ACE Mentorship

Background

In order to support CityU’s Discovery-enriched Curriculum (DEC) and better prepare the students to practise the profession of surveying in the industry, an Industrial Mentoring Scheme (IMS) has been developed by the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE), CityU. Under the scheme, experienced surveyors from the industry will take up the role of mentors and the students are able to discover the professional surveying practices through the guidance and advice from the industrial mentors.

Scope of Mentorship

Selected ACE students will be assigned to a mentor when he/she commences his/her third-year study under the four years curriculum. Each mentor should take care of the student until he/she has completed his/her surveying major. Therefore, each mentor will have a maximum of two students at the same time (i.e. one no. of third-year student and one no. of fourth-year student). In addition, a personal tutor, normally a member of the ACE teaching staff, will also be assigned to provide advice to each of the students.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

The aim of this DEC-IMS is to enrich the students’ learning at CityU by providing a platform for communication and experience sharing between experienced and future surveyors. This will assist the students to discover the profession of surveying through the support and encouragement of the mentor-student-personal tutor arrangement.

 

Upon successful completion of the scheme, the students will be able to:

 

ILO1: Discover the professional surveying practices
ILO2: Develop a learning log and apply the same knowledge in future
ILO3: relate theory to current practices
ILO4: Get prepared for a career in surveying
ILO5: Explore the construction industry with the assistance of the mentors

Programmes

IMS is a two-year scheme that covers four mentoring periods:

 

Month Mentoring Period Persons Involved Remarks
Sep Briefing session Personal tutors & students Announcement of mentor allocation results and distribution of mentors’ information to students
Sep - Jan Mentoring period 1
(Semester A of the 3rd year- study)
Mentors & students Time & location of each mentoring session to be arranged by mentors & students
Feb - May Mentoring period 2
(Semester B of the 3rd year-study)
Mentors & students Time & location of each mentoring session to be arranged by mentors & students
Jun - Aug Summer term Mentors & students No mentoring period but mentors and students can arrange meeting by themselves if necessary
Sep - Jan Mentoring period 3
(Semester A of the 4th year study)
Mentors & students Time & location of each mentoring session to be arranged by mentors & students
Feb - May Mentoring period 4
(Semester B of the 4th year study)
Mentors & students Time & location of each mentoring session to be arranged by mentors & students
On or before 31 May Submission of IMS final report Students Submit the final report to the IMS coordinator

 

  1. The anticipated commencement of the first mentoring period is September.
  2. Students should submit the learning log sheets to their personal tutor WITHIN ONE WEEK after each mentoring period.
  3. Non-submission of the IMS final report may affect student’s graduation.

Roles

The mentors and students are at liberty to arrange and prepare for the mentoring sessions. This will allow the mentors and students the flexibility to cater for their specific needs. The students are expected to take the initiative during the mentoring process as well as the responsibility for managing the mentoring relationship. Moreover, it is anticipated that the students should communicate with the mentors at least TWICE in each of mentoring periods.

Role of Mentors
  • To respond to the students’ enquiries and to provide assistance concerning surveying practice in the course of their study
  • To support and encourage the students for learning and personal development
  • To provide advice and guidance to the students as appropriate
Role of Students
  • To decide the intended outcomes for each of the mentoring sessions
  • To make appointment with the mentors for each of the mentoring sessions and attend the sessions punctually
  • To safeguard confidential information obtained from the mentors for academic purpose
  • To participate the learning activities as stated in “Activities”
Role of Personal Tutors
  • To provide support for the effective operation of the IMS (Surveying)

Activities

With reference to the ILOs, the following learning activities are proposed for the students to participate during the scheme:

 

ILO No Learning Activities
1,4,5 Arrangement of mentoring sessions
1,3,5 Visit of mentor’s work place
3,4 Organisation of events for mentor-student gathering
2 Submission of log book

The students should complete the learning log sheet after each mentoring session and submit the same to their mentor and personal tutor within one week. All learning log sheets completed in four mentoring periods should be compiled and bound as a final report for submission to the IMS coordinator before the deadline as specified. The template of learning log sheet can be downloaded in the website.

 

The final report includes, but is not limited to the following sections:

  1.  Brief summary of benefits gained from the IMS
  2.  Schedule of meetings with mentor during the past four mentoring periods
  3.  Mentor’s/student’s recommendations to improve the IMS
  4.  Appendices (all learning log sheets sent to mentor and personal tutor)

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Enquiry

Should you have any enquiries on this scheme or require further information, please contact:

 

 

Enquiries
Department of ACE, CityU

B6301, Blue Zone,
6/F Yeung Kin Man Acad Bldg,
83 Tat Chee Road, Kowloon Tong

Tel : (852) 3442 7609

Fax : (852) 3442 0427

Email: acedept@cityu.edu.hk