2 Sikh Students Brightening the STEM Field
Recently founded by two Sikh students from Imperial College, London, Accelerate Mentoring is a free student-led STEM initiative focusing on mentoring BAME students.
Accelerate is focused on mentoring students with the knowledge and resources to succeed on their university journey and career paths. It aims to provide useful resources, tips and 1-1 mentoring on STEM-related subjects to predominantly (but not limited to) BAME students.
The scheme targets students applying for university, as well as university students looking to improve employability and land an internship or full-time job.
Co-founders and Imperial College London students, Simran and Jasneet said: "We love the opportunity to give back to our community. We hope Accelerate will help encourage more Sikh students into the STEM field with the aim to one day see them in top jobs breaking glass ceilings!"
““We hope Accelerate will help encourage more Sikh students into the STEM field with the aim to one day see them in top jobs breaking glass ceilings!””
The main offerings are a 1-1 mentorship scheme and a resource bank. The mentorship scheme allows students to have regular meetings with a suitable mentor in their field of interest.
The scheme begins this month (September 2020) and lasts until the 30th of November. The resource bank is a collection of cover letters, competency questions, personal statements and CV templates used by mentors themselves to land university offers, internships and jobs. This scheme is a highly valuable opportunity, especially during the UCAS application period!
The deadline for the intake of year 12 and 13 mentees for this cohort is the 18th September 2020 so visit the website and apply before it's too late.
In our latest BOSS Vlog, Keerut from BOSS chats to the co-founders Jasneet and Simran to find out more about these inspiring students and what Accelerate Mentoring is all about!
The team at BOSS have been really impressed by these young bright Sikh women. Alongside their studies, they have set up an amazing initiative that will give back to others and ensure more BAME representation in STEM fields. We wish them every success and cannot wait to see Accelerate grow from strength to strength.
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Website: https://www.acceleratementoring.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acceletatementoring
Instagram: https://instagram.com/acceleratementoring