Empower female students with your knowledge
Become a mentor in our Lucy Mentoring Program and help shape the future careers of women studying business, science and engineering.
About the Lucy Mentoring Program
Lucy is a joint mentoring program in the Macquarie Business School and Faculty of Science and Engineering for currently enrolled students in their second year and above who identify as women.
The program empowers students to identify the skills they need to become future leaders and map their career paths by establishing relationships between them and senior executives from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
Mentors commit to meeting with their mentee a minimum of six times throughout the program (May – September).
As a mentor, you will:
- guide a motivated leader of the future by sharing your career insights and advice, conducting goal-setting sessions and planning small work-based activities for your mentee such as attending mock interviews, site visits or professional networking events.
- help your mentee improve their networking skills, confidence and awareness of work culture.
- attend the program launch, a mid-session check-in, and end of program event to meet and network with other mentors and mentees.
- learn fresh perspectives, new technologies and new ways of working from your mentee.
2027 Program timeframe
| Expression of interest | All year |
| Application processing start | 9 November 2026 |
| Mentor applications close | 26 February 2027 |
| Interviews | from November 2026 until March 2027 |
| Lucy Mentoring program launch | early May 2027 |
| Lucy Mentoring network event | early August 2027 |
| Lucy Mentoring end of program event | mid September 2027 |
Mentor eligibility
- Professionals from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
- We particularly encourage professionals with at least 5-10 years of industry experience in team leading or managerial roles to apply.
- Mentors will be considered based on their industry experience in areas of business, science and engineering.
If you are unsure, please feel free to reach out and we will see if we can match you with one of our students.
You should show a commitment to:
- spending time with your mentee
- sharing your personal and professional experience
- developing the next generation of leaders.
Why become a mentor
You will be given the opportunity to:
- guide future leaders in their career paths, by immersing students in your work environment and allowing them to observe and discuss business issues with you
- prepare your mentee for their career by encouraging them to think about the range of available career options and explaining ways of overcoming challenges experienced by women in the workplace
- share your skills and passion for your industry
- gain positive visibility and demonstrate you can work successfully with the next generation.