For Mentees...
You can access our website here, and sign up for Peer Mentoring by completing the mentee profile form.
This is an essential part to being part of the Peer Mentoring program! Check out the section on how to activate your profile here.
Yes you can! Please make sure to indicate this on your profile form.
We aim to match you with your mentor by O-Week. Activate your profile as soon as possible to make the most of the mentoring experience and attend 4 catch-ups (one is optional).
If you haven’t activated your profile yet, that’s alright because you can sign up at any time in the semester! We will do our best to match you within a week of you signing up.
Once you have been matched with a mentor and your mentoring group, your mentor will contact you first on Moodle. In saying that, feel free to initiate the conversation on your Moodle group chat as well and say hi to your mentor and others in your Mentoring group too.
You will be put in a mentoring group with other students in your faculty who are also in their first semester of studies. You will have this exciting opportunity to meet other first-year students alongside your mentor.
If you have a friend who is also studying your course, it will not always be possible for you to be part of the same group because of the above matching requirements. However, you and your friend can still be part of the Peer Mentoring Community together by attending events that your faculty runs.
If you’ve transferred from another course and have already undertaken the Peer Mentoring program in a different faculty, you may not automatically be included in the Peer Mentoring program.
If you’d like to be part of the Peer Mentoring program again and it is your first semester of study in your new course, you can sign up using the profile form here. You will be matched with a mentor in your new faculty and a group of students in their first semester.
No, since this program is not an academic program your Peer Mentor will only be able to help with common topics that students in their first semester need help with. For more information, check out the ‘What can I expect over the semester’ section below.
If you’re interested in academic mentoring, please check out the Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) program!
Feel free to ask your mentor any questions you may have about settling into your first semester at Monash, that’s what they are here for! If they don’t know the answer that’s okay, your mentor will refer you to an appropriate service or ask their Senior Mentor.
A Senior Mentor is the Peer Mentor’s support person. A Peer Mentor will catch up with their Senior Mentor to ask them any questions they may have about their mentoring experience.
In the first instance, your mentor and the mentoring group should use Moodle to communicate with each other.
Later down the track, if consent is provided and the whole group agrees, you are able to use another communication platform.
Once you are matched, your mentor should contact you using the Moodle group chat within 48 - 72 hours of being matched.
If it’s been longer than that and they don’t reach out to you and continue to remain unresponsive, you can contact the Peer Mentoring Team using the Peer Mentoring Enquiry form.
Your mentor will contact you first and ask when you are available via Google Form. This is because they have to take into account the whole group’s availability.
We understand that everyday life can be unpredictable, and that you’re probably juggling a lot of things alongside your studies at Monash.
We recommend letting your mentor know at least 48 hours in advance if you are unable to make it to a previously agreed upon catch up time or an event. This is for the benefit of the mentor and the group as well!
To explore scholarship opportunities across the University head here. Refer to Monash Connect as a broad hub of support for your time here at Monash.
Please email mentoring@monash.edu if you want to withdraw from the program
What other support services are available?
There are lots of study resources available to you! We’ve listed a few below.
Monash Connect is your broad starting place for support.
We suggest you explore your tutor’s/unit coordinator’s consultation hours for individual unit questions.
Your central location for study and academic support is the Student Academic Success webpage.
Learning Adviser consultations (1:1 support)
Citing and referencing styles (overview)
Citing and referencing tutorials (online tutorials)
Meet with a librarian online (assignment and research support)
PASS (peer assisted study sessions)
Referencing conventions across different styles
English Connect is another great resource for support with both academic and conversational English.
Additionally, if you’re looking to develop your personal & professional skills, Career Connect can help you ensure you have the skillset for where you want to be when you graduate.
For Mentors...
You must log 24 hours of volunteering in this unit. At the end of the semester our team will be able to sign off on the volunteer log - pending all requirements for the unit are met. Please refer to this FAQ for further questions.
Please submit your post catch up report in your Mentor X Senior Mentor connection plan in Chronus. Please refer to this video in your Moodle resources for more instructions.
As a mentor, you are required to tick off all your tasks in your Mentor X Senior Mentor Chronus connection plan and log 20 hours of time spent on mentoring. At the end of the program, you will receive a Peer Mentoring certificate, have your 20 hour participation in Peer Mentoring added to your Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement (AHEGS) and your Student Futures profile. You will also receive a LinkedIn Toolkit.
Please email mentoring@monash.edu if you want to withdraw from the program