This is a call-up for student mentors! Would you like to become a mentor in the coming year (2020-2021) and help first year students with your knowledge and experience? Read further:

What is the mentor programme?

The BA Urban Studies has a specifically designed mentor programme for 1^st year students in order to welcome them properly and to guide them through their first semesters of university in The Hague.

What is a student mentor?

A student mentor is a coming 2^nd or 3^rd year student who is capable of guiding our new students. As a student mentor you will commit to the following:

1. Attend a student mentor training session in the last week of August 2020;
2. Guide mentor group of 1^styear students during the Introduction Day in September
3. After Introduction Days: keeping track of 1^styear students;
4. Attend 2 general lectures on study skills and presentation skills with your mentor group;
5. Host several student mentor group sessions yourself
6. Make a short report

Why would you want to become a mentor?

Well, it will mean you will get educational experience and free mentor training. Also, it is really fun to pass on knowledge that you gained as a first year student! See it as a challenge; maybe you can do better than what has been done in previous years? It will be exciting to be part of the new online coaching, and we would be very interested to see how can you contribute, and learn something from it.

Last but not least: you will earn money with it. You will get paid as student assistant, according to the collective labour agreement of Dutch universities.

How to apply?

We are looking for:

• Motivated students;
• Current 1^stor 2^nd year students;
• You should have earned at least 25 EC as a current 1^styear student or 80 EC as a 2^nd year student.

You can apply by sending us an e-mail (stuco_urbanstudies@hum.leidenuniv.nl) with your responses to the following questions (max. 100 words per answer).

• Why do you want to be a student mentor?
• What makes you a good student mentor?
• How will you make sure that students are guided properly?

 

We’d love to hear from you. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to email us at the above email address.