Peer mentoring
If you are a first year undergraduate and you're in your first term, the peer mentor programme can provide you with support and guidance from a current student.
You can receive 1 to 1 contact with a current student during your first term here, through our peer mentoring programme.
The programme runs from the start of the academic year in September and runs until January.
You will be able to request a peer mentor once you have confirmed your place at the university. A link to the request form will be available from August 15.
How the mentor can help you
A peer mentor is a current student at the university, usually within their second or third year.
They can help by:
- offering advice based on their experiences
- introducing you to relevant university services
- informing you of societies and events
- recommending you local facilities and attractions.
Mentors cannot provide academic or mental health support but will put you in touch with services that can. For academic peer support, see our PASS programme.
They also cannot do certain activities with you but this will be explained during your first meeting.
Where possible, we aim to match new students to mentors studying a similar subject to them. However, you may choose to be matched based on a protected characteristic, such as:
- LGBTQ+ identity
- faith, ethnic or cultural background
- care leaver or estranged student status
- mature student status.
Questions
If you have any questions about peer mentoring, email us at student-peer-support@bristol.ac.uk