Faculty of Economics and Commerce

“If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton in a letter to Robert Hooke.

This is your gateway to mentoring in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce. The Faculty provides three different kinds of mentoring programs which you can can access to the right of this page.

What is Mentoring?
Mentoring was first mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey: Whilst Odysseus went to fight in the Trojan wars, he engaged the services of his friend Mentor, to act as a role model and guardian to his son Telemachus. Since then, wise and trusted advisers have been called "mentors".

The theory behind mentoring remains the same today.

Mentoring is the process whereby a more experienced person in a certain field passes on their knowledge and offers friendship and guidance to a less experienced person in that area.

At university, this can be simple things like showing someone where the library is or where to go for careers advice. Mentors also offer advice on how to succeed at university or at work, and can provide first-hand knowledge of what worked for them and what didn’t.

The mentoring programs in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce have been designed to help you in a number of ways:

• Help in advancing your education and your career.
• Assistance in making friendships at university.
• Providing a forum for networking.