{"id":288,"date":"2016-11-07T16:33:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T15:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/doctoralcollege\/?p=288"},"modified":"2016-11-07T16:33:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T15:33:26","slug":"career-mentor-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/doctoralcollege\/2016\/11\/07\/career-mentor-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Mentor Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University&#8217;s <strong>Career Mentor Scheme is a unique opportunity for students to be matched with an experienced professional to gain one-to-one careers advice, support and guidance into their profession and sector for up to 6-months.<\/strong> This is a particularly valuable opportunity for PGRs who are looking at a career outside of academia, to get specialist careers advice. The current Career Mentor scheme <strong>closes for applications on 13th November. Mentors\u00a0are available in the following sectors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accounting and Auditing<\/li>\n<li>Banking and Financial Services<\/li>\n<li>Charity and Development Work<\/li>\n<li>Construction, Civil Engineering and Building Services<\/li>\n<li>Education, Teaching and Research<\/li>\n<li>Engineering and Product Design<\/li>\n<li>Healthcare and Wellbeing<\/li>\n<li>Hospitality and Event Management<\/li>\n<li>HR, Recruitment and Training<\/li>\n<li>Information Services, Economics and Statistics<\/li>\n<li>Information Technology<\/li>\n<li>Insurance, Pensions and Actuarial<\/li>\n<li>Language and Translation<\/li>\n<li>Management and Consultancy<\/li>\n<li>Politics and Government<\/li>\n<li>Social Guidance and Community Work<\/li>\n<li>Theatre and Performing Arts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A full list of opportunities, including hyperlinks to apply for a mentor, is available to download <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/doctoralcollege\/files\/2016\/11\/Career-Mentor-Opportunities-November-2016.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Career Mentor scheme offers the following <strong>mentors in education, teaching and research<\/strong>, which may be of particular interest to PGRs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareerzone.exeter.ac.uk\/students\/Jobs\/detail\/451634\">Career Mentor Available: Christopher Carlton<\/a>, Policy Manager at the Economic and Social Research Council, wishes to mentor two students from November 2016 to April 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareerzone.exeter.ac.uk\/students\/Jobs\/detail\/400613\">Career Mentor Available: Tony Ewens<\/a>, Retired Head of Education Studies at the University of Cumbria, wishes to mentor a student from November 2016 to April 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareerzone.exeter.ac.uk\/students\/Jobs\/detail\/397482\">Career Mentor Available: Philip Fitzpatrick<\/a>, Independent Schools Commissioner at Fitzpatrick Associates, wishes to mentor a student from November 2016 to April 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareerzone.exeter.ac.uk\/students\/Jobs\/detail\/277707\">Career Mentor Available: Hsueh-Lui Ho<\/a>, Secondary School Science Teacher with Teach First, wishes to mentor two students from November 2016 to April 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareerzone.exeter.ac.uk\/students\/Jobs\/detail\/397483\">Career Mentor Available: Julie Holland<\/a>, Primary Teacher at All Saints Thurlestone Primary School, wishes to mentor a student from November 2016 to April 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareerzone.exeter.ac.uk\/students\/Jobs\/detail\/447851\">Career Mentor Available: Vada Kong<\/a>, UK Education Consultant at British United Education Services Limited wishes to mentor a student from November 2016 to April 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareerzone.exeter.ac.uk\/students\/Jobs\/detail\/419637\">Career Mentor Available: Alan Laurent<\/a>, Head Master at Lancing College Prep, wishes to mentor two students from November 2016 to April 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareerzone.exeter.ac.uk\/students\/Jobs\/detail\/447853\">Career Mentor Available: Josie Leonard<\/a>, Lecturer in English Language Teaching at the University of Central Lancashire wishes to mentor a student from November 2016 to April 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareerzone.exeter.ac.uk\/students\/Jobs\/detail\/399563\">Career Mentor Available: Emma Rees<\/a>, Teacher of Mathematics at Charterhouse, wishes to mentor 2 students from November 2016 to April 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareerzone.exeter.ac.uk\/students\/Jobs\/detail\/422890\">Career Mentor Available: Sarah Toulalan<\/a>, Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter, wishes to mentor 2 students from November 2016 to April 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareerzone.exeter.ac.uk\/students\/Jobs\/detail\/452087\">Career Mentor Available: Chris Howarth<\/a>, a self-employed Education consultant and freelance musician, wishes to mentor two students from November 2016 to April 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University&#8217;s Career Mentor Scheme is a unique opportunity for students to be matched with an experienced professional to gain one-to-one careers advice, support and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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