TOGETHER WE ARE SUPPORTING STUDENTS

In 2022 our community of dedicated volunteers spent more than 9,000 hours generously giving their time to inspire the next generation. These wonderful volunteers have shared their experience and knowledge, and helped to support students and recent graduates to take their first steps into exciting and fulfilling careers.

E-mentoring goes from strength to strength E-Mentoring Southampton launched in 2020 and has enabled thousands of students to reach their career goals, thanks to our dedicated alumni volunteer mentors.

E-mentoring provides Southampton students and fellow alumni with opportunities to connect to industry mentors, ask questions and get advice from experts in their chosen fields, plan a sustainable and fulfilling career and build a strong professional network.

There are currently 3,065 alumni mentors signed up to the platform. If you are one of our alumni mentors, thank you! Collectively your community spent over 5,800 hours dispensing advice, providing networking opportunities and opening doors for 2,479 students and recent graduates over the past year.

The impact of our volunteer mentors was recognised this year, when the E-mentoring Southampton staff team won the 2022 Vice Chancellor’s Award for ‘Enabling the University Strategy’.

Georgie Barrow (LLB Law, 2021) connected with a mentor who helped her secure a role as a trainee solicitor when she graduated from the University. “It’s very easy to search for mentors. I found one who is experienced in the legal profession. He was extremely helpful, giving me advice on applications to law firms.”