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Student Mentors

Overview

Awareness Raising presentations to recruit Student Mentors for the academic year 2013-14 will take place as follows:

City site:
Tuesday 19 March, 1 pm – 2 pm, Boots Library Seminar Room
Clifton campus:
Thursday 21 March, 1 pm – 2 pm, Clifton Library Group Seminar Room 02
Brackenhurst campus:
Monday 18 March, 12 noon – 1 pm, Bramley building TG6

Applications are only accepted from students who have attended one of these events.

Applications open on Monday 25 March and close on Friday 19 April 2013 at 4 pm. Interviews will take place as follows:

City site:

Tuesday 7 May 2013, all day, venue to be confirmed

Clifton campus:

Wednesday 8 May 2013, all day, venue to be confirmed

Brackenhurst campus:

Thursday 9 May 2013, all day, venue to be confirmed

Please note also that training will take place at Brackenhurst campus on 10 and 11 June 2013. This is a residential event and students would be expected to remain on campus overnight. A further top-up training day will be scheduled for September, immediately prior to the start of term. Attendance at training is a prerequisite to becoming a Student Mentor.

The Student Mentor Scheme at Nottingham Trent University runs in the six schools where there is otherwise little or no other form of one-to-one writing or maths support:

Nottingham Business School
Nottingham Law School
School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences
School of Education
School of Science and Technology.

Role

Student mentors are second, third year and postgraduate students who have been trained to help other students to improve their writing, maths and other study skills. Mentors are available for one-to-one or group drop-in sessions at lunchtimes on each campus.

"I took on the role in order to support others, but found that it actually helped me to gain a deeper understanding of the course material"

(Former student mentor)

Commitment required

We are looking for students who are able to offer four hours of their time per week to help and support other students. Mentors receive payment for their time; the reward of knowing that they have been able to help a fellow student and increased employability skills.