MentorSET is a successful mentoring scheme to help women working in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). We provide independent mentors who understand the challenges faced and who can provide support and advice.
We have now created many hundreds of mentoring pairs spread across the UK and encompassing many different STEM careers. Feedback shows that our participants are benefiting enormously and that MentorSET is playing a useful part in helping women in STEM in the UK.
Mentees must be a member of (or willing to join) one of the above groups but there is no restictions for mentors. WES and a number of the other groups are easy and cheap to join. We are always looking for women who are interested in becoming mentees and family-friendly people who are willing to be mentors. If you are a women working in STEM (or wishing to return to a career in STEM), why not join and find out how mentoring can help you.
MentorSET aims to increase the number of women who can maintain their STEM careers, and realise their full potential.
MentorSET is a UK-based initiative organised by the Women's Engineering Society:
The Women's Engineering Society, Michael Faraday House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Herts, SG1 2AY. Telephone: 01438 765506, registered charity no: 1008913
The scheme is now sponsored by The UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology who offer a range of services for UK women working in these areas.
CALL FOR IT/ COMPUTING MENTORS - Support Women in STEM Read more
Jan West, MentorSET Manager, will be speaking in workshops at National Electronics Week, Earls Court on 17th June 09 and at W-tech, IET, Savoy Place, London on the 24th June 09.
Next personal development workshop: 'Preparing for a career break', Guildford, 13th September 09 - details to follow.
Read the new MentorSET case studies. Find out how mentoring has helped our mentees and how our mentors have enjoyed helping. Go to case studies
Jan West, MentorSET Manager, will be running a workshop at Surviving as a woman in Science, Friday 13th November 2009.
WES annual conference 2009, Surrey University, Guildford, 11-13 September 2009 contact the conference chair conference@wes.org.uk.
The Women's Engineering Society is celebrating its 90th birthday this year. To read more about WES and the events planned this year, go to the WES website
