Nui galway Academic Mentoring Scheme

Benefits of Mentoring

(i) Benefits to the mentee:

• Enhancement of induction for new staff and accelerate their learning curve
  
  
• Increase in clarity and management of career goals 
  
  
• Opportunity to have own thinking and beliefs challenged 
  
  
• Development of a wider network of influence through engagement with their mentor 
  
  
• Provision of time and space to reflect, develop insight, increase self-awareness and confidence 
  
  
• Increase in productivity, effectiveness and contribution to career goals  
  
  
• Support in managing and developing relationships with others  
  
  
• Gain insight into the culture of NUIG, its formal and informal structure and how it operates
  

(ii) Benefits to the mentor:

• Development of a new set of skills and additional learning acquired from the relationship
  
  
• Contact with early career academic staff and familiarisation with their career development  
  
  
• Opportunity for reflective space and to gain personal insight  
  
  
• Satisfaction of developing colleagues and helping them succeed

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