Professional Mentoring Programme
Edition 2024/2025
The BPW (Business Professional Women) - USI is professional mentoring programme has been offered since the academic year 2020/2021 for students for the Master's degree courses, with the aim of facilitating USI undergraduates' entry into the world of work, address the challenges that they will encounter in their professional and personal lives and find a good work-life balance through targeted and individual professional counselling.
Professional Mentoring is carried out over 6 months, from January to June 2025, by a selected group of professionals (Mentors) belonging to the BPW network who, voluntarily, offer professional counselling to Master and PhD students at USI (Mentee) on the basis of an individual matching (Mentor/Mentee).
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Professional Mentoring Programme presentation
What it is:
The Professional Mentoring activity consists of a beneficial exchange between two people defined as:
- A professionally experienced person (Mentor, BPW member) and
- A less experienced person (Mentee, USI student)
The professional development of the mentee benefits from the exchange with the mentor. In turn, the mentor’s personal experience is also enriched by this precious exchange.
Possible topics covered during the Professional Mentoring:
- The first steps to be taken to start a career
- The best way to prepare for the start of a professional activity
- Moving in a male dominated industry
- Negotiating salary and conditions
- Reconciling family and professional commitments
How the Professional Mentoring works:
- Mentoring lasts 6 months. Attendance is scheduled according to the mentor and mentee’s needs (usually 4-5 meetings, virtual or in presence).
- The mentoring programme is voluntary. Interruption of the programme is possible only if motivated by both parties.
- The mentoring process ends with a final report written by the mentee.
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BPW-USI Professional Mentoring: Edition 2023/2024
Edition 2023/2024:
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BPW-USI Professional Mentoring: Edition 2022/2023
Edition 2022/2023:
- Mentees List
- Mentors List (Companies/Sector)
- Professional Mentoring USI/BPW: Kick-off Meeting
- Professional Mentoring USI/BPW: Final Meeting
Mentees Interviews:
- The experience of Shahzard Ajoudani, USI Mentee 2020, mechatronics engineer with a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from USI: "When art meets artificial intelligence"
- The experience of Martina Di Paoloantonio, USI Mentee 2022, student of the Master in European Studies in Investor Relations and Financial Communication (ESIR) and Patrizia Keiser, BPW Mentor: Testimony Professional Mentoring USI-BPW
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BPW-USI Professional Mentoring: Edition 2021/2022
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BPW-USI Professional Mentoring: Edition 2020/2021
Edition 2020/2021:
Mentees Video Interview:
- Nadia Younis - Master in Management & Informatics
- Ivana Pallister - Master in Finance
- Lisa Mwaiseghe - Master in Financial Communication
- Elena Bonfiglio - Master in Economia e Politiche Internazionali
- Benedetta Scotto di Santolo - Master in Lingua, letteratura e civiltà italiana
