Lingnan University Postgraduate Mentorship Programme

嶺南大學研究生師友計劃

Jointly organized by:

Office of Student Affairs (OSA)
Office of Institutional Advancement and Public Affairs (OIAPA)
Lingnan University Postgraduate Alumni Association (LUPAA)
School of Graduate Studies (GS)

Background:

In an ever-changing and competitive society, graduating students have to equip themselves for their future careers. To better prepare students for such career challenges as well as adapt to the local environment and university-to-work transition, a new mentoring programme will be launched to support particularly the postgraduate students.

The mentors will share with mentees their invaluable experiences in both life and career journey. In particular, the mentors will provide updated job market information and professional advice/guidance on job hunting to mentees. The mentoring process is usually throughout the mentees’ final year of study.

Ultimate Goal:

To better prepare postgraduate students for their future careers via assistance from LUPAA together with other postgraduate alumni / LU associates.

Objectives:

Enable students to develop an understanding of the job market and familiarize them with job-specific and life skills for the workplace
Facilitate students' life and career planning / preparation
Build up students’ confidence in job seeking
Enchance students' leadership and management skills for future workplace
Enable students to have chances of internship / graduate employment via mentors’ networks
Strengthen the "bond" of Lingnanians

Target Mentees:

Current students of postgraduate programmes

Target Mentors

Committee members of the LUPAA / Postgraduate alumni / LU associates
Have at least five years’ working experience
Have distinguished achievements in their career fields
Have a high sense of belonging to Lingnan University
Willing to devote their time and efforts to guiding mentees
Able to give career advice / guidance to mentees

Mentor-mentee Ratio:

1 Mentor to 3 Mentees (Max.)
(It is most desirable that a mentor can lead at least 2 mentees for a better exchange of ideas. Mentees should be matched with Mentors from the career fields that they are interested in.)

Mentorship Period:

From Dec to Aug of the following year
(To especially provide career advice and guidance to selected students during their job preparation and/or hunting process)

Career Fields of Mentors:

Have to match with the LU postgraduate study programmes / popular career fields students prefer:

AI / Big Data / Data Analytics
Accounting / Auditing
Art / Cultural Related / Visual Studies
Banking / Finance / Investment
Entrepreneurship
General Administration / Management
Human Resources Management / Training
Health Management
Insurance / Risk Management
Logistics
Marketing / Digital Marketing
Public Relations / Corporate Communications
Social / Community Services (NGOs)
Sports Management / Event Management
Teaching / Education
Translation / Interpretation

Tentative Schedule / Timeline:

Date	Event / Function	Remarks
Oct to Nov	- Promotion & Recruitment - Mentor-mentee Matching
Jan	Opening Ceremony cum on-campus sharing	Mentors & mentees to meet one another for sharing and networking
Mar/Apr	Networking Event (lunch or dinner if the situation allows)	Interactions between mentors and mentees
Dec to Aug	Mentoring Period between Mentors and Mentees (Meetings / Events are arranged by mutual agreement between mentors and mentees)	Interactions between mentors and mentees
Aug	End of Programme	Evaluation to be conducted via feedback questionnaire / email for further improvements

* Details will be confirmed / provided in due course.

Suggested Duties / Responsibilities of Mentors:

To attend the above gatherings / meetings
To provide career advice to mentees during the mentoring period via the means of telephone, WhatsApp, e-mail, lunch / dinner gatherings, face-to-face meetings, etc.
To initiate career sharing / experiential events for mentees if possible (such as arranging a visit to your company, enabling mentees to join company meetings / shadowing programme, etc.)
To offer part-time job / internship / graduate employment opportunities to mentees if possible

Enquiries:

For enquiries, you are welcome to contact us:

Ms. Connie Wong Associate Director of Student Affairs Tel: 2616-7027 Email: [email protected]
Mr. Albert Suen Tel: 2616-7407 Email: [email protected]	Mr. Edwin Fok Tel: 2616-7408 Email: [email protected]	Ms. Mandy Choi Tel: 2616-7446 Email: m [email protected]