U.Jr. — Mentoring in action: Junior University at U.Porto

Universidade Júnior provides 11 to 17 years old secondary school pupils with the opportunity to get in touch with university life by offering an action packed variety of learning experiences during 5 weeks in July and September. This very busy and varied offer requires careful preparation which involves mentoring activities that are developed at two levels: between faculty and the junior tutors and between these and the young pupils. They are scrutinized in this paper.