Start the New Year with Future Ready Mentoring - Apply for a career mentor now!

With over 2,000 mentors spanning more than 60 industries and 40 countries, our Future Ready Mentoring initiatives are a unique opportunity to connect with and learn from career professionals who can share their experiences, equip you with the right mindset and prepare you to tackle the working world with confidence.

We offer you the opportunity to be matched with industry professionals for both long- and short-term mentoring which can take place either in-person or online.

Career Mentoring Programme (long-term mentoring)  

Our award-winning Career Mentoring Programme matches participants with an industry professional for a long-term mentoring relationship. 

We have two intakes each year and applications for Cycle 2, which runs from May to July, are now open!  

To take part, you will need to:  

• Be in your second year of undergraduate studies and above or a postgraduate student
• Commit to a minimum of three mentoring sessions over a three-month period between May and July 2026
• Apply through this online form  
• Complete mentee training which will take place in mid/late February 2026 (you will have the option of attending either in-person or virtually)  

Applications for the long-term Career Mentoring Programme close on Sunday 15 February 2026 at midnight.

Ask a Mentor Service (short-term mentoring)  

For short-term mentoring, our Ask a Mentor Service offers you the chance to be matched with one of our professional mentors for a one-off conversation.  

This one-off mentoring session can be used to ask for career advice on a range of topics, for example, guidance on job/internship searches, job application or interview preparation tips, or for asking industry-specific questions. 

Register your interest to our mentoring programmes here.  

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] or visit our webpage.