LINKS AND RESOURCES

Do you want to know more about mentoring? Please visit the website of eument-net – European Network of Mentoring Programmes for the Advancement of Equal Opportunities and Cultural and Institutional Change in Academia and Research.

Kateřina Cidlinská former coordinator of the mentoring program of the National Contact Centre for Gender & Science presented practical information about the programme.

Renée Schroeder, a researcher at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, and the Medical University of Vienna, shared her experience with setting up an international mentoring programme for postdocs. For a recording of her presentation, click here.

Sabine Prokop of the University of Vienna, mentor trainer and former mentee and mentor delivered a presentation which can be obtained here.

Czech transcripts of the latter two presentations are available here.

• Nature’s guide for mentors
  Lee, A., Dennis, C., Campbell, P. 2007. Nature 447: 791-797 (2007)
• Academic Mentoring – How to Give It and How to Get It
  Detsky, A.S., Bearlocher M.O. JAMA 297: 2134-6 (2OO7)

• A new mindset on mentoring? Creating developmental networks at work
  Kram, K.E., Higgins, M.C. Sloan Management Review (2009)
• Advice on Choosing a Successful Post-doctoral Position
  Whitman, G., Guzik B., Goldstein L. ASCB NEWSLETTER MARCH 2005
• Postdoctoral Mentoring Program
  Argonne National Laboratory
• Compact Between Postdoctoral Appointees and Their Mentors
  Association of American Medical Colleges (2006)
• Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty
  Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Howard Hughes Medical Insttute (2006)
• Protégée’s Guide
  National Center for Women & Information Technology, Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology
• Developing a Mentoring Plan
  National Postdoctoral Association
• Guidelines on mentoring for newly appointed staff
  University of Cambridge
• Mentee handbook
  Wake Forest University