The 2025 – 26 Women Like Me mentoring programme is open for applications from mentors and mentees!
Women Like Me pairs senior women engineers/property professionals in the Bristol and Bath area with their junior counterparts. Mentoring relationships are fostered through various events put on by the UWE team and their partners STEMazing. But this programme goes one step further – providing training and opportunities for junior women to engage in STEM education outreach within local schools.
Through this combination of peer mentoring and outreach, the scheme aims to boost female representation in engineering and construction careers at all levels. The mentoring side addresses retention issues, whilst outreach in schools boosts recruitment of women in male-dominate industries.
Women Like Me is an award winning scheme that’s been running for over six years and has empowered over 350 women. And you could be a part of this new cohort!
Big thank you goes out to Suez, Recycling and Recovery who are sponsoring this year’s programme.
Who Can Take Part?
Women in engineering or property professions within in the Bristol and Bath areas.
- Mentees: We’re inviting women with less than five years of industry experience to take part as mentees. This is a fantastic opportunity to receive tailored guidance and support from experienced professionals.
- Mentors: If you’re a woman with at least five years of professional experience, we encourage you to sign up as a mentor. As a mentor, you’ll receive training and support to help you guide your mentee through the year.
If you’ve been part of the Women Like Me Mentoring Programme before, we encourage you to spread the word within your companies and among friends. Your support is crucial, and you’re more than welcome to join this year’s scheme as mentors.
Date for the diary!
Please sign ASAP – we’ll be pairing you up mentor-to-mentee in early November before the kick off event on 11th November.
Save the date: Tuesday 11th November, 4:30 – 6pm at Suez Energy Recovery Centre, Avonmouth.
This event will introduce you to the Women Like Me programme, with some top tips and discussion about mentoring and outreach. And hopefully include getting to meet your new mentee/mentor for the first time (!) as well as the rest of this years cohort.
Find out more about the mentoring programme in the below video:
