51³Ô¹ÏÍø

One of the main ingredients for professional success, in any field, is an ability to forge and maintain a strong and supportive ‘net’ that ‘works’. 

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Leadership Development and Peer Mentoring Programme for Fellows, Assistant and Associate Professors is designed to facilitate valuable connections with peers from various faculties and areas. As a peer mentor, you will have a unique opportunity to actively contribute to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace culture, sharpen your leadership skills, and advance your academic career: 

• Explore your own leadership style and team dynamics and learn how to get the best out of yourself and others.
• Learn the theory and practice of a coaching and mentoring approach to supporting your research group. 
• Build valuable connections with peers to share ideas, collaborate, and support each other in various aspects of academic life. 
• Develop your skills in strategic thinking, prioritisation, and workload management.
• Develop capability around the four themes of the ‘Narrative CV’. Get guidance on how to use insights from peer discussions and structured reflection to produce a draft narrative CV that can be used for future fellowship, promotion applications and other academic gateways. 

This programme is open to Independent Research Fellows and new Lecturers at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Programme Outline

• 1 day Foundational Workshop: Live (in person, White City)
• 4 x 1 hour online lunchtime workshops Live (online, Zoom)
• 4 x 1 hour self-organised peer mentoring meetings Live (in person or online, to be decided by the peer mentoring group)
• 1 half-day celebration event and lunch Live (in person, White City)

Goals

The goal of this programme is to enable you to:

• Apply coaching and mentoring practices when leading people
• Build valuable connections with peers to share ideas, collaborate, and support each other in various aspects of academic life
• Articulate your contributions within the four themes of the ‘Narrative CV for Researchers’

How to book

Bookings are now open for the exclusive 6-month programme starting on Thursday 30 April 2026 and is by .  Due to the popularity of this programme, the ECRI Teaching Lead will shortlist applications, please see details below:

• Successful applicants will be emailed to confirm their place by no later than Wednesday 25 March 2026, 17:00.
• Waiting list will be managed accordingly and the deadline for new participants is Thursday 23 April 2026, 09:00.

Please ensure you have read and understood ECRI’s cancellation policy before booking.