Mentoring
WiSET has an interest in developing mentoring and support networks for women in SET as we believe this can offer significant career development support and also help with the "leaky pipeline" problem, whereby decreasing proportions of women are found as one ascends the seniority/career ladder. A particular focus is postdoctoral researchers, as this group of staff can sometimes become somewhat isolated, and should benefit from a more structured approach to mentoring.
Individual studies and schemes include:
- Pilot study, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS)
- Mentoring of Postdoctoral Research Staff in the School of Medicine
- Action Learning Sets
A mentoring scheme for PDRAs in Engineering Sciences and Chemistry has been running since 2008/9, if you would like more information please contact Philippa Reed, e-mail: pasr1@soton.ac.uk