Academic Mentorship Resources
Introduction
The University of Zimbabwe through the Quality Assurance and Professional Development Directorate has developed and implemented an academic mentorship programme as part of professional development. The programme aims to support the professional development of junior and middle level academic as mentees who will receive support from their mentors. Access to relevant and quality information that supports the programme activities is key for the success of the programme.
This platform provides access to knowledge resources which includes databases, handbooks, policies and procedures, testimonials, manuals, standards and a database of University of Zimbabwe academic and research expertise.
Resources for the Mentoring Programme
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The purpose of the database is to provide a central online knowledge platform of faculty research and academic expertise profiles from across the University. The platform is searchable by learners to assist in identifying potential mentors. |
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Mentorship Handbooks |
These handbooks provides a manual for mentoring programs with a framework and sample materials to help them prepare, develop, and train mentees prior to matching them with mentors. |
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Best Practice for Mentoring Programmes |
This resource provides knowledge on specific recommended best practices associated with developing, supporting and sustaining quality academic mentoring programs |
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Mentorship with Industry Experts Resources |
The Industry mentor resources provides knowledge on how the mentorship programme can be tailored to support the development of new goods and services. |
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Mentoring Journals |
A collection of some of the top most rated electronic journals consistently providing information and knowledge that support the development, implementation and evaluation of various academic mentorship programmes in higher education. |
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International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education |
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Mentoring Online Databases |
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A multi-disciplinary and comprehensive collection providing full text access to content and articles covering the discipline of Academic Mentorship programmes. |
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ERIC is an online database of educational research providing authoritative indexed and full-text education literature and resources |