Mentorship
Old boys helping new old students
The association’s headline benefit, and the plainest thing it does: an old student who has already done the difficult thing sits down with one who is about to. No fee, no matching algorithm, and nobody paired with anybody who did not agree to it.
If you are looking for a mentor
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Step one
Read what each mentor offers
Their field, their years in it, what they will help with, which languages they are comfortable in and when they are free. Filter by any of it.
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Step two
Ask in your own words
A few sentences on what you want help with, sent to the mentor you chose. You can have three requests waiting at a time, so it stays a real ask rather than a mass mailing.
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Step three
The mentor decides
They may accept, say no, or point you at somebody better placed to help. A request nobody answers lapses on its own, so you are never left waiting indefinitely.
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Step four
Then you can reach each other
Contact details are released to the two of you and to nobody else, you agree what you are working on, and every session is recorded so both of you can see what has actually happened.
If you are willing to be one
Most old students who would make good mentors do not volunteer because they cannot see how much it will cost them. The answers are set by you, not by the association.
- You set how many
- Say how many mentees you can hold at once. When you are full you stop appearing to anybody looking for somebody new, without doing anything.
- You can pause
- One switch takes you out of the list for as long as you need. Your existing mentorships carry on, and coming back does not put you through approval again.
- A person reads your profile
- A mentorship coordinator approves every profile before it is published. That is what makes the mentors on this page a programme rather than a list of volunteers.
Some of the mentors
Nobody is shown here yet. Mentors choose for themselves whether their card may appear on the public site, and the programme is only as good as the number of old students willing to give an hour to somebody twenty years behind them.
Claim your account and offer to mentorQuestions
Who can be mentored?
Any old student with an account. You browse the mentors who are currently accepting, read what each one offers, and ask the one you want in your own words. Nobody is paired by a machine and no mentor is assigned to you.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Mentors are old students giving their own time, and the association does not charge for any part of the programme.
How do I become a mentor?
Sign in, write what you are offering to help with, and submit it. A mentorship coordinator reads every profile before it is published, which is why mentors on this site have been approved by a person rather than by a form.
I am busy for a few weeks. Do I have to leave?
No. A mentor can pause at any time with one switch — you stop appearing to mentees looking for somebody new, your existing mentorships carry on, and coming back does not send you through approval again.
Will my phone number be on this website?
No. Nothing on the public site carries a member’s contact details, and a mentor’s page inside the platform does not either. A mentee asks through the platform, and the two of you can only reach each other once the mentor has accepted — at which point each of you gets the other’s details and nobody else does.
What happens after a mentor accepts?
You agree what you are working on, arrange sessions, and keep a record of each one. Either of you can end it, and afterwards the mentee may leave a testimony — which a coordinator reads before it appears anywhere.
Both sides of this need an account.
If you are on the association’s register one is already waiting for you.
Claim your account