{"id":778,"date":"2020-08-28T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/?p=778"},"modified":"2020-08-28T14:00:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T14:00:37","slug":"become-a-mentor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/2020\/08\/28\/become-a-mentor\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a mentor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Improve your leadership and communication skills by becoming a mentor<\/p>\n<p>The Academic Peer Mentoring Scheme (APM) partners experienced students with new students to support their transition to University and help them develop their learning. \u00a0Full training is provided, and you will receive a Kent certificate and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/\">Employability Points<\/a>. You can also claim volunteering hours as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/volunteering.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/volunteering.html\">Kent Volunteering Scheme<\/a>, and your participation will be reflected on your Higher Education Achievement Record (HEAR), and will be valuable for any future placement or job applications.<\/p>\n<p>Applications to be a mentor are open now and will close on Monday 14 September. Enrol on the <a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.kent.ac.uk\/2019\/enrol\/index.php?id=6734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/moodle.kent.ac.uk\/2019\/enrol\/index.php?id=6734\">Academic Peer Mentoring Scheme module<\/a> on Moodle to find out more and submit your application.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please email the Student Learning Advisory Service at <a href=\"mailto:slasapm@kent.ac.uk\">slasapm@kent.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improve your leadership and communication skills by becoming a mentor The Academic Peer Mentoring Scheme (APM) partners experienced students with new students to support their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/2020\/08\/28\/become-a-mentor\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70644,"featured_media":780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[872],"tags":[137640,159306,137657,37,262],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":781,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions\/781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentsportsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}