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Arts and Education Peer Mentoring

Our peer mentoring program can make your first trimester less stressful and more enjoyable. Get a mentor or be a mentor and help other students succeed.

Arts and Education Peer Mentoring

Our peer mentoring program provides social and academic support to students in the Faculty of Arts and Education.

The program connects new arts and education (ArtsEd) students to established students who have progressed further in their degree and are able to share the insights they have learnt along the way. The five-week program facilitates social connections and guidance in accessing academic support and networks, to help you feel connected and achieve success at Deakin.

About mentoring


  • Receive guidance and advice on navigating uni life.
  • Get insider tips to succeed at uni.
  • Meet people and make friends.
  • Build your confidence and awareness.

Your mentor will be an experienced student from the Faculty of Arts and Education who genuinely cares about your success.

They will share their knowledge, answer your university-related queries and provide guidance on where to access, and how to use Deakin's resources and services so that your first trimester or year at Deakin is less stressful and more enjoyable.

Get a mentor

  • Support new students with their uni experience.
  • Build your leadership abilities and transferrable skills.
  • Cultivate and develop relationships.
  • Increase your confidence.

Interested? You will be an experienced student from the Faculty of Arts and Education who is:

  • willing to guide new students as they transition into university life
  • committed to the development of not just your mentees, but also yourself
  • eager to listen, share, refer, broaden both your perspectives and network, and make an impact.

Be a mentor

  • Want to access a quick one-off mentor support?
  • Not really a new student, but need some advice?
  • Want to ask just a couple of things?
  • Missed out on the program for this trimester?

Mentors are accessible to new and current students throughout their whole Deakin journey.

You can book a one-off meeting with a mentor to get advice, navigate challenges, get a referral to services or ask a quick question. Consider participating in the program if you would like to see a mentor more than once.

Book a 15-minute meeting with a mentor.

Meet a mentor

Further opportunities

Have a question?

Please email us for more information on the program.