Launch: Short Courses in Academic Mentoring - In-Person Attendance

Faculty of Humanities, North-West University

To ensure success in academic mentoring, two short courses, one for academic mentors and one for academic mentees are introduced.

53 Borcherd St

<p>Mentoring in higher education institutions (HEIs) is essential to enhance academics’ sustainable employability and attain institutional goals. Providing career and psychosocial support to the less experienced mentee is the essence of mentoring. Notably, academics’ work and workplaces presently face many challenges regarding capabilities, well-being, and success. A deep and vibrant relationship is essential to helping others achieve sustained, desired transformation. Mentoring can be for better or for worse. Mentoring for better can result in a virtuous circle of mentees feeling valued and contributing value, work capabilities, and flourishing. Mentoring for worse results in a vicious circle of marginalisation and exclusion, a lack of work capabilities, and languishing.</p><p>The event aims to introduce Online Short Courses focusing on the capabilities of academic mentors and mentees. We aim to develop academic mentors and mentees who value mentorship, enabling them to develop their competencies and building their efficacy. The Short Courses utilises an online learning ecosystem which is learner-centred and allows self-directed learning.</p>