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As a new student, you can be matched with a second or third year student (peer) mentor in your department. Your mentor can guide you through your transition to university life. 

You can also join our Study Buddy Scheme. This scheme matches you with students in your year taking some of the same modules as you.

Peer mentoring

Our peer mentoring scheme pairs you, and a small group of other new students just like you, with a second or third year student mentor from your subject study area. Your mentor can share their experiences and help you with settling into student life, whether it’s:

• how to find the library
• how to get to grips with university study
• where to get the best coffee on campus!

Meeting your mentor  

You will be allocated to a mentor and introduced to them in the first weeks.

Look out for an email from the Education and Student Experience (ESE) team or from your peer mentor coordinator with details of who your mentor is and when you will meet with them. 

  My peer mentor has been amazing this year. I could go to my peer mentor with any questions and receive a quick response either solving any issues or directing me where to find the answer. My peer mentor has been really kind this year, helping me to enjoy my first year of University.” Peer mentee, 2022 to 23

Peer mentee, 2022 to 2023

Study buddy scheme

We also have a Study Buddy Scheme that you can sign up for in early October. Study Buddy is different to peer mentoring in that we try to match you with students in the same year as you, who are:

• taking some of the same modules or course as you and/or
• part of your department. 

By being part of the Study Buddy Scheme, we hope to provide you with the opportunity to meet other students on your course, to broaden your network, to have a group you can attend lectures and seminars with and a group you can study with and support throughout the year.

You can sign up during your first two weeks at university, so look out for an email from the Education and Student Experience (ESE) team with the sign-up form. 

I am a third-year student, currently studying PPE. I took part in the Study Buddy Scheme in my second year and found so helpful! The scheme basically matched me up with two other philosophy students who I shared a module with and gave me the opportunity to meet and hang out with them. I found this really helpful, because as a Joint Honours student, I don't really have many contact hours with people from the School of Philosophy and found it hard to create a study group on my own. I'm still in contact with one of the people I was initially matched with which is great.