Go for gold!
15 Dec 2015
Develop your career with a mentor
Manchester Gold Staff is the successful and unique career mentoring programme managed by the Staff Learning and Development at the University.
The programme has the full support of the senior management.
What is Manchester Gold Staff?
The scheme aims to develop staff across the University by linking them to the support of a more experienced colleague. This colleague will act as their career mentor over a nine-month period.
Who is Manchester Gold Staff for?
The scheme is for any staff member working at the University who would like help with their career development. Whether you are academic, technical, research, administrative or secretarial staff, Manchester Gold Staff could work for you.
Previous participants on the scheme have signed up for some of the following reasons, to:
- Develop managerial or supervisory skills.
- Assist with specific goals, such as achieving academic promotion.
- Help define future career goals more clearly.
- Discuss ways of balancing research and teaching.
- Learn more about the way the University functions, and possible career routes available.
- Explore ways of increasing grant success.
- Get a different perspective on a specific work-related problem.
- Consider how to increase the number of research papers you write and get accepted.
- Address work / life balance.
- Expand networks.
- Develop specific skills.
- Anything else related to career development!
To book a place on the information sessions on Monday, 11 and Wednesday, 13 January 2016, visit: