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Helping your students succeed

Help your students succeed through our valuable mentoring and volunteering programmes run by NTU's CenSCE team.

Students in Classrooms

Could your students be role models for disadvantaged young people who are considering undertaking higher education?

Students in Classrooms (SinC) schemes are paid opportunities for students from NTU and the University of Nottingham to gain valuable work experience. They'll work with children and young people from under-represented backgrounds.

Students receive full training and support to undertake the role. Students are expected to balance the position alongside their current academic studies.

For more information contact: censce@ntu.ac.uk

Community Engagement and Volunteering

Students who engage with their local or global community get better results in their own degrees.

Community Engagement and Volunteering has a huge array of opportunities for students to get involved and make a difference with the community

For more information contact: volunteering@ntu.ac.uk.

The Collaborative Engagement and Retention Team (CERT)

The Collaborative Engagement and Retention Team (CERT) work in partnership with academic schools, professional services, and the Students’ Union to cultivate strong student communities that enhance learner engagement and retention.

They offer a variety of opportunities for students, including:

  • The Student Mentor programme
  • Welcome Workshops
  • Goal-setting Workshops
  • Grit Connect, Develop, Grow workshops

More more information contact CERT@ntu.ac.uk

Student Mentor Programme

The Collaborative Engagement and Retention Team's (CERT) largest initiative is the Student Mentor programme. NTU staff play an integral role in the success of this scheme.

Student Mentors are recruited, trained, and deployed to support first-year undergraduates in their transition and throughout their first year. They integrate into the curriculum, provide guidance, and foster a sense of belonging. CERT also recruits Mature Student Mentors for mature first-year students.

Staff can support the programme by:

  • Directing first-year students to contact their Student Mentors or Mature Student Mentors through the First-Year Community site on MS Teams
  • Collaborating with School Project Leads to coordinate Student Mentor activities in undergraduate courses
  • Informing CERT about opportunities for Mentors to promote to mentees
  • Encourage second or final-year undergraduates and first-year postgraduate students to consider becoming Mentors.

School Project Leads manage mentoring activities within their school, promoting best practise through monthly meetings.

For more information, contact your school's Project Lead using the list below.

School Project Leads