AdvanceMent Mentoring
Welcome to AdvanceMent Freiburg
Our structured mentoring programme AdvanceMent supports researchers from all faculties of the university in the postdoctoral phase as well as in the advanced doctoral phase by promoting their strategic career planning and development.
In three programme lines and two programme languages, AdvanceMent creates opportunities to orientate oneself professionally with the help of mentoring and to successfully master the next career step through reflection, feedback, networking, collegial support and skills development.
A programme-specific range workshops and coaching offers all mentees the opportunity to qualify and establish themselves in their professional disciplines at an early stage.
To help you decide which programme line is best suited to you at the moment, please refer to FAQ Mentees.
Three programme lines
@academia
For researchers that aim for an academic career.
- duration 12 months from July
- programme language German
- one-on-one mentoring with (professionally) experienced mentors
- peer-mentoring with collegial advice
- at least 4 workshops on career-related topics
- individual coaching on application/career planning
- process support by programme leader
@newpathways
For researchers that aim for a career in the non-academic job market in business, society and culture.
- duration 12 months from July
- programme language German
- one-on-one mentoring with (professionally) experienced mentors
- peer-mentoring with collegial advice
- at least 4 workshops on career-related topics
- individual coaching on application/career planning
- process support by programme leader
@flexAbility
For international and other English-speaking researchers that aim for an academic or a non-academic career.
- duration 12 months
- entry depending on availability of places
- programme language English
- one-on-one mentoring with (professionally) experienced mentors
- 4 workshops on overarching career-related topics
- individual process support by programme leader
Please note: the programme line is currently being evaluated. Applications are not possible at the present moment.
The Five Elements of AdvanceMent
Mentoring
One-on-one mentoring: AdvanceMent Freiburg offers the classic one-on-one mentoring between mentee and mentor (also called tandem) in all programme lines. We jointly search for (professionally) experienced mentors from various fields who will advise the mentees with their personal experience on what steps to take next professionally.
Peergroup mentoring: the programme lines @academia and @newpathways are further divided into smaller peer groups based on professional goals and areas of expertise. The peer group meets in a self-organized manner approximately every 4-6 weeks over the course of the programme to network and support each other. Each peer group determines their own goals, topics and the manner of working together.
Development of Competencies
AdvanceMent offers workshops on career planning, leadership, communication and application, as well as mental health. If personally required, additional workshops from the Graduate Centre for doctoral students and the Centre for Advanced Researcher Development for postdocs can also be attended.
Process Support
Mentoring is supported by events that accompany the process. These include the following events:
- introductory workshop
- mid-term review workshop
- final review workshop
In the @flexAbility line, the process is supported by individual advice from the programme head. The AdvanceMent guidelines also provide support in shaping the mentoring relationship.
Coaching
Mentees benefit from a wide range of coaching and counselling services that are available in addition to mentoring to assist with orientation, decision-making, and skills development. These include:
- accompanying advice from the programme management
- peer counseling within the peer groups
- individual consulting services with coaches in the context of career planning workshops
- possibility to participate in coaching offered within CARD (for postdocs) as well as in coaching and consulting offerered by GraCe (for doctoral candidates) .
Networking
The programme promotes networking between mentees and with other professionals within and outside the university through network meetings, informative events, and expert discussions with speakers from academia and business (e.g. career lounge, biography talk).
