Mentoring

Contributors from across the globe offer their advice on how to make these critical relationships work for everyone involved

Mentorship is a symbiotic relationship. Here, two scientists look at steps in the meeting process and benefits from both sides

An institutional formalised mentoring scheme can offer invaluable career guidance for early- and mid-career academics. Here, based on 15 years of managing a programme for academic staff, Karen Mather offers her key takeaways

Breaking the support experience into bite-size exchanges does more to increase younger students’ appetite to keep going than the traditional one-to-one mentoring model

How to structure and manage effective reverse mentoring programmes which can bring benefits for participants and the wider sector

Reverse mentoring can drive progress on many challenges faced in higher education today, if planned with care, as Rachael O’Connor explains

Sensitive subjects such as trolling and sexual assault require a careful approach at all points – from examining your motivation before you begin and setting up support to sharing findings, writes Ekant Veer

Academic originality is not about chance, genius or magic. It is about engagement and a clear sense of scholarly contribution. And it can be taught, writes Alastair Bonnett

What constitutes effective training to ensure research supervisors are well equipped to work with doctoral students? Sioux McKenna and Puleng Motshoane share advice based on their research in South Africa

Advice for PhD supervisors on setting out clear expectations and strategies for delivering effective feedback to their doctoral students