GradLink Mentoring Programme

The Gradlink mentoring programme piloted in 2012-13 was a huge success and will continue for academic year 2013-2014. The programme aims to develop current students’ knowledge of the labour market and career paths, through nurturing career learning relationships with alumni mentors working in a range of career areas. The following Schools are participating in the 2013-2014 programme:

• School of Histories and Humanities
  (Departments of History, Classics and History of Art)
• School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies (Departments of French, Germanic Studies, Italian, Hispanic Studies, Irish and Celtic Languages, Russian and Slavonic Studies, Near and Middle Eastern Studies and European Studies)

What's involved:

Volunteering as a mentor involves meeting with a small group of students (up to 3 per mentor) on approximately three occasions during the academic year. The focus of these meetings is generally professional development and other career-related topics. The time commitment of the programme to mentors is approximately 10 hours, inclusive of the Launch and Mid-way Mentoring Event.

As part of the launch event, we ask each graduate will speak for one to two minutes to give students an overview of their career to date. The overview could include a short synopsis of your profile, topics that you can best help students with in a mentoring capacity and any mentoring benefits you have experienced in your life. Following this, we will host a reception for the mentors, students and academic staff from the School.

Alumni Testimonials 2012/21013:

"I feel closer and more proud too..., it’s nice to give something back, I got a lot out of Trinity."

“The best thing about the programme for me was going back and having some interaction with the college again.”

For further information, please refer to the FAQs section.