Mentoring
One-to-one Mentoring
Recruiting: Recruiting now for the academic year 2012-13.
Requirement: One hour every two weeks for a whole academic year (Nov - May)
Training: Compulsory, provided by Access Academy
The Access Academy Mentoring Programme offers volunteers the opportunity to work with a young person between the ages of 13 -18 and develop a supportive relationship, which will nurture their confidence and talent and help to raise their aspirations and academic achievement. Mentors are role models and trusted confidents, to whom pupils can turn for advice and support, and who are willing to work with them towards agreed goals for improvement and achievement.
Mentoring is offered to pupils from the widening participation cohort, whose access to Higher Education opportunities has historically been limited.
Arts Mentoring
Recruiting: Recruiting now for the academic year 2012-13.
Requirement: One hour every two weeks for a whole academic year (Nov - May)
Training: Compulsory, provided by Access Academy
The scheme has been running for three years with Lawnswood School in West Park and appears
to have had a significant impact upon A level results.
Arts Mentors provide one-to-one support to AS/A2 students studying A level Art and Design.
Working one-to-one with students in school, mentoring takes place within the art class and involves helping pupils with their personal study, developing their critical and analytical skills
or practical arts-based skills, assisting with the preparation of portfolios and applications to further/higher education and accompanying them on gallery and museum visits.
Arts mentors are not required to study an arts subject at University but you must be confident
of your art skills and knowledge.
Maths Mentoring - NEW for 2012!
Recruiting: Recruiting now for the academic year 2012-13
Requirement: One-two hours every week for a whole academic year (Nov - May)
Training: Compulsory, provided by Access Academy
This new scheme will run at the David Young Community Academy in Seacroft, working with students in year 9. The mentoring will involve helping students with their personal study/course work as well as developing key skills. Working one-to-one with students in school (each mentor will be matched to two pupils), mentoring will take place during lesson time but outside of the classroom. A group visit to the University is also planned.
Maths mentors are not required to study maths at University but you must be confident of your subject knowledge so an A-level would be strongly preferred.
WAMS: Widening Access to Medical School
Recruiting: Please contact WAMS
Requirement: One hour every two weeks for at least 12 weeks
Training: Compulsory
The Leeds Widening Access to Medical School (WAMS) scheme is a project run by medical students at the University of Leeds. It aims to provide sixth formers with medical student mentors who will give advice on a one-to-one basis about getting into medical school, allowing students who otherwise would not have the support required to make an informed choice about a career in medicine. Mentoring takes place largely through the Brightside Trust's Brightjournals website
(www.brightjournals.com) but there are a number of visits and initiatives run by WAMS taking place in schools and on the University campus. If you would like to know more about the scheme please contact WAMS directly at wams@leeds.ac.uk or visit www.wanttobeadoctor.co.uk