Mentoring MSc students as a practice in STEM
Mentoring MSc students as a practice in STEM
Students who recently finished a postgraduate course are in the best position to support other students navigating these courses. A scheme facilitating this has been offered at the University of Southampton since 2010. The mentor scheme allows MSc students to access support from alumni of their courses. In this talk, we will discuss our experience with involving students in the co-creation of a supportive learning environment. We share best practice and recommendations based on evidence collected in the course of the scheme. In particular, we discuss recruitment, the roles and responsibilities involved, and the scaffolding of mentor meetings.
Mentoring, Student Support, Taught Postgraduate Courses, Learning Environment, Best Practice
Thuermer, Gefion
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Wilde, Adriana
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5 July 2018
Thuermer, Gefion
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Wilde, Adriana
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Thuermer, Gefion and Wilde, Adriana
(2018)
Mentoring MSc students as a practice in STEM.
Advance HE Teaching & Learning Conference 2018: Teaching in the spotlight: Learning from global communities, , Birmingham, United Kingdom.
03 - 05 Jul 2018.
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Abstract
Students who recently finished a postgraduate course are in the best position to support other students navigating these courses. A scheme facilitating this has been offered at the University of Southampton since 2010. The mentor scheme allows MSc students to access support from alumni of their courses. In this talk, we will discuss our experience with involving students in the co-creation of a supportive learning environment. We share best practice and recommendations based on evidence collected in the course of the scheme. In particular, we discuss recruitment, the roles and responsibilities involved, and the scaffolding of mentor meetings.
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Accepted/In Press date: 24 January 2018
Published date: 5 July 2018
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Advance HE Teaching & Learning Conference 2018: Teaching in the spotlight: Learning from global communities, , Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2018-07-03 - 2018-07-05
Keywords:
Mentoring, Student Support, Taught Postgraduate Courses, Learning Environment, Best Practice
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Local EPrints ID: 418208
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/418208
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Gefion Thuermer
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Adriana Wilde
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