We are invested in our students and the vision of a welcoming and inclusive learning community where everybody is supported and encouraged to achieve their full potential.
This scheme is a peer-to-peer support system that helps first year students adjust to life at the 秋葵视频. Being a member of the scheme has lots of benefits; it will help you settle in, make new friends and learn about life at Greenwich.
To support students of colour, we are also building a community to provide you with a safe space to share lived experiences and support each other throughout your university journey.
How it works
When you join as a new student, you are matched with current鈥痵tudents at Greenwich through based on answers you give when joining. However, you can also browse the available mentors and read their profiles.
It can be beneficial and fun for new students to be matched with current students who know what it is like to be at Greenwich and can share their experience. The scheme is flexible, informal and aims to work around your schedule.
We would like all students at the 秋葵视频 to have the opportunity to have a student peer mentor, so take your first step鈥痓y . Joining is easy, just log in with your 秋葵视频 email address from your computer or by downloading the .
Benefits of being a mentee:
- Increase engagement and decrease isolation by meeting other students
- Start building a support network
- Increase self-esteem and confidence
- Support in the transition to the University of鈥疓reenwich
- Become a member of the university鈥痗ommunity and meet your peers
- Obtain Greenwich Employability Passport Points.
What is expected of you as a mentee:
- Have regular meetings with your mentor
- Respond to your mentor’s communications promptly
- View your mentor as your go-to person and bring your questions to them
- Take the initiative to set up some meetings and let them know how you prefer to communicate or meet
- Share your own knowledge and experience with your mentor
- Attend social/networking student peer mentoring events.
After being a mentee for a period, you will be eligible to become a mentor and help other students, like yourself, make the most of university life. You will have the opportunity to be a member of the Student Peer Mentoring Community for as long as you are a student at Greenwich.
If you have any questions about the scheme, please contact the Student Engagement Team on student-engagement@gre.ac.uk.
