Scholarship and Research Mentoring at UHI: The value of confidential and developmental conversations

Session Outline

Presented by Professor John Howe (SAMS), UHI Research Mentoring Lead, and Wendy Jessiman (LTA UHI), UHI Scholarship Mentoring Lead, this one-hour session will introduce participants to peer-peer mentoring at UHI. The Scholarship and the Research Mentoring strands sit alongside other mentoring strands as part of the UHI Mentoring Scheme and offers one-to-one cross-partnership, confidential mentoring to support scholarship and research activities and personal development, and bespoke group mentoring e.g., for teams, specific scholarship or research aims or approaches.  This session will be of interest to staff who are in academic and formal research roles and who are keen to develop their scholarship and/or research and/or who are wishing to connect with an experienced research colleague to discuss their career/research journey and development.  Colleagues who feel they could offer their time and experience/expertise to support the development of others, as a mentor, are also welcome to come to the session to learn more about how to get involved and the support available to develop their mentoring skills.

The session will cover the difference between the scholarship and research mentoring strands, the benefits of mentoring for scholarship and research development, how to register for mentoring, what to expect from your mentoring partnership and some tips to get the most from your mentoring conversations.

Scholarship-research continuum 

Figure 1. Scholarship-Research Continuum. Adapted from Braxton, J. et al (2002) Institutionalizing a broader view of scholarship through Boyer's four domains, ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Vol. 29, No. 2. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

Presenters

John Howe

John Howe is UHI Professor of Marine Geology, and he started at SAMS in 1998, helping to develop the BSc Marine Science programme which he now leads. He has been active in research, education and management for over 25 years; leading major research projects, supervising PhD students and teaching at postgraduate and undergraduate level.  In addition, he is presently Convenor of the SAGES pool Graduate School. Throughout this time John has benefitted greatly from the support and guidance from a number of valued mentors. In the last few years, he has become increasingly involved with the UHI Mentoring Scheme, registered as both a mentor and a mentee for the research strand and for Alpine. He very much believes in the benefits of mentoring to individuals, teams, institutes, and the university.

Wendy Jessiman

Wendy is a member of the Teaching and Learning Department, a Senior Lecturer in Academic Development and Innovation, and has worked at UHI since 2017 (previously Department of Nursing and Midwifery). Wendy coordinates the Learning and Teaching Enhancement strand.  She has taught both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and developed and led programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Over 4 decades Wendy has published and presented (PURE), sharing her experience and supporting others to develop their careers in healthcare or in academia.  Wendy recognises the role of mentoring in providing an opportunity for staff to explore avenues for both personal and professional development.

To Book

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