Mentoring has been used as an academic development strategy for a number of years, to aid transition, career development and professional learning.

Mentoring can be applied at different stages of a person’s career, for example early career academics, staff undertaking new roles like program coordination, or to build capacity for senior academic leadership positions.

Mentors can provide mentees with friendship, socialisation, information, role modelling, advocacy, encouragement, career guidance, advice on political realities and institutional culture and norms or focus on supporting a specific aspect of the mentee’s learning and development.

Mentoring provides multiple benefits for across the organisation.