Australia Post partnered with QUT's Digital Media Research Centre to investigate digital mentorship, in a variety of formats and community contexts. In particular, QUT was asked to explore the need for, and develop relevant resources to assist, digital mentors in the field. This report explains and justifies how these resources for digital mentors were developed.

Abstract Australia-wide mentorship programs structured for equity students reported exceptional performance against evidence-based benchmarks. Mentorship programs offered by 39 universities were mapped across three stages: enabling, engagement and employment. All of the surveyed equity group programs demonstrated good or exemplary practice. Seven recommendations were made for university practice in relation to mentoring programs and further...

Introduction The first edition of the Guide to Effective Practice in Youth Mentoring Aotearoa New Zealand (Guide), published in 2008, was a benchmark document commissioned by the Ministry of Youth Development. It drew together essential knowledge for the emerging youth mentoring sector, providing an informative local resource for all who were interested in mentoring young...

Mentoring is under the spotlight as a strategy to address the high rates of unemployment and low rates of job retention in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. One federal government funded strategy has injected $6.1 million dollars into Job Services Australia (JSA, now jobactive) pilot mentoring programs around the country over the past...

This paper explores the differences between mentoring and sponsorship for women in the workforce and outlines the benefits and the drawbacks for both.