Want to help new students settle in to the BEL Faculty, UQ and Brisbane while enjoying an exhange in culture through fun activities?
If so then a unique opportunity exists for you to be involved in the BEL Faculty Global Mates program.
New international students will be in a new University, new city, country and culture , and for some a second language. You can help make their experience fun and memorable as they settle into UQ, Brisbane and an Australian cultural experience.
Mentors need to have some experience with the UQ and its environment as well as Brisbane in order to assist Mentees in settling to their new university life. You will get to participate in some fun activities and events at UQ during the semester as well as expected to have regular catch-ups with a couple of new international students (Mentees). We encourage you to share Brisbane and South East Queensland has to offer with your mates so that they learn about their surroundings and our culture.
Who Can Be a Mentor:
If you are a Business Economics or Law School undergraduate student with more than 12 units (or 12 months) completed, or a postgraduate student with more than 8 units (6 months) completed in your program, you are eligible to apply.
Benefits For You:
- Pass on knowledge you have gained from your uni experience as guidance for our new students,
- Receive recognition from UQ contribution to the UQ Employability Award.
- Make new friends with new students from other countries and cultures,
- Have fun,
- Develop your interpersonal, leadership and communication skills,
- Cerfiicate of participation.
What’s expected of Mentors:
- Attendance at fun activities with your mentees.
- Regular (weekly or biweekly) catch-ups with your mentees to talk, make sure they are doing OK settling in and provide assistance or a friendly ear, based on your knowledge of UQ and Brisbane.
- A willingness to share your time with them doing some unofficial activities, if you are doing something or going somewhere, to see the sites and sights of Brisbane and south East Queensland.
- Patience - As your mentee may still learning our language, and culture