Calling all medical students!
- Would you like to support Year 12 students considering a future healthcare career?
- Would you like to improve your teaching and mentoring skills?
Sign up to become a WATCCH 2025 student mentor today!
WATCCH (Widening Access to Careers and Community and Healthcare) is an initiative aimed at Year 12 students from underrepresented backgrounds across London who are considering a career in healthcare.
The programme provides participants with:
- Mentoring from an Imperial medical student
- Work experience in primary care
- Workshops on a range of healthcare careers and admissions
What does being a mentor involve?
- Receiving mentor and safeguarding training
- Develop teamwork and communication skills
- Attend and facilitate 3 workshops on:
- Saturday 5 July 2025 (to be confirmed)
- Wednesday 30 July 2025 (to be confirmed)
- Saturday 20 September 2025 (to be confirmed)
- Mentor WATCCH participants via an online platform (Brightside)
- Receive a certificate and badge on completion of the programme
- Outside of workshops time commitment for a mentor is roughly 1 hour/week
Want to do more with WATCCH? – Join our WATCCH mentor committee
In addition to being a mentor, you can join our WATCCH mentor committee as a –
- WATCCH Mentor committee Lead
- Workshop 1 Co-ordinator
- Workshop 2 Co-ordinator
- Workshop 3 Co-ordinator (x2)
- Work Experience Project & Mentoring Lead
Being part of the WATCCH mentor committee will:
- Improve your leadership skills
- Contribute to the development & design of the WATCCH programme
- Work in partnership with the WATCCH faculty team
- Receive a certificate recognising your contribution to the committee and a badge
- Take part in scholarship opportunities related to WATCCH (conferences, presentations, workshops)
To apply to be a WATCCH mentor OR committee member, and for further information click here or scan the QR code
Deadline for all applications: Monday 3rd March 2025 at 9am
Any questions: watcch@imperial.ac.uk
