New mentoring programme will lift-up researchers’ careers

The University launches a mentoring programme to support researchers in their career development and to promote gender equality. The ADVANCE programme will match early career researchers with more experienced scientists. The pilot programme is open to women mentees only, but in its future roll-out it will be open to women and men, with a few of its components prioritising women in academia. Dr Ines Crisostomo , who is coordinating the mentoring programme with the Gender Equality Officer, Prof Skerdilajda Zanaj , explains the need and scope of such a programme. Mentoring is a proven resource to advance careers in the science community. Why is that?. A mentor is someone who is able to provide structured advice in an area they have experience in.