Simm, D 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0440-9546 and Schaaf, R
(2011)
'Providing specialist support to peers: evaluating a student mentoring scheme for semi-independent overseas fieldwork.'
Planet, 24.
pp. 30-36.
Abstract
This article explores how a pilot student peer-mentoring scheme can be used to support semi-independent overseas eldwork. Students returningfrom an extended period of living and working in adeveloping country are seen to contribute by actingas a role model of what can be attained and providingvaluable insights into the overseas experience. Thestudents return with more knowledge of a particularplace, culture or research project than their tutors.Other benets include providing identity to the degreeprogramme, enabling social interaction betweenacademic cohorts, and as a recruitment tool. Thisarticle explores the experiences of student mentorsand mentees, identies the benets and issues, andmakes recommendations on how these can beaddressed in a more formal mentoring scheme
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Note: | This was also given as a poster presentation at the GEES conference, University of Plymouth, 7-9th July 2010 |
| Divisions: | School of Sciences Chancelry and Research Management |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2013 11:48 |
| Last Modified: | 25 May 2024 05:30 |
| ISSN: | 1473-1835 |
| URN: | https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/1017 |
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