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- The mentoring experience has been one of the best schemes I have taken part in at university. It helped establish where I was in relation to my current career path, and helped further my understanding of a career in civil engineering (3rd year mentee).
- I believe that this mentoring program has been a significant benefit to my knowledge and understanding of the world of construction. It has given me confidence that I have made the right career choice, and has given me enthusiasm and renewed energy in studying at University (3rd year mentee).
-282 402 (82%85%) students either agreed/strongly agreed that the mentoring experience had helped confirm their intentions to embark on a career in civil engineering after graduating.
-304 411 (88%87%) students either agreed or strongly agreed that they would pursue their own CPD on return to fourth-year studies.
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Whilst an ideal mentor-mentee ratio would be 1-1 the class size each year (average n=80) prevents this. Groups of mentees (n=3-4 -5 per group) make it possible to secure around 20-22 mentors from local industry.
This session (2014-2015) it was noticeable that where more than one group of mentees were visiting the same company, the mentors would often double up the groups. As to be expected, mentees expressed concern about this issue and had a preference for the smaller group ratio that provided a more personal contact with their individual mentors.To prevent this happening in the 2015-16 session I will only send one group of mentees per company. Should the company provide more than one mentor then this will allow for breaking the group up and the mentees exposure to multiple engineers, perhaps from different disciplines.
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McDowell L (2014) Assessment for Learning, Chapter 6, In: Lynn Clouder, Christine Broughan, Steve Jewell and Graham Steventon (Edits) Improving student engagement and development through assessment, Special Indian Edition, India, Routledge, India, pp73-85
Murray M,Ross A, Blaney, N and Adamson, L (2015)Mentoring Undergraduate Civil Engineering Students, . Proceedings of the ICE-Management, Procurement & Law. 168, 168(4): 189–198 http189–198. Available @ https://dxpure.strath.doi.org/10.1680/mpal.1400043.ac.uk/portal/files/43529494/Murray_etal_ICE_MPL_Mentoring_undergraduate_civil_engineering.pdf
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