Become a mentor | Le Réseau romand de mentoring pour femmes

Become a mentor of the Réseau romand

Mentoring’s first objective is to support the mentee, but it is a two-way relationship. Evaluations of such programs show that the mentors also benefit from the relationship with the mentee.

By participating in a mentoring program, a mentor has the opportunity to:

Initiate new contacts with other mentors
Establish contacts with motivated researchers from the next generation of academics
Be kept informed about the research trends in the mentees' generation
Profite from stimulating exchanges with the mentee for her or his own work and research
Enlarge his or her social skills by through the mentoring experience

Each mentoring partnership defines the goals of the exchanges and the frequency of the meetings in a mentoring agreement.

Who can be a mentor?

A mentor in the Réseau romand is a person who:

Is a professor at a (Swiss) university or a EPF
Agrees to pass on her or his experience of the academic world to a mentee
Supports the mentee in achieving her objectives
Is aware of the support that she or he has received during her or his career and wants to give back
Is committed to gender equality and the promotion of young women researchers

Duties of a mentor

A mentor offers a mentee:

The opportunity to learn from the experience of someone who has succeeded in the path she is following
The possibility to exchange on concrete goals and planning her career path
A better understanding of formal and informal rules that exist in the academic world
Support to create a contacts network
We recommend that mentors and mentees meet 4-5 times during the duration of the mentoring program
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