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Measuring quality with metrics ignores transformative mentoring

Metrics rarely reflect how students have addressed their weaknesses, which is itself the most rewarding part of university teaching, says Megan Argo

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Related articles

Pulling strings to get your research students a job is not good mentoring

Careers intelligence: distance mentoring early career researchers

Researcher, coach, mentor: the task of the PhD supervisor

Researcher, coach, mentor: the task of the PhD supervisor

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