Computer Science Group Mentoring Programmes - Mentor Registration 2025-26

We are looking for a team of up to 60 mentors to support us with delivering Group Mentoring sessions to Westminster second year and final year students.

We are running the Group Mentoring programmes in two separate modules 'Information Driven Entrepreneurship and Enterprise' and 'Software Development Group Project.'
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Group Mentoring Programme - Register your interest

We would like to invite you take part in one of our Group Mentoring Programmes as a Mentor. We hope that you will support students on the BSc Business Information Systems, BSc Computer Science, BSc Digital Media Development or BSc Data Science and BEng Software Engineering degree programmes who will be taking part in Group Mentoring sessions as part of their academic learning.
Please provide any further information about your career journey that would be useful for Group Mentoring (such as specialised industry experience/ your main career area etc).

Group Mentoring Sessions - Your availability

In confirming your participation as a mentor, you will deliver at least two to three group mentoring sessions at the same time slot, on the same day of the week during timetabled teaching. The sessions will be delivered in person at our Cavendish Campus (1 hour, plus up to 30 minutes prep). You can choose to deliver the sessions in one of the following modules: Information Driven Entrepreneurship and Enterprise' or 'Software Development Group Project'.

Group Mentoring Sessions for the 'Information Driven Entrepreneurship and Enterprise' Module

As part of this module, final year students will work in small groups of around five, to develop a plan for a viable online business concept. Their online business proposals might take the form of launching a product, service or solution, through to a social media platform or not-for-profit organisation. The online business proposals will be assessed as part of the module.

We are looking for mentors who can support our student groups through this project work, through supporting three mentoring sessions under the following themes and objectives:

– ‘Developing and pitching a viable online business’

– ‘Presenting any idea / project, working with different audiences’

– ‘Applying your knowledge to succeed in your career’

Select your availability from the groups below - you can select more than one option. Please note that you will need to be available at the selected session times on ALL three of the dates below as we might be unable to offer any mixing of dates and times.

Group Mentoring Sessions for the 'Software Development Group Project' 

The mentors will support second year students in gaining practical work experience through their participation in a team that develops a prototype for a real-life software application provided by Sky as a partner organisation. The module takes the students through the different managerial and technical steps of software development. Students gain experience in delivering software iteratively by using an agile approach and receiving feedback from industry contacts. The module also provides students with experience in team communication and ways to overcome any problems, as well as the opportunity to reflect on professional issues such as quality of project documentation, cybersecurity, ethics and code of conduct.

Students develop a product solution which includes design (requirements are already defined and have been shared by Sky), looking at what processes they are trying to implement, user interface design. 2nd part of the module focuses on implementation (critical discussion on legal/security issues with implementation), designing front and back end solution, as well as user interface. 

A big part of the module focuses on the project management side of software development, so mentors do not need to have software development skills, though they might be beneficial.

The two group mentoring sessions will focus on the following themes:

– 'Teamwork and Project plans'

– ‘Reflection, feedback and career application’

Select your availability from the groups below - you can select more than one option. Please note that you will need to be available at the selected session times on ALL three of the dates below as we might be unable to offer any mixing of dates and times.
Please ensure you are based in London or surrounding areas during the mentoring sessions

Mentor Training

As a mentor, you will be invited to attend an online mentor training session which will cover further details about these group mentoring programmes and will go over how you can expect to structure each of the sessions around the themes. The Mentor training session will be recorded so you can review it in your own time. Please complete the training before the first session to support you in delivering group mentoring. Further details of the date and time of this mentor training will be shared with you in the next few weeks.
We would appreciate it if you could share any email contacts of friends or colleagues that you believe can be interested in mentoring Westminster students and recent graduates. Please note, we will get in touch directly with anyone you refer to us.
Please let us know if you believe your organisation might be interested in collaborating with our mentoring programme to involve more employees as mentors. Please share contact details for whom it would be best to discuss this further.
If you select this box, a member of the Mentoring Team will get in touch with you.
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