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IBM MentorPlace is a global e-mentoring programme, partnering IBM employees with students in selected schools and colleges, aiming to raise aspirations of young people, develop their communication skills, and support them with their studies and future career options. In 2008-09 the IBM MentorPlace programme engaged with approximately 300 students from 11 secondary schools (Years 9-11), three Sixth Form/FE Colleges and one University (2^nd-year undergraduates) together with approximately 300 mentors from 15 different IBM locations.

Read the full case study (pdf), supplied by IBM.