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About the Ina Pichlmayr Mentoring

The program is aimed particularly towards women who have completed their doctorates and are working towards a professorship. The percentage of women in leadership positions is to be increased by actively counteracting existing gender differences and drawing attention to this issue. The aim is to make it easier for young female scientists to start their careers and to support them in their career development and planning. The mentoring program for young female scientists has been running since 2004. In each round, around 20 mentors, regardless of hierarchical assignment, agree to help plan the career steps of their mentees, to promote their integration into networks and sometimes simply to encourage them to go their own way. Three female scientists from the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover are currently accepted in each round.

Program objectives by target group 

 

For the mentees

As part of the mentoring, the participants are given the opportunity to acquire knowledge about structures, processes, norms and rules in the scientific system and scientific work.

In addition, the young female scientists are supported in the following challenges:

  • goal-oriented career planning
  • acquisition of key qualifications outside the field
  • successful acquisition of third-party funds
  • integration into formal and informal scientific networks
  • increase in the number of publications

 

For the mentors

  • the promotion of young scientists,
  • the expansion of advisory skills and
  • the acquisition of new impulses and perspectives

 

For the university

  • the increase in the volume of third-party funds at the university
  • increasing the proportion of female scientists who can be appointed to a professorship and
  • strengthening the university's profile in terms of gender equality policy
The illustration shows the three pillars of Ina Pichlmayr mentoring as a kind of house with three pillars and a foundation. One of these is the 1:1 mentoring partnership, which is shown as a brown pillar. This includes regular meetings, tips and tricks and workshops for mentors. The second pillar, shown in dark red, is the qualification program, which includes workshops, expert discussions, coaching and voice training. Finally, there is the peer network (green pillar). This includes regular exchanges and get-togethers. The university's public framework program forms the foundation. Event evaluation and interim assessment are also included.

Program components

The Ina Pichlmayr Mentoring Program is based on the quality standards of Forum Mentoring e. V..

The mentoring process within the framework of this program is based on three pillars:

1. the mentoring partnership between mentee and mentor, which is intended to serve the informal transfer of knowledge and the support and advice of the mentees.

2. the qualification program, which is designed to provide the program participants (workshops, group coaching, discussions with experts) with the necessary non-specialist knowledge they need to successfully plan and shape their professional careers.

3. the networking idea. Networking enables the participants to exchange ideas with like-minded people and make new contacts.