Neil Speirs (Edinburgh) and Jenni Murray (QM) will be visiting William Robertson Building at 4pm to provide information about student mentoring programmes and what to expect when you enrol at these universities in September.
Mentoring programmes are seen (and proven) to be a vital way of enabling new students to progress through the difficult early stages of university life and beyond. In its simplest form, mentoring involves being paired up with another undergraduate in later years of study who is doing well in their studies and is trained to offer guidance and support. A number of our Personal Tutors are mentors at their respective universities.
The commitment involved in being a mentor means that places are normally very restricted, however as a student on the LEAPS Summer School you can put your name down early by attending this session on Wednesday. All you need to do is stay around for approximately 15 minutes at the end of the day on Wednesday - from WRB, Neil and Jenni will lead you to adjacent venues. It's worth pointing out that, as well as providing you with the opportunity to find out about mentoring, you'll be able to put questions to our visitors - perhaps there's something you want to find out about matriculation or registration at your chosen uni?
So, a really useful session and a great opportunity that isn't on offer to all (i.e. non-Summer School) students. I've invited reps from Heriot-Watt and Napier to deliver an equivalent or similar session on the afternoon of Wednesday 21 July (week 7).
James
