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 11^th edition will take place from April 2021 to December 2022. The group meetings for mentees and mentors will take place:

  • On August 27^rd of 2021 at the University of Fribourg
  • On November 5^th of 2021 at the University ofNeuchâtel
  • On MAy 6^th of 2022 at the EPFL
  • On December 1^st of 2020 at the University of Geneva

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