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EQUALITY GUIdE - KU Leuven

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Chapter 5 ! Mentoring 261<br />

ing. All mentors and mentees reacted quickly to the request to fill in the questionnaire.<br />

To measure the appreciations in terms of satisfaction, most questions were two-fold:<br />

the importance in terms of success and their degree of satisfaction for this aspect.<br />

In the following the results of the evaluation:<br />

4.2.1.3.1. Orientation and support<br />

All mentors and mentees agreed it is important to very important to have an internal<br />

steering committee that initiates and follows the project. Three out of four mentors and<br />

three out of four mentees were satisfied to very satisfied with the UHasselt steering<br />

committee. One mentor and one mentee took a neutral opinion on the matter (not<br />

satisfied nor dissatisfied).<br />

4.2.1.3.2. Step-by-step plan<br />

All mentors considered it important or very important to be informed beforehand about<br />

the objectives and expectations of the mentoring programme. They were equally satisfied<br />

with the documents they received. The four mentees argued that it is very important<br />

to be informed beforehand about the aim and method. Three mentees were satisfied<br />

with the provided material, one mentee was very satisfied.<br />

The formal confirmation of the mentoring relationship by means of a contract was of<br />

no importance to the mentors and mentees. All four mentors took a neutral stance,<br />

three mentees considered this unimportant. Only one mentee claimed to consider the<br />

contract important. This confirmed what is said in literature, namely that the success of<br />

mentoring depends on the informal qualities and competences.<br />

4.2.1.3.3. Target group<br />

The mentees considered clarity about the selection criteria for the target group as important.<br />

According to them, they were clear in the UHasselt project; they were satisfied<br />

on this item.<br />

Selection<br />

The mentors unanimously argued that it is important to very important that they were<br />

contacted in person with the question if they were willing to become a mentor. They<br />

were satisfied with the UHasselt approach of having the Vice-Chancellor ask them. The<br />

mentees considered the personal invitation to participate important to very important<br />

as well. They were equally satisfied with the personal letter they received.<br />

One of the mentees suggested including the experience of the participants in future<br />

projects. She suggested using her positive experience to convince her colleagues to<br />

participate.<br />

Matching<br />

Two mentees prefered to have a say in the choice of the mentor. One mentee took a

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