Manchester Gold Staff Mentoring Programme

Call for Mentors and Mentees!

The University staff mentoring programme ‘Manchester Gold’ is now open for applications. The closing date is Thursday 8th April.

Manchester Gold is managed by the Staff Learning and Development Team and aims to support staff development across the University by linking them with the support of a more experienced colleague. The programme has been running for over 15 years, and in this time has facilitated over 800 mentoring matches.

In 2020 the programme ran virtually for the first time; feedback showed that 91% of mentees felt they achieved their goals and objectives from the programme, and 95% said they developed a good working relationship with their mentor. Find out more information about the programme here.

Become a mentor

If you are interested in becoming a mentor and supporting a colleague with their career development, please click here to complete the short mentor application form. We want to encourage applications from mentors this year to enable us to match as many mentees as possible.

We would particularly like to hear from academic and research mentors as there is usually a high demand for mentors working in these roles.

Opportunities to access a mentor

Mentoring provides an invaluable opportunity to focus on your career development, supported by an experienced University colleague. If you or anyone in your team would like to apply to be matched with a mentor, the application form can be accessed here. If you have any queries or would like to discuss the programme further, please contact Staff Learning & Development by emailing ManchesterGold@manchester.ac.uk.

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