{"id":2872,"date":"2021-01-25T16:32:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T16:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2021-01-25T16:32:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T16:32:33","slug":"phd-buddy-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2021\/01\/25\/phd-buddy-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD buddy scheme."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Mentoring scheme for postgraduates<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you heard about the new PhD buddy scheme?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Graduate and Researcher College is delighted to announce the launch of its mentoring scheme for postgraduates.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme aims to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foster peer-peer support by bringing postgraduates together into mentoring pairs<\/li>\n<li>Help postgraduates develop peer groups during COVID, through networking events<\/li>\n<li>Train postgraduates in mentoring skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The benefits of the scheme are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learning new skills<\/li>\n<li>Working towards achieving goals with peer support<\/li>\n<li>Developing networks and hopefully friendships<\/li>\n<li>For mentors, sharing experiences to develop others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The scheme is designed to help support the personal development of both mentors and mentees. Applications for the scheme can be made\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=VvqpUTI_mkSnIT4_SapemlkSf-6tb8NIl7uqc-6EZ-pUNUNNVlRBVjJQQVpCRUpLWksxMVNKS0M5NC4u\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a>, until January 29!.<\/p>\n<p>In January, participants will receive an email to inform them about their buddy (we will endeavour to achieve as many matches as we can). They will attend a briefing session and start meeting with their buddy. They will also have the opportunity to attend training in mentoring skills and networking events throughout the scheme, which finishes in June.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss out of this opportunity which will add to your networking skills and look great on your CV!<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2021\/01\/25\/phd-buddy-scheme\/&amp;t=PhD buddy scheme.' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=PhD buddy scheme.%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2021\/01\/25\/phd-buddy-scheme\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2021\/01\/25\/phd-buddy-scheme\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2021\/01\/25\/phd-buddy-scheme\/&amp;title=PhD buddy scheme.' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2021\/01\/25\/phd-buddy-scheme\/&amp;title=PhD buddy scheme.' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mentoring scheme for postgraduates Have you heard about the new PhD buddy scheme?\u00a0 The Graduate and Researcher College is delighted to announce the launch of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2021\/01\/25\/phd-buddy-scheme\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40702,"featured_media":2873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[789,170331],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40702"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2874,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions\/2874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}