{"id":17487,"date":"2026-11-12T21:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T21:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=17487"},"modified":"2026-11-12T21:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T21:04:20","slug":"women-like-me-mentoring-programme-launches-for-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/women-like-me-mentoring-programme-launches-for-2026-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Like Me Mentoring Programme launches for 2026 &#8211; 27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Mentor and mentee applications for the Women Like Me mentoring programme are open for our 2026 &#8211; 27 cohort!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women Like Me pairs senior women engineers, and property professionals in the Bristol area with their junior counterparts. Mentoring relationships are fostered through various events put on by the UWE team and their partners. But this programme goes one step further &#8211; providing training and opportunities for junior women to engage in STEM education outreach within local schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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-dominated industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women Like Me is an <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/women-like-me-wins-outstanding-programme-of-the-year-at-bristol-women-in-business-awards\/\">award winning scheme<\/a> that&#8217;s been running for eight years and has empowered over 400 women. And you could be a part of this new cohort!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And special thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suez.co.uk\/en-gb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Suez, Recycling and Recovery<\/a> who are continuing to sponsor the programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who Can Take Part?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women in engineering or property professions within Bristol and the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mentees<\/strong>: We\u2019re inviting\u00a0women (including apprentices) with\u00a0<strong>less than five years of industry experience<\/strong>\u00a0to take part as mentees. This is a fantastic opportunity to receive tailored guidance and support from experienced professionals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mentors<\/strong>: If you\u2019re a woman with&nbsp;<strong>at least five years of professional experience<\/strong>, we encourage you to sign up as a mentor. As a mentor, you\u2019ll receive training and support to help you guide your mentee through the year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve 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\u2019re more than welcome to join this year\u2019s scheme as mentors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uwe.ac.uk\/research\/centres-and-groups\/scu\/projects\/women-like-me\/enquiry-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register your interest in taking part!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Date for the diary!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please sign up ASAP &#8211; we&#8217;ll be pairing you up mentor-to-mentee in late November before the kick off event on 1st December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Save the date: Hybrid format, Tuesday 1st December, 4:30 \u2013 5.30pm<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>at <\/strong>School of Engineering, Frenchay Campus, UWE Bristol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"17386\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0007-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0007-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0007-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0007-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0007-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0007-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0007.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"17388\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0011-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0011-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0011-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0011-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0011-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0011-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251007-WA0011.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Photos from Women Like Me events in 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find out more about the mentoring programme in the below video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"University of the West of England - Women Like Me initiative\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1NmEEJMVeho?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/UWE-Bristol-logo-print-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/UWE-Bristol-logo-print-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/UWE-Bristol-logo-print-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/UWE-Bristol-logo-print-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/UWE-Bristol-logo-print-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"326\" data-id=\"17383\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/SUEZ_HD-1024x326.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/SUEZ_HD-1024x326.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/SUEZ_HD-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/SUEZ_HD-768x244.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/SUEZ_HD-1536x489.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/SUEZ_HD-2048x651.png 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/SUEZ_HD-1200x382.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mentor and mentee applications for the Women Like Me mentoring programme are open for our 2026 &#8211; 27 cohort! Women Like Me pairs senior women engineers, and property professionals in the Bristol area with their junior counterparts. Mentoring relationships are fostered through various events put on by the UWE team and their partners. But this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/women-like-me-mentoring-programme-launches-for-2026-27\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Women Like Me Mentoring Programme launches for 2026 &#8211; 27&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":17489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17487"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17491,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17487\/revisions\/17491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}