EQUALITY GUIdE - KU Leuven

Chapter 5 ! Mentoring 263
Three out of four mentors considered it very important to have a clear and formal project
period, one took a neutral stance. The latter also took a neutral stance towards the
period of time in which the pilot project took place. Two other mentors were very satisfied,
one was satisfied.
Two of the mentees took a neutral stance on whether the formal duration of the project
has to be defined before the project starts. The two other mentees considered it important
to very important. Three mentees were satisfied with the duration of the programme,
one mentee thought it was too short.
One mentor considered it to be important to have a network of all participants, but
took a neutral stance in evaluating the network activity as led by Dirk Brants. The other
three mentors took a neutral stance concerning networking in this group. One mentor
was dissatisfied with the meeting of Dirk Brants, one took a neutral stance, and one
was satisfied. The mentees' opinions were divided as well. Two of them said networking
is important in a mentoring programme, for one of them, it is very important and
one mentee took a neutral stance. Two of them were satisfied with the network activity
while the two others took a neutral stance. Three of the mentees argued that they
“missed reflection, interpretation and background about the role play approach”.
4.2.1.3.5. Outcomes
Programme outcomes
All mentors and mentees were satisfied to very satisfied with the number of meetings
with their mentoring partner. The four mentors and two of the mentees were very satisfied
with the duration of the meetings. One mentee was satisfied and one mentee took
a neutral stance.
Two of the mentors prepared the meetings; all mentees did this. All mentors were satisfied
or very satisfied with the time investment needed for this project. Three out of four
mentees were satisfied or very satisfied with the time investment for this project. One
did not answer the question.
Relationship outcomes
Both mentors and mentees were very satisfied with the content of their mentoring talks.
All mentors said they were “happy with the conversations” and all mentees said every
meeting resulted in “new insights”.
Three out of four duos planned to continue meeting each other after the formal project
period. Two mentors declared they wanted to be a mentor again next year. One would
think about it and one did not want to be a mentor anymore. One mentee planned on
finding a mentor at her own initiative in the future, the other three mentees responded
they would not.
Performance and appreciation of mentoring at the university
The four mentors argued that they “learned something about and for themselves”.