Mentor Registration
"Being a mentor...made me realise how helpful it would have been to have had a mentor myself, back when I was starting out, or even mid-career, and consider how I might have done things differently with hindsight."
Susanna Curtis (1982), Merton Mentor
Welcome to Merton College Mentoring (MCM). Thank you for your interest in becoming a mentor. The aim of MCM is to provide a confidential and safe space for mentees to discuss matters of concern or interest with their mentor as a part of their personal and professional development.
We suggest that a mentor and mentee have six sessions, each lasting 30-60 minutes, over a period of around six months. However, mentors and mentees can adjust this to suit their own needs and schedules. At the end of the chosen period, the mentoring relationship will ordinarily come to an end, though again, mentors and mentees can make this decision for themselves.
To support our mentors and to ensure a uniform experience for our mentees, we ask you to complete three simple steps outlined below, including watching a short training video.
If you have any questions, please ask (details below).
There are three simple steps to becoming a Merton Mentor: view the training video, read and agree to be bound by the Code of Conduct, and fill out the mentor registration form, where you will be asked for a photo and short biography. This should not take long – perhaps an hour of your time.
Please watch this training video, it lasts about 20 minutes.
Please now read the Code of Conduct and agree to commit to it via the mentor registration form.
Now that you have watched the training video and read the Code of Conduct, it's time to complete the mentor registration form. Within the form you'll be asked a series of questions about yourself and your career, as well as for a biography and photo. The Merton Development Office team will use this information to build your online profile on a password-protected webpage. Prospective mentees will have the opportunity to view this webpage when choosing a mentor. When you are chosen by a mentee, the Merton Development Office will put you in touch with each other. We are likely to have many more mentors than mentees, so please do not be disappointed if you are not selected straight away.
If you have any questions or require any further guidance, please do get in touch.