Widening Access across the Student Lifecycle through Coaching & Mentoring

Access Academy Training

This course will be delivered ONLINE.

Coaching and mentoring schemes have formed a key part of higher education work. In the past few years many organisations are not only using mentoring as an aspect of their outreach work but also as part of both their induction, retention and success strategies for learners from under-represented groups. Making sure you develop an effective coaching and mentoring schemes is therefore a key concern for those working in the higher education sector, particularly those seeking to reduce inequalities in both access and student success.  

By the end of the day delegates will:

• Be able to define coaching and mentoring and identify their key characteristics.

• Understand the role of coaching and mentoring in the widening access context.

• Describe the advantages and challenges of different approaches to coaching and mentoring i.e. face to face, online, group, use of peer schemes.

• Look at different approaches to engaging your audience in coaching and mentoring i.e. how to get mentee, institution and mentor to opt-in to the intervention.

• Consider the skills and techniques needed for successful coaches and mentors.

• Improve their own knowledge around what could go wrong and how to mitigate these risks.

• Discuss and evaluate the different frameworks.

• Produce an action plan on how to develop coaching and mentoring at their own institution.

• Share their own current practice and help each other to overcome the challenges through the sharing of practice.

This course will be delivered by Jess Woodsford, Director, Inclusive Futures.