AccessAbility – Peer Mentoring Programme
AccessAbility – Peer Mentoring Programme
Registration is now possible again!
The registration deadline for the winter semester 2024/25 is 13 October 2024
Disability, chronic or mental illness and still want to study? Yes, of course! The Peer Mentoring Programme of the ZAB - Accessibility Services supports you in getting off to a good start in your everyday study life at Bielefeld University. In addition, you can get to know other students in a similar life situation, network, exchange experiences during your studies and expand your skills.
Thanks to the programme, I am more confident about my disability and have made friends. It's definitely worth it. You are not alone!
Student T.
What is peer mentoring?
Mentoring is an effective form of peer support and a good tool for building social networks. The focus is on the tandem, consisting of a mentor who accompanies and supports a mentee. The tandem relationship is peer-based, i.e. both participants have a disability, chronic or mental illness and meet on equal terms. They are usually in regular contact for a semester. In individually designed personal meetings, they exchange information about their experiences, their life situation and their everyday study life and give each other tips. This means both sides benefit from each other.
The mentors work on a voluntary basis and are supported by project coordination.
It was informative, beautiful and also cosy. We were shown many perspectives and offered helpful options. I felt welcome and immediately included.
Student J.
In the accompanying framework programme, you can all benefit together from workshops, activities and individual counselling offers. The program starts at the beginning of each semester and runs for almost six months.
"AccessAbility - peer mentoring" is a free programme offered by Bielefeld University's ZAB and aims to break down barriers in university life. The main aim is to exchange informal advice on everyday study life and practical tips on organising your studies, as well as to support each other in campus life, taking into account individual needs and thus promoting long-term academic success.
For whom?
The peer mentoring programme Studienstart Barrier-free welcomes all students who face barriers in their studies due to mental, physical, physical and sensory characteristics.
Participation is free of charge and independent of certificates or a disability ID card. Your data will of course be treated confidentially.
The tandem: We mediate ...... You decide!
With the help of an registration form and personal interviews, we try to bring together a good tandem consisting of mentee and mentor. In tandem, you agree together how often and in what form you will meet. They also decide on the topics and activities together. Participants and tandems can contact the project coordinator at any time with questions or problems that arise. In addition, all participants meet in the framework of the accompanying workshops, where there is room for getting to know each other and exchanging experiences.
Become a mentee!
Would you like to get to know other students, benefit from the knowledge of experienced fellow students, and strengthen your study-related skills in workshops so that you can organize your everyday study life as closely as possible to your needs right from the start?
Then register via the form by 13 October 2024.
If you still have questions, please feel free to contact us!
Become a mentor!
Would you like to become a mentor and use the opportunity to pass on your experiences as a student with a disability, chronic or mental illness and your knowledge to fellow students and at the same time strengthen your own social skills in the joint events? If you accompany other students as a mentor, you will receive a certificate of participation to recognise your commitment, which you can use for applications or scholarship applications, for example.
The study start is a good project for meeting like-minded people, making contacts and improving important skills - in a relaxed atmosphere and in dialogue with experts.
Student N.
Have we aroused your interest? Then register by 13 October 2024 by using the registration form on the website. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact us!