AASTMT underscores the importance of empowering women and advancing gender equality across education and industry. In 2024 it translated that commitment into mentoring-centred actions with documented outcomes, using curated events to connect female students and early-career researchers with senior academics and industry leaders, surface barriers through co-creation, and produce practical training roadmaps. The four activities below collectively provided mentoring touchpoints, exposure to role models, and sector-specific guidance, reinforcing representation in leadership and decision-making.
Co-organised at Abu Qir with UNESCO, the two-day International Day of Women & Girls in Science programme launched the Arab Women in Science Platform and embedded mentoring into its structure. Round-tables with senior women scientists, technology-focused panels, and a working session created space for pairing students and early-career researchers with established academics, clarifying pathways into research groups, internships and postgraduate study. The format emphasised practical next steps (contacts, follow-ups, and community organisation) to turn inspiration into sustained mentoring relationships.
Delivered with UCLan and the Global Sustainable Futures Network, this hybrid workshop centred on interactive segmentation and co-creation. Day one surfaced mentees’ needs and barriers in STEM; day two translated those findings into a prioritised training plan spanning leadership development, employability, inclusive practices and workplace navigation. A beneficiaries’ “shark-tank” session stress-tested proposals, while a closing presentation distilled actions for units and supervisors. The emphasis was on practical capability-building—structured mentoring, clear role expectations, and measurable progression routes.
As Academic Sponsor, AASTMT’s International Transport & Logistics Institute facilitated direct access to women leaders across domains such as fintech, sustainable agriculture and AI. The agenda combined keynotes with targeted masterclasses (mentorship, entrepreneurship, fundraising, customer excellence), giving students and staff moderated settings to ask questions, seek guidance and build professional networks. The event amplified mentoring by pairing skills sessions with visible role models and by creating follow-on contact points for internships, research collaboration and career advice.
The College of Maritime Transport marked the IMO observance by highlighting role models across shipboard, port and shoreside roles and mapping training and certification routes into maritime careers. Framed by the 2024 theme on safety and future skills, activities and communications provided anchors for mentoring conversations—how to select specialisms, prepare for assessments, and navigate early career postings—ensuring sector-specific guidance reached women considering or entering maritime pathways.
AAST underscore the importance of empowering females and promoting gender equality in different fields, including education. Here are some women's mentoring schemes:
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Mentorship for Underrepresented Groups
Focusing on mentoring females from marginalized faculties or communities
AASTMT provide support, encouragement, and advice, and can help women to achieve their academic and professional goals.
University has many mentoring schemes in all campuses for our students. Together as a proportion of all female students, these easily engage more than 10% of our female cohorts.
Women's mentoring schemes are designed to support and encourage women in higher education. They can provide a range of benefits.
Psychological and social specialist is available in deanery of students’ affairs exclusive to females and not, leads to at least 10% of our female students participating in mentoring either through receiving or providing mentoring support.
There are many different types of women's mentoring schemes, but they all share the common goal of supporting and empowering women. Some common types of schemes include; One-on-one mentoring and Group mentoring.
AAST have women’s mentoring schemes, in which at least 10% of female students participate.
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