NEXT STEPS MENTORSHIP
Providing mentorship to Durham Students for Higher Education and beyond
WHO WE ARE
Next Steps Mentorship is a not for profit company set up by Durham University students to offer free university application mentoring and career advice to local secondary school students.
ABOUT US
We believe that some students have disproportionate access to advice on how best to access top universities and jobs. At Next Steps, we want to help students achieve their higher education and career goals, and believe that flexible mentorship will allow for this.
HOW WE DO IT
MENTORSHIP PROCESS AND STRUCTURE
Using our program, students will be assigned a mentor that will meet with them regularly to discuss careers, personal statements and other application related topics.
Each mentee will be assigned with a mentor that matches their subject area which will assure that we can provide in-depth and relevant information during sessions.
Our team is constantly expanding and we are proud to have a diverse range of knowledge which covers all subject areas.​
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Next Steps believes that tuition is most useful in a casual one on one format. Mentors will tailor their sessions to the students needs and will be guided by a set of principles that all meetings will follow. These include the following:
Sessions are a conversation in which the student feels comfortable asking questions
Students will be constantly reviewing targets that the mentor will update at the start and beginning of every sessions
Students and mentors will communicate via their university and school email and will maintain a professional relationship at all times
Sessions will be 30 minutes
WHAT WE DO
​Next Steps offers two types of mentorship:
Career
University Application advice
Each program is separate and therefore sessions will be separated to provide expert advice in each area. Mentors will use teaching material provided and produced by Next Steps together with personalised activities.
UNIVERSITY APPLICATION MENTORING
CAREER ADVICE
KEY PEOPLE
The Team
SAVANNAH SARTORI
Co-Founder
Savannah is studying International Relations at Durham University after achieving 3 A*'s in History, Politics and Economics A-Levels. She has various work experience with Banking, Management Consultancy and Law firms and has recently been offered 3 Spring Internships with BlackRock, Rothschild & Co and Deutsche Bank.
SOL HYDE
Co-Founder
Sol is studying Economics at Durham University after achieving an A* and 2 A's in Economics, Maths and History A-levels. He was previously Head Boy of his school and is in Durham First XV for Rugby. His recent work experience has included HSBC and other Finance and Professional Services internships.
BEN GLEESON
Co-Founder
Ben is studying Economics at Durham University after achieving 2 A*'s and an A in his Economics, History and Maths A-Levels. He was Vice-School Captain and has various work experience from Management Consultancy and Accounting firms, including McKinsey & Co and PwC. Most recently, Ben was a Spring Intern at Mace.
RECRUITMENT
HOW WE RECRUIT STUDENTS:
Next Steps aims to reach as many enthusiastic students as possible. To do that, we will make contact with a school asking to present to the students about what the company does and how they can benefit from it. At this point, it is up to the students to contact Next Steps as we want to work with driven young adults who want achieve on their own. They will then be asked to fill out a short questionnaire so that we can match them with the best mentor for them and together, they will start sessions as soon as possible.
