Are you a DASSH member looking to advance your senior leadership career?
We are inviting colleagues across the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities in both Australia and Aotearoa to participate as mentees in our pilot 2025 Mentoring Program.
Getting involved as a Mentee is a great way to gain expert insight and guidance from senior and experienced leaders across the higher education sector.
Mentees are encouraged to share their specific goals with their Mentors and work towards them over the duration of the program.
This is an open ended and user led program. Some of the ways mentees can use this program include to:
- Receive support in professional development and career planning
- Learn different strategies and approaches on how to advocate and support their disciplines
- Further develop leadership capacities and experience
- Establish cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional connections
Applications are open to staff members affiliated with the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at member institutions. This includes Heads of School, Discipline Leads, Associate Deans, Assistant Deans and both early and mid-career researchers.
Mentees need to seek approval to participate from their Council Member. If you’re not sure who the Council Member is at your university get in touch and we can tell you.
Application Process
If you’d like to sign up as a Mentee in the DASSH 2025 Mentoring Program, please follow the following steps:
| Get in touch with your University Council member | If you are unsure who your University Council member for DASSH is, please get in touch with us here. You are required to indicate in your application that your Council Member has approved your participation. |
| Meet the DASSH Mentors | Please have a look at the Mentor profiles on our Meet the Mentors page. Each Mentor designates their fields of expertise and mentoring areas. |
| Submit Mentee application | Fill out Mentee application form indicating which areas you’d like to receive mentoring in. You can also nominate up to three Mentors. |
| Next steps | Mentee applications close on Sunday 15 June. We’ll connect Mentors and Mentees before July. Once connected it is up to the Mentor and Mentee to set a time for an initial meeting. Please read our Mentoring Program Guidelines and Agreement. |
Commitment
Commitment
DASSH mentees and mentors commit to meeting for four one-hour sessions between July and December 2025.
These sessions are dedicated to providing guidance in areas of professional development. This may include areas including leadership, capacity building, strategy planning and career development for example, but are not limited to these.
The specific goals, areas of focus and desired outcomes of mentoring are agreed upon by both mentor and mentee according to respective goals and areas of experience.
Mentees are not obliged to perform any tasks suggested by mentors. DASSH takes care of the administration of the program, so that mentors and mentees can focus on professional development.
Mentee applications close on Sunday 15 June.