year undergraduate students, honours students and all postgraduate students
Current interns of the University of Queensland Pharmacy Intern Training Program (ITP) are matched with recent UQ ITP graduates and early career pharmacists in a mentor-mentee relationship. Early career pharmacists share their knowledge and experience to support their mentees through their intern year.

Mentor Eligibility: Recent graduate of the UQ ITP and currently working in pharmacy.
Mentee Eligibility: Current student/ intern within the UQ ITP.

This program focuses on higher degree by research (HDR) candidates' broad professional and career development by pairing them with respected professionals working in a variety of economic and societal sectors both within and outside of academia.

Eligibility for mentors: Possession of higher degree (PhD, Professional Doctorate or Masters by Research), have equivalent relevant experience, or be an employer/supervisor of HDR graduates, and have at least 5 years professional experience.

Eligibility for mentees: currently enrolled UQ HDR candidates, and have successfully completed their Confirmation Milestone, and not have any overdue milestones, and be able to complete the mentoring program prior to their Thesis Submission Milestone.
This program matches new MPIP and GCPIP students with later year MPIP students and recent MPIP graduates as mentors. This program focuses on professional mentoring, mentors provide support to mentees as they prepare for and commence placements. Mentors are there to support their mentees on their student and professional journeys.

Mentor eligibility: Second year MPIP student or recent graduate of the MPIP program and currently working in a pharmacy setting.
Mentee eligibility: New MPIP and GCPIP students.

Get Involved in Mentoring

For Students

Become a mentor and participate in one-to-one or group mentoring on an on-going or short-term basis

  • Assist the tertiary study and career aspirations of students
  • Translate your lived experience to support other students transitioning to UQ 
  • Help UQ’s diverse community connect and offer guidance
  • Guide students to improve the quality of their assignments and develop their academic writing skill

 

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For Staff

We support staff to recruit for opportunities in Student Hub by advertising to an engaged student community that have expressed interest in mentoring activities and programs. The process provides:

  • access to a large and diverse audience
  • on-going support to promote and manage recruitment
  • includes tailored compliance training
  • targeted recruitment to key audiences

 

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Did you know?

Completing any mentoring program at UQ can contribute towards the UQ Employability Award.

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