There’s nothing like speaking to someone who’s been there. We offer short- and long-term mentoring opportunities to help you connect with industry professionals who can guide your next career steps.
Gain inside knowledge from an industry professional
Our mentors
Our trusted pool of experienced professionals have worked across a range of sectors and organisations, and roughly 80% were once Westminster students like you.
Looking back, I would have loved to sit down with someone and just pick their brain on what their day-to-day is like. That’s what drew me to mentorship – I wanted to be that source of information for whoever needed it.
Kyra Santiago, mentor, Royalties Manager, Ninja Tune
Choose your pathway
Explore and apply for the various programme routes on offer.
Long-term mentoring
Want tailored advice for a longer period? We have a number of longer-term options ranging from three to six months. It runs in two cycles and is open to:
- second and third year undergraduates
- all postgraduates
- all recent graduates from the last three years
Ask a Mentor Service
Got a specific question or limited on time? Our Ask a Mentor Service offers one-off remote conversations with mentors. It's available year-round and open to:
- all undergraduates
- all postgraduates
- all recent graduates from the last three years
Group mentoring
We run group mentoring sessions when we have many students interested in the same industry. This pathway is available year-round and:
- as an embedded part of select degree courses
- on request, where there is high interest in a field
Meet your mentor at Zone29
You can arrange to meet your mentor at Zone29, our purpose-designed building for career development and enterprise.
It’s a great opportunity to chat through your career questions face-to-face, build your confidence and form meaningful connections.
Let us know if you’d like to meet your mentor at Zone29 by emailing [email protected]Email us about meeting your mentor at Zone29.
What mentees say
My mentor helped me gain summer internship experience in my second year and helped me network within Savills. In my final year, the Head of HR gave me interview tips, which helped me succeed in obtaining graduate offers.
Ezekiel Edoba, Real Estate BSc student, who was matched with the Head of Future Talent at Savills. Following this long-term mentoring experience, Ezekiel was offered and accepted a position on the Savills Housing Graduate Programme.
Get notified when applications open
Add your details to our interest list and we’ll let you know when applications open for our mentoring programmes.
Award-winning programme
You can take part with confidence – Future Ready Mentoring has been recognised for its innovation and excellence.
Future Ready Mentoring was shortlisted for the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Awards in 2022 and 2025.
Alongside a previous Gold award win from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Future Ready Mentoring won the 2024 Best of Europe Award.
The University's Centre for Education and Teaching Innovation awarded us the Collaborative Teaching Award for our Group Mentoring pilot.
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