Mentoring resources

Mentoring Program Materials

Are you considering launching a mentoring program? Do you want to improve an existing mentoring program? We have resources for you! Learning videos, a guidebook, and a mentor training package, depending on what you need, what your learning style is, or how much time you have.

Based on a systematic literature review ³, focus group interviews, and our mentoring program experience, we have developed 7 videos on setting up and running a mentoring program aimed at gender balance in the STEM field. We also provide a comprehensive guide with more details and a mentor training guide.

VIDEO TUTORIALS

If you are only curious about certain issues when setting up a mentoring program, or want a quick overview, we recommend using these 7 learning videos. The videos focus on key questions around mentoring programs, such as expectations, mentor-mentee matching, duration, etc. Here are some questions each video answers:

Expectations

How can you define the expectations, both of the mentors and the mentees, and how can you communicate them to the stakeholders?

Matching

What are some methods to match mentors and mentees to optimise effectiveness?

Duration

What is the ideal duration of a mentoring program, and what can you do if you do not have the capacity for that?

Relation Type

What are the benefits of one-on-one mentoring and group mentoring?

Delivery Method

In what way is it best to provide mentoring, online, offline, or hybrid, and what are the benefits with each?

Mentor Qualities

What are some of the essential qualities the mentors need to have, and what should you focus on when training them?

Mentor’s Benefits

How can you motivate people to serve as mentors, underlining their benefits in this process?

Watch the entire video series on YouTube.

COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE

If you want a more comprehensive guide about how to set up or relaunch a mentoring program for women in STEM, we also offer a comprehensive (downloadable) guide with strategies on how to set up a mentoring program to increase gender balance in STEM education. You can download it from here.

MENTOR TRAINING

Do you want to train mentors to support women in STEM? We have just the instructions you need! We have developed a training package for mentors that you can download here.

Szlavi, Anna. Versino, Serena. Raffini, Daniel. Oppenhagen, Tuva Cornelia. Jaccheri, Letizia. (2024). Mentoring as a Tool for Better Gender Diversity in Informatics. In Birgit Penzenstadler, Karima Boudaoud, Sonay Caner Yildirim, Antinisca Di Marco (Eds.) Actions for Gender Balance in Informatics Across Europe. Springer Nature, 2025