Mentors are professionals who guide and advise students in their career paths to help them succeed. A mentor's role is to inspire, encourage, and support their mentee.

For this program, mentors should ideally:

• Possess a higher degree by research (including PhD, Professional Doctorate, or Masters by Research), or have equivalent relevant experience (such as employing or supervising HDR graduates), and
• Have at least 5 years professional experience to draw from.

Mentor EOIs will be accepted at any time. Please check the HDR Career Development Mentoring Program website for details on upcoming cohort dates.

Mentees are HDR candidates who want guidance and advice to explore their career options. Mentees should be looking to strengthen and build their networks, and gain the skills and confidence necessary to excel.

For this program, mentees should:

• Be actively enrolled in a UQ Higher Degree by Research (HDR) program, and
• Have successfully completed their Confirmation Review (R1), and
• Not have any overdue progress reviews, and
• Be able to complete the mentoring program prior to submitting their thesis.

Mentee EOIs will be accepted at any time. Please check the HDR Career Development Mentoring Program website for details on upcoming cohort dates.