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An assessment of a learning intervention showed that the impact differed between groups of pupils.
A new study of 40,000 real estate agents suggests that the first professional connection you make can boost your odds of success by 25%.
A sociologist interviewed 100 Philadelphia 12th graders and found their Black educators provided unique insights and support for planning life after graduation.
Why isn’t academic development working effectively enough in South African higher education?
Chosen to direct the world’s most important art show next year, she leaves a legacy of building institutions, uplifting artists and educating through art.
Asking these 3 questions can help young workers find purpose, stay engaged and drive organizational success.
For young people in their 20s, the workplace is an ideal place to connect and make friends. Here’s how to make the most of these relationships.
Use-inspired research goes beyond translational research to build lasting connections between researchers and communities.
Mentorship programs serving Black youth are an important part of addressing anti-Black racism in Canada.
Though the Global South tends to experience higher disease burdens, most public health decisions and knowledge generation are centered in the Global North.
Parents are enablers, motivators and facilitators of their children’s education.
Supply chain issues, emergency science, social distancing requirements and a lot more free time offered both challenges and opportunities for research scientists.
New research on giving in a business setting could offer insights into human interactions and critical lessons for organizations looking to build a more collaborative culture.
The huge cuts to Australian journalism over the past decade have decimated mentoring in the industry. This is not easy to see with the naked eye but it has a huge impact on what gets produced.
One criticism of traditional mentoring is that it teaches people how to succeed by playing by existing rules, thus reinforcing the status quo. But mentoring can also be a force for change.
She believed and advocated that Africa needs to find solutions to its own problems and worked tirelessly to build biomedical engineering capacity across the continent.
She believed that writing is an act of speaking the truth, an act of courage, that must serve the people and not those in power.
She was the glue that bound younger artists together, helping them navigate the volatile terrain of the music industry.
The realities of the job market mean most PhD students no longer work alongside people whose professional paths they will follow. Universities must do more to support non-academic mentorships.
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Educator, Researcher, Mentor, Kenya Methodist University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, iThemba LABS
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Program Director & Associate Professor Master of Psychology Health and Wellness & Master of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Adler University
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PhD student and part-time lecturer in Mathematics, University of Nairobi
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Lecturer, Information Technology and the Law, Daystar University
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South African Research Chair in Physical Cosmology, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, MacEwan University
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Assistant Lecturer in Animation and Interactive Media Design, Technical University of Kenya
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Professor of Social Work, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Biological Sciences, Boise State University
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Academic Excellence Coordinator, Tshwane University of Technology
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Head of International Programs, African Population and Health Research Centre, APHRC, Nairobi, Kenya., University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee
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Lecturer, University of Cambridge