UIS Learning and Development: Speed mentoring for the IT community

New

UIS is offering members of the IT community the chance to join a virtual speed mentoring event. This energetic learning and networking activity will provide the opportunity to speak to some of UIS’ senior leaders and managers from different disciplines.

UIS mentors involved with the event:

• Ian Leslie - Director
• Stephen Riley – Chief Operating Officer
• Kate Livingstone – Head of Digital Transformation
• Richard Hey – Head of Institution Liaison and Relationship Management
• Ron Chambers – Head of Enterprise solutions
• Abraham Martin – Head of DevOps Division

• Any IT-related professionals from the University, colleges or affiliated institutions.
• New IT colleagues who have recently joined and would like to seek professional development guidance.

Please do the following in advance of the session:

• Think about a problem, issue or challenge you would like to address during the session.
• Try to identify any options you may be considering and think about the advantages and disadvantages of these.
• Note down a two-minute description of yourself and your role that provides context.

During each speed mentoring session, you will be asked to start with the description of yourself and then move on to the description of your problem, issue or challenge.

Please join the session 15 minutes in advance to ensure a smooth running and prompt start.

Number of sessions: 1

The event will give you short one-to-one, focused conversations about a specific professional and career-related question You will rotate around four different mentors, spending around 10 minutes with each, to gain different perspectives on an issue you are seeking to resolve.

• Provide an opportunity to meet and tap in to the wisdom of UIS’ senior members.
• Maximise interaction and speak to a variety of people within an hour.
• Create a networking opportunity and the potential to initiate an ongoing relationship.
• Allow for a quick-fire exchange of ideas about professional development.
• Knowledge sharing for both mentor and mentee.

You will attend four 10 minute one-to-one meetings with a mentor and also meet with all group attendees at the start and end of the event. You will rotate around four different mentors to gain different perspectives on an issue you are seeking to resolve.

MS Teams

We can only accommodate six new staff mentees at this time. This will be on a first come, first served basis and you will be invited to meet four out of the six mentors listed. Due to the complexity of the scheduling, it is not possible to request particular mentors. You will be sent details of who you will be meeting and the times, in advance. We will evaluate the effectiveness of this initiative by the end of the event to take an informed decisions of running a few more speed mentoring events in the future.

1 hour

A one-off event

• IT Community and UIS Mentoring Scheme: Informal intro and Q&A session