Mentorship scheme
About the ALPSP international mentorship scheme
The ALPSP international mentorship scheme is now open for 2025!
Our award-winning mentoring scheme connects colleagues across the publishing industry and provides them with a wider network of expertise and skills to help foster development and progression. The scheme encourages collaborative learning between the mentor and mentee, where both benefit from the shared dialogue and experience. Last year, over 200 people participated in the scheme with a Mentoring Quality Score of 4.55/5, highlighting the value our programme provides.
Benefits
- Personal and professional development
- Improved communication and leadership skills
- Two-way exchange of knowledge and learning
- A stronger, more diverse network
- Increased confidence
- Accountability
- Applicable, real-life advice.
The ALPSP International Mentorship Scheme is sponsored by Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS)
We are pleased to announce that the ALPSP scheme has been awarded Most Impactful Mentoring Programme 2024 by Mentorloop in recognition of the global and cross-organisational connections we provide, our commitment to inclusivity and our contribution to fostering a culture of mentoring in scholarly publishing.
For those interested in enhancing their mentoring and coaching skills, consider signing up to our virtual training course Mentoring and Coaching in Publishing: How to get the most out of it.
“We are finding our conversations really beneficial and a space where we can share ideas, experiences and explore areas that are work related but away from the detail of everyday work which is so valuable.”
Who can apply?
- Mentees must work for an organization that is a member of ALPSP
- Mentors can work for member or non-member companies
- As mentorship is skills based, we do not require mentors to have worked for a particular number of years in scholarly publishing
- Mentees can be at any stage in their career
- As a founding member of C4DISC we welcome participants from diverse groups.
How does it work?
The scheme is now open for new applications for 2025. To join, complete a registration form below in Mentorloop, the bespoke software for this programme.
1-to-1 mentoring
We will use your completed form to match you to a mentoring partner and there will be plenty of supporting materials and guidance from our programme coordinators to help start your mentoring journey. We recommend a meeting frequency of once per month or as agreed with your mentor/mentee.
Peer-to-peer group mentoring
For further opportunities for collaboration, support, and networking, everyone can opt-in for peer-to-peer mentoring in small groups of up to 10 participants. This is in addition to traditional 1-to-1 mentorship. We recommend peer groups meet virtually once every 8-10 weeks.
Our scheme will be open all year
Our scheme will remain open for new applications all year round! However, we recommend you submit your application by 16 March to be included in the first round of matching. We will be using Mentorloop’s smart match algorithm, which proved highly successful last year, for the first set of matches. If you apply after 16 March, we will do our best to match you to a partner within 4 weeks, subject to the availability of suitable mentors/mentees.
Questions about our mentorship scheme? Enquire here:
“I'm grateful for the chance to connect with someone I wouldn't have met or spoken to outside of this program. I'm really glad I did it! Committing to the program was essential to its success. It gave me a monthly opportunity to reflect on my goals and leadership style—something I rarely do—which positively impacted both my team and myself.”