Celebrating 5 Years of Meaningful Conversations!

Coffee Connect is our exclusive mentoring programme, brought to you in partnership with our careers service. Coffee Connect is designed to support students and recent graduates, through fostering connection, inspiration, and shared experience.

Coffee Connect matches mentors and mentees for conversations that can spark new ideas, build confidence, and open doors. Since we launched the programme five years ago in September 2020, over 4,000 alumni and students have signed up to have ‘a relaxed chat over a virtual coffee’.

Finding a mentor or mentee can be challenging and we’re here to help. Once you register, we will match you with a current student if you wish to give back and be a mentor or match you with a fellow alumni, current parent or friend of the university if you wish to be a mentee. Matches are usually based on the subject you studied and your field of work. It takes just a few minutes to get involved, all you need to do is follow the steps below.

Login or sign up to the Saint Connect platform. Once signed in click on Connections and Mentoring and then scroll down to find the Coffee Connect 2025-26 group.

1. Once you find the group, click to join as a Mentor or Mentee if you are a recent graduate and then complete the relevant application form (will take less than 2 minutes) by Friday 31 October 2025.
2. All mentoring relationships will be made through Saint Connect, St Andrews’ global, online community for students, alumni and friends of the University. 
3. We’ll use your application to connect you with a student or graduate with a similar background or interest.
4. We’ll alert you by an email notification through Saint Connect (w/c 3 November) when you’ve been matched with your mentor or mentee. Your connection can also be found on Saint Connect by selecting “My Connections” from the Connections and Mentoring tab on the left-hand side of the page.
5. You’ll have a month to reach out and initiate a friendly, casual conversation over coffee!

The deadline for applications is Friday 31 October 2025.

Be sure to reflect on your Coffee Connect chat, use Saint Connect to grow your network and reach out to us at saintconnect@st-andrews.ac.uk if you are looking for help!