Tag Archive for: Europe

Professor Rhodes Receives Distinguished Contribution Award

06/17/2024 | Danielle Bilotta | Press Release Reprinted from the University of Massachusetts Boston Jean Rhodes, UMass Boston’s Frank L. Boyden Professor of Psychology, has received a 2024 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Theory and Research in Community Psychology from the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA). This annual award recognizes individuals whose careers […]

Springtime in Paris: Reflections on the forthcoming European Mentoring Summit

By Jean Rhodes The U.S. continues to account for most formal mentoring, but many new programs, networks, and summits have emerged across the globe in recent years. This includes the European Mentoring Summit at the Sorbonne University in Paris later this month. The event is hosted by the Collectif Mentorat, a federation of over 70 […]

Unlocking Potential: Navigating Youth Mentoring through Participatory Research on Social Capital

Reference: Radlick, R. L., & Przedpelska, S. (2024). Participatory research approaches to studying social capital in youth mentoring: Not the panacea we hoped for. Children and Youth Services Review, 156, 107205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107205 Summarized by Ariel Ervin About the Study: Norway has become a destination for refugees in recent decades. However, while many newcomers are resilient, […]

Adapting Amidst Crisis: The Impact of COVID-19 on Mentoring in Social Work Practice Teaching

New report highlights effective mentoring practices for working with migrant newcomers

By Michelle Crijns & Peter De Cuyper, Reprinted from Ku Leuven Crijns, M. & De Cuyper, P. (2022). Towards effective social mentoring practices for migrant  newcomers Leuven: HIVA-KU Leuven. Text reprinted from the Summary Social mentoring for adult migrant newcomers is a new and emerging type of mentoring that has particularly gained in popularity in […]

Creating Better Opportunities for Young People

By and reprinted from Mentoring Europe The OECD Council adopted the Recommendation on Creating Better Opportunities for Young People in June 2022, with the aim of improving youth measures and outcomes. The recommendation emphasizes government-wide strategies and policy principles that focus on skills and competencies, labor market outcomes, social inclusion, youth well-being, and trust in […]

European Mentoring Summit 2022 Impact Report

Reprinted from Mentoring Europe The impacts of the 2022 European Mentoring summit goes beyond the event itself. Besides regional impacts in Leeuwarden, the outcomes of the summit will have significant international impacts on Europe mentoring field, European civic society and policymaking. To showcase these regional and international impacts, we have released the impacts report of the […]

Position paper: Mentoring in Europe: Towards and inclusive society, connecting cultures and generations

  Reprinted from Mentoring Europe The first ever mentoring event in the European Parliament is now a fact. It was a momentous occasion as European decision makers and the European mentoring field came together to take the first steps in giving mentoring the official recognition that it deserves. The event Mentoring in Europe: building a […]

Improving the Quality of Mentoring Programmes & Recommendations for the European Mentoring Field – Interview with Thomas E. Keller

By Erika Irabor, Reprinted from Mentoring Europe Our European mentoring community is constantly seeking innovation – improvement, and interaction. Therefore, QUALITY in mentoring is like water for flowers – without it, nothing can grow. One way to accomplish that mission is to learn from other mentoring experts. And this also represents the key purpose of […]

Young people need experiences that boost their mental health

More policymakers and practitioners should encourage exploration and discovery during youth, to prevent adolescents from reaching crisis. By Andrew J. Fuligni and Adriana Galván, Reprinted from Nature As co-directors of the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent at the University of California, Los Angeles, we are often contacted by concerned community members and reporters searching […]