DISCOVER MENTORING PROGRAM
Discover Mentoring builds on the spirit of collaboration and inspiration that emerges between students and lecturers during the Discover Summer Academy, offerring student to build up on this experience over a duration of a school year. During the program, students can work on their personal, academic, or career goals under the guidance of our tutors and organizers, who become their mentors.
🔗Application for Discover mentoring for the school year 2025/2026
HOW DOES DISCOVER MENTORING WORK?
Mentoring pairs are formed during the Discover Summer Academy, where students reach out to potential mentors from among the lecturers. Once the student and mentor agree to work together and the student has defined their development goal(s), the student submits a Discover Mentoring application by August 24th at the latest, officially joining the program.
The mentoring program runs during the first semester of the school year (from September to the end of January). It begins with a Kick-off event on Saturday, September 6th in the morning and concludes with a Kick-out event scheduled for Saturday, January 31st, 2026. Throughout the program, additional online events and workshops focused on personal development will take place, with details shared at the beginning of the program.
WHAT MAKES DISCOVER MENTORING UNIQUE?
Discover aims to encourage ownership in students, teaching them to actively seek out support and make the most of opportunities. Unlike many other mentoring programs, students are responsible for forming their own mentoring pairs.
Students have the chance to meet potential mentors during the Discover Summer Academy and discuss their goals with them directly. This allows them to try out mentoring collaboration before officially entering the program and see if the partnership is a good personal and professional fit.
After completing the Discover Mentoring program, which typically lasts six months, mentoring pairs can continue their journey through the Yoda Mentorship program (if the student and the mentor are able to communicate in Czech or Slovak). This offers them the opportunity to join a wider mentoring community and participate in a series of events.
