Mentoring

A general guide for prospective mentors and mentees who are interested in engaging in professional developmental relationships.

This guide provides an overview of the stages, types and forms of mentorship, and considers issues of ethics and potential problems that can arise in the process.

A good general introduction to the mentoring process.

Michael Bungay Stanier popularized one of the simplest and most powerful coaching questions in The Coaching Habit: “And what else?” He calls it the AWE Question. It is a memorable acronym for a deceptively small question, one that asks us to stay curious a little longer before advising, solving, interpreting, or steering. It’s a great question for coaching, and for mentoring.

Within mentoring, the AWE Question deepens the conversation.

Read more about the role of awe in mentorship in this short blog.

What is an academic mentor? And how does academic mentoring work? If you’re looking for answers to these questions, this is the blog for you.

Academic mentoring is a valuable approach to learning that can help the development of the person being mentored (the mentee), and that of the mentor themselves. It’s a flexible approach that can be varied depending on the needs of the mentee and the skills of the coach or mentor.

The podcast, Academic Mentoring hears from researchers who’ve experienced mentoring and being a mentor, explaining their experiences and tips for effective academic mentor-mentee relationships. Here, we summarize their advice and helpful information to help you decide if mentoring could be for you.

This seminar covers the importance of understanding the rights and responsibilities of both supervisors and supervisees doing research, whether for a formal degree or a small project, and how to get the best out of both roles. It also provides practical tips related to the selection of suitable research projects, supervision frequency and time allocation, different supervision styles, remote supervision and working with multiple supervisors.

Specifically for those wishing to mentor with the Western Alliance STaRR program, in the Barwon South Western region. Useful STaRR Mentoring Handbook available online.

These introductory Mentor and Mentee Resources are framed around the four phases of the relationship: Selection, Alignment, Cultivation, and Closure.