an incentive to prospective mentors. Mentors also receive a certificate of recognition from the Access Service. Anecdotal evidence also suggests that mentors gain great personal satisfaction from the mentoring process, as well as improved personal skills such as guidance, judgement and organisational skills. One student interviewed said that the availability of a Mentor in first year helped him „stay in college‟. All students reported that they would have been „apprehensive about getting in touch‟ if they had not met their mentor at summer school which highlighted the value of implementing the Peer Mentoring at orientation.
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