Student Mentoring
Discovering horizons beyond academia
The development of students as individuals, in addition to the rigorous academic training , constitutes the primary goal of the University of Navarra's institutional mission statement . In this sense, mentoring is an indispensable element of the University's project educational .
Mentoring at the University of Navarra is a process of accompaniment and learning in which a professor mentor financial aid , guides and guide, with his experience and knowledge, a student or mentee, so that he can develop his potential and make the most of all aspects of university life, discovering horizons beyond the strictly academic: cultural life, sports, solidarity and the development staff offered by the University.
From the beginning of programs of study, each student is assigned a teacher who will accompany him/her as mentor throughout the university stage. This takes the form of interviews that can be arranged at the initiative of the mentor or the mentee.
Features
EN STAFF
It provides accompaniment, committee and guidance on an individualized basis. Each student receives specific support tailored to their particular needs and circumstances, ensuring a approach focused on their development staff and professional.
IT'S FREE
It is not evaluable and is not part of the academic curriculum . Unlike tutoring and other teaching activities that may be mandatory and evaluable, mentoring is based on the student's freedom staff to participate voluntarily, without academic pressure, which fosters an environment of genuine growth.
IS ENHANCING
It does not supplant student initiative and responsibility, but rather fosters and develops them. Through mentoring, students are encouraged to take an active role in their own learning and development, acquiring skills to anticipate and manage future challenges autonomously.
What are the objectives of mentoring?
To inform and guide students in the beginning of their university studies.
Contribute to training in personal habits and professional skills.
Guidance on the academic pathway .
Decision-making in the field of vocational guidance.
FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS
The financial aid of mentor focuses on....
Ensuring a good study method
As a starting point, the student may fill in a questionnaire to think about it and, if he wants, share it with his mentor.
University integration
One of the functions of mentor is to provide students with information to help them integrate into the University: their identity and their statement of core values. The mentor can provide the student with information material and deal with questions of interest.
Professionals from day one
Being a university student implies a way of being, presenting oneself and behaving, which translates into concrete attitudes that prepare for future professional life. It is not just a matter of establishing general rules; these aspects must be incorporated through personal development , sometimes with the help of financial aid and the support of mentor.
Involvement and participation
Culture, sport, solidarity and the different activities that take place at campus are part of university life. The habit of knowledge and academic reflection is an important part of university life, as is that of the "university experience", through activities that allow people to relate to other university students with whom they have common interests to share. The mentor can help to discover this experience, which does not distract from studies, but rather reinforces them.
University mentoring is one of the pillars core topic on which the project educational of the University of Navarra is based. Our University has extensive experience in mentoring, with the figure of the professor "advisor" since its beginnings.
The Mentoring Unit was created with the aim of bringing together more than 60 years of mentoring experience of the professors of the University of Navarra and has among its functions:
Generate high-impact knowledge on university mentoring.
Develop new resources involving mentors and students.
Disseminate the mentoring program to student body and conduct training programs for mentors.
Help other universities to better train their students.
It acts on three axes:
RESEARCH
About university mentoring
TRANSFER
Dissemination of knowledge, at the University of Navarra and other universities.
COMMUNITY
Creation of a mentoring community, based on sharing mentoring practices. They are the main source of update of content and training for mentoring.
Team
ÁLVARO LLEÓ
coordinator academic
Senior Associate Professor from the School of Economics and Business Administration.
TERESA DOMINGO
Executive Coordinator
Vice Rectorate for Students
RODRIGO BANDA
Project manager
PhD student and member of the Center for Civic Humanism of the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS)
development program of Tu&Co competencies
The competencies and their development are the basis of this mentoring program, which aims at having the student who seeks to improve analyze his or her behavior in order to make a diagnosis of his or her competencies and suggest proposals for reflection and action. To do this program, the student will have to request it to mentor.
Access under Username and password for the student.
PORTAL DEL MENTOR
trainingTu&Co, Tu&Co, guides, programs and other resources.
Access under Username and password for the mentor
MENTORING PROGRAM
Direct access to the program, from inside or outside campus.
Access under Username and password for the mentor
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF TU&CO COMPETENCES
Competencies and their development are the basis of this mentoring program.
Access under Username and password for the mentor
With the goal to train and inspire mentors, a series of podcasts on universitymentoring is presented where twelve disciplines that the mentor can work with students are addressed: communication, optimism, self-knowledge, the management of time, among others. Each chapter includes an interview with professionals and researchers from different areas of the University where they will share experiences of other professors and tactics that can inspire mentors.
PODCAST OF THE WEEK
Capacity for effort
With Elena Íñigo
In this episode Elena Íñigo, professor of Criminal Law at the University of Navarra, talks to us about the main challenges students face in developing effort capacity.
INTRODUCTION TO MENTORING
With María Iraburu
In this inaugural episode of the Tu&Co Podcast, María Iraburu, president of the University of Navarra, talks about how mentoring has become a fundamental pillar of the University's educational project .
SELF-KNOWLEDGE
With José López Guzmán
In this episode the Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Navarra talks about the importance of self-knowledge as the basis of development staff and virtues.
Coming soon...
Communication
Ignacio Llarena
November 4
Emotional balance
Enrique Aubá
November 18
management of conflicts
Javier Antón
December 2
Time management
Javier Santos
December 16, 2009
contact
mentoring@unav.es
For questions specific to the development Tu&Co. competency program: tuandco@unav.edu