Wel­come to the ment­or­ing pro­grammes of Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

The first year of the mentoring programme was launched in 2008, laying the foundations for mentoring as a personnel development tool at Paderborn University. This was followed by further programmes and offers for different target groups, which were developed in accordance with the quality standards of Forum Mentoring e.V.. The aim of the mentoring programmes at our Universtity is to promote the career development of female students, doctoral candidates and female postdocs in their studies and research. Female scientists as well as the institution benefit from our experience.

We offer the Peer Mentoring Programme "Einblick!" for female students of all faculties from the Master's degree onwards to support the desicion making process of an academic career. For a successful start to the doctoral phase, female doctoral candidates in their first year can exchange ideas with each other in our Informal Network Meetings. In the Mentoring Programme for Female Doctoral Candidates, mentees examine career prospects in science and network with other female scientists on an interdisciplinary basis. Our writing and working groups within "Endspurt Promotion" offer time and space for focussed work in the final phase. For female academics in the post-doc phase, we offer programmes such as Collegial Mentoring and Individual Coaching Sessions. We also give advise to mentoring programs concerning their concept development.

Our offers at a glance

Peer-Mentoring-Programm "Einblick!" für Studentinnen

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Doktorandinnen sitzen zusammen und beraten sich.

Informelle Netzwerktreffen im ersten Promotionsjahr

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Mentoring-Programm für Doktorandinnen

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Endspurtgruppe im letzten Promotionsjahr

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Post-Docs beraten sich

Kollegiales Mentoring für Post-Doktorandinnen

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Einzelcoaching für Wissenschaftlerinnen

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Team

The mentoring team is characterised by many years of experience and associated networks as well as interdisciplinary perspectives. Together, we coordinate the wide range of mentoring programmes and are the point of contact for all interested parties, mentees and mentors. Feel free to contact us!

News and Dates

Start of the new year of peer ment­or­ing

In September, the 29th cohort started the program with an introductory workshop for personal assessment and the kick-off event with all mentees and mentors.

Work­shop “First job ap­plic­a­tion in sci­ence”

On 31.10.24, the peer mentees will receive important information on the topic of applying for jobs in science, discuss calls for applications and prepare documents for applications.

Fund­ing op­por­tun­it­ies in the doc­tor­al phase

For our mentees in the peer mentoring program, the information event on financing models for doctoral studies will take place again on 26.11.24.

News on the ment­or­ing blog

On our blog you will find new insights into the world of mentoring at UPB. Feel free to drop by!

Work­shop for voice and per­form­ance

On February 13 and 14, the mentees in the mentoring program for female doctoral candidates will take part in a workshop entitled “Voice as a power tool” to learn how to use their own voice effectively in everyday academic life.

Write to­geth­er

On the topic of “Writing, researching, teaching” on March 14, two female professors will report on the variety of tasks in their profession and thus offer the start of the writing day for the mentees of the current year.

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Programme Coordination

Stefanie Leinfellner

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Dr. Julia Steinhausen

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Dr. Christina Lammer

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