Mentoring
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Mentoring is on-the-job training: Mentees develop their personal skills on the basis of specific professional questions and topics. For this, mentors draw from their professional and life experience to teach mentees, for example, which behaviour in meetings is appropriate and promising, or which personal abilities can be developed more purposefully to achieve specific career goals. Both sides benefit from this relationship, as in interacting with the mentee, mentors gain new perspectives as well, as reflection on their own career is encouraged and leadership and communication skills are strengthened.
The Offer of Human Resources (HR) Development for Researchers can be found here. For more information, please visit the Mentoring Page of the University of Cologne
First Generation Doctorate Mentoring+
The program is a unique mentoring program in Germany for doctoral candidates and advanced master students with a non-academic family background. Participants are accompanied for one year by a doctorate mentor who shares the non-academic background. The mentors support their mentees in the planning and execution of their doctorates. In addition to the one-to-one mentoring, the programme also includes workshops tailored to the needs of the target group. The workshops are held in German.
The mentoring can be conducted in German or English.
Gender Mentoring Agency (GMA)
The Gender Mentoring Agency (GMA) offers female doctoral candidates at the University of Cologne a mentoring program for professional orientation and development.
Participation in the mentoring program helps with basic career orientation. In addition, the offer is suitable for decision-making if it is not yet clear whether a career in academia or in a professional environment in business and society is desired.
The GMA is free of charge offered by Human Resources Development and is aimed at female doctoral students from all faculties.
Cornelia Harte Mentoring 2001 & Pro
The aim of CHM 2001 and CHM PRO is to support participants in their personal and professional career development and to provide them with insights into their chosen field of work. The programmes offer support through one-on-one mentoring, workshops, coaching, and networking opportunities.
CHM 2001 aims to support women doctoral candidates in pursuing careers outside academia after completing their doctorate. CHM PRO is designed specifically for women in the postdoctoral and late doctoral phases to support them during transitional stages of academic career planning.
