Good News Stories

Since 2010, the IoD Student Mentoring scheme has helped over 400 students. Here's what some of them are saying;


"I enjoyed meeting new people and getting to learn things I didn't know about before, plus the help I got for my CV was great!"

"It was an awesome experience worth having at the University."

"It was a fun way to meet new people and to network."

"I enjoyed the interaction with other students from different areas of the Business School and meeting the many mentors."

"Mentoring has helped me step outside of my comfort zone whilst building a relationship with my mentor to gain knowledge about future careers, that was easy to organise around  my studies.’"

"Mentoring for me has been a confidence builder which has given me further drive to achieve my desired career."

Meetings and celebration events

Mentoring celebration at Westfield Motors

All members of the IoD Student Mentoring Scheme (both students/mentees and mentors) meet as a group four times to share ideas, learning and networks. This is in addition to the monthly meetings between mentee and mentor.

  • Session one - connecting mentees with mentors
  • Session two -  focus on networking
  • Session three - developing your interview skills
  • Session four -  a celebratory event, where mentees and mentors get certificates/gifts for taking part.

Mentors and mentees have learned a lot from the sessions and had fun too. Follow the links to the news stories below and find out more about what we get up to at our get together meetings.