Other one-to-one support opportunities

Summary tables of other one-to-one support opportunities available both in the University of Edinburgh, and external to the University.

The University of Edinburgh offers its staff different opportunities to access 1:1 support, to support career development. Below is a table which lists the different support available. 

UoE 1:1 Support
Type of provision & link to further informationShort summaryDepartment 
Peer MentoringPeer mentoring offers you the opportunity to connect with a colleague to give and receive support (find it under ‘Introduction to Mentoring’

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Coaching, including digital coachingAccess to external accredited coaches to support you in a range of areas including leadership development, achieving wellbeing and balance and navigating your way through change and transitions.  

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Mentoring Connections (via Platform One)The Mentoring Connections programme is available for all staff irrelevant of grade or career background.  It is designed to enable Mentees and Mentors to connect with each other with the Mentor offering support and guidance to the Mentee. Human Resources and Institute for Academic Development
Job Shadowing and Mentoring for technical staffAn opportunity for technicians from across the four higher education institutions in Edinburgh to receive mentoring support and undertake job shadowing Human Resources and Institute for Academic Development
Career Development Consultations for research staffA one-to-one appointment with a professional careers adviser, to discuss career options, pathways and planning strategies, gain practical advice on preparing CV or application or undertaking a mock job interview. Institute for Academic Development
Leadership coaching for researcher representativesA suite of resources and coaching to support researchers to make the most of their roles, focusing on building confidence in leadership. Institute for Academic Development
How to build your research profile consultations for research staff1:1 consultations for research staff to  explore strategies for building your research profile and/or how to develop compelling narratives around various research activities that the researcher to move towards their next research project and career ambitions.   Institute for Academic Development

External 1:1 support

In addition to support available within the University, it’s also useful to look at mentoring and 1:1 opportunities external to the university, related to your area of research or interests.

Below is a table with a few external schemes listed. If any scheme is missing or its web link below is broken, please let us know at iad.researchers@ed.ac.uk

External Mentoring Schemes
OrganisationWebsiteFurther Information
The Academy of Medical Scienceshttps://acmedsci.ac.uk/grants-and-schemes/mentoring-and-other-schemes/mentoring-programmeThe Academy's one-to-one Mentoring programme provides post-doctoral and independent biomedical and health researchers with career development support by pairing them with an Academy Fellow 
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Fellowship Mentoringhttps://www.ukri.org/what-we-do/developing-people-and-skills/bbsrc/fellowships/fellowship-mentoring-programme/Career Mentors: Formal mentoring programme for the fellows it supports, to ensure that all fellows have at least one mentor who is independent of their research organisation. 
Royal Societyhttps://royalsociety.org/grants/training-mentoring-partnership-schemes/mentoring-scheme/Career support to first year University Research and Dorothy Hodgkin Fellows.
Euraxess Mentoring Programmehttps://mentoring.euraxess.bg/To encourage and to facilitate transnational mobility, by fostering cooperation between the researchers from European Research Area (ERA) and EURAXESS Worldwide (third) countries. 
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Academy Mentoring Programmehttps://www.nihr.ac.uk/mentoring-programme-faqThis programme offers doctoral and postdoctoral NIHR Academy Members the opportunity to seek support for their academic and career development from a mentor drawn from our wide NIHR leadership community. 
Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Mentoring Programmehttps://www.sgsss.ac.uk/mentoring/rse-mentoring-programme/The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) has partnered with the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) on a mentoring programme that matches RSE Fellows to support ESRC-funded PhD researchers keen to explore the interdisciplinary potential of their research. 
Mentoring for Researcher Developers (M4RD)https://www.linkedin.com/company/m4rd/Mentoring for Researcher Developers, developed in response to a need for mentoring within this community (information is posted on LinkedIn page). 
British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies - BAFTSS.org https://www.baftss.org/early-career-mentoring-scheme.htmlThe Early Career Mentoring Scheme is for British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) members whose doctoral research has been completed and who are now pursuing careers in Higher Education.  

 

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