Become a mentor of the Réseau romand

Mentoring’s first objective is to support the mentee, but it is a two-way relationship. Evaluations of such programs show that the mentors also benefit from the relationship with the mentee. 

By participating in a mentoring program, a mentor has the opportunity to:

• Initiate new contacts with other mentors
• Establish contacts with motivated researchers from the next generation of academics
• Be kept informed about the research trends in the mentees' generation
• Profite from stimulating exchanges with the mentee for her or his own work and research
• Enlarge his or her social skills by through the mentoring experience

Each mentoring partnership defines the goals of the exchanges and the frequency of the meetings in a mentoring agreement.

• Who can be a mentor?

  A mentor in the Réseau romand is a person who:

  • Is a professor at a (Swiss) university or a EPF
  • Agrees to pass on her or his experience of the academic world to a mentee
  • Supports the mentee in achieving her objectives
  • Is aware of the support that she or he has received during her or his career and wants to give back
  • Is committed to gender equality and the promotion of young women researchers
• Duties of a mentor

  A mentor offers a mentee:

  • The opportunity to learn from the experience of someone who has succeeded in the path she is following
  • The possibility to exchange on concrete goals and planning her career path
  • A better understanding of formal and informal rules that exist in the academic world
  • Support to create a contacts network
  • We recommend that mentors and mentees meet 4-5 times during the duration of the mentoring program
  • Etc.
• Our offer

  The 12^th edition will take place from April 2023 to December 2024. The group meetings for mentees and mentors will take place:

  • August 31, 2023 at the University of Fribourg
  • November 14, 2023 at the University of Geneva
  • April, 30, 2024 at the University of Neuchâtel
  • December, 5, 2024 at the University of Lausanne

  All mentors will get invitations to those events and are very welcome to participate.