How professional supervision can benefit academics

Benefits of Professional Supervision for Academics

Supervision is a common practice in health professions, offering benefits such as enhanced outcomes, risk management, and emotional well-being, as well as resilience development and staff retention.

However, when health professionals transition to academia, regular supervision often ceases, except for annual appraisals and performance reviews.

Supervision is known to have benefits in the workplace, raising the question: why isn’t supervision routinely offered to academics?

Anita Volkert suggests using the 3Cs of effective supervision to get started, which can be applied in one-on-one or group settings.

When moving! into academia, many experience excitement and apprehension about the change in career direction.

Author's Summary

Supervision benefits academics and higher education institutions.

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Times Higher Education Times Higher Education — 2025-10-13

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