Peer mentoring of international Foundation students

Mathias, J.

Peer mentoring of international Foundation students

Mathias, J.

Authors

J. Mathias

Abstract

Peer mentoring is the provision of one to one support, information, assistance and encouragement, typically at a time of transition and usually over a sustained period of time. This paper summarizes the findings from a Peer Mentoring project carried out at a university Foundation programme where the students are a mix of home and international, and undertake Year 0 studies in preparation for undergraduate work. Both quantitative and qualitative data found that, similar to the home students, the international students (including EU students) who applied for peer mentoring, and were allocated a mentor, showed a greater improvement in self-efficacy than those who didn’t apply or who were not allocated a mentor.

Citation

Mathias, J. (2018). Peer mentoring of international Foundation students

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	2018-12
Deposit Date	Jun 24, 2019
Publicly Available Date	Aug 3, 2022
Journal	InForm, a journal for international foundation programme professionals
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Issue	18
Pages	27-28
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1328244
Publisher URL	https://www.reading.ac.uk/inform/download-inform