Industry mentoring has been repeatedly called out in sector reports on research training in Australian Universities as an effective way to develop PhD capacity and capabilities during research degrees (ACOLA, 2016; NOUS, 2017). Despite the understood importance of this type of experiential development, there is little published evidence on how effective mentoring is to develop the capabilities linked to improved employability. The University of South Australia developed the industry mentoring network in STEM (IMNIS) Impact Evaluation Instrument (IIEI) to capture advanced self-assessed data from mentees and demonstrate what impact the IMNIS program has on developing industry-relevant knowledge and skills in PhD participants. In 2017, the three universities in South Australia implemented a state-wide study using the IIEI to understand the impact of the national IMNIS scheme on the South Australian cohort.,This paper presents a case study on the impact of mentoring on PhD students during the IMNIS program. A self-assessed, competency-based study design has been used to collect pre, mid and post experience data, which measures the extent to which objectives of the IMNIS program are met. The evaluation of the results, using the Vitae Impact Framework (Vitae, 2012), seeks to understand the development of mentees’ skills and knowledge as a result of their mentoring experience to support program development and build an evidence base of impact.,This paper presents the 2017/2018 results from the South Australian IMNIS impact evaluation. Through analysis of the three data sets, findings show that skills and knowledge have been developed in mentees as a result of the program.,This study provides an extended approach to the existing evaluation undertaken in the national IMNIS program. The IIEI is now available for other universities to use as a method for extended evaluation of their IMNIS program or potentially other WIL opportunities, providing an opportunity for institutional and national benchmarking.

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指导就业能力：国家层面的影响研究

在澳大利亚大学的研究培训部门报告中，行业指导被反复提及，这是在研究学位期间提高博士能力的有效途径（ACOLA，2016； NOUS，2017）。尽管了解到这种类型的经验发展的重要性，但很少有公开证据表明有效的指导如何发展与改善的就业能力相关的能力。南澳大利亚大学在STEM（IMNIS）影响评估工具（IIEI）中开发了行业指导网络，以从受训者那里获取先进的自我评估数据，并证明IMNIS计划对发展与博士学位相关的与行业相关的知识和技能有什么影响。在2017年，南澳大利亚的三所大学使用IIEI进行了一项全州范围的研究，以了解国家IMNIS计划对南澳大利亚队列的影响。本文提供了一个案例研究，研究了IMNIS计划期间指导对博士生的影响。基于能力的自我评估研究设计已被用来收集之前，中期和后期的经验数据，这些数据可衡量IMNIS计划目标的实现程度。使用Vitae Impact Framework（Vitae，2012）对结果进行评估，旨在了解受指导者在指导计划开发和建立影响证据基础方面的指导经验，从而发展其技能和知识。展示了来自南澳大利亚IMNIS影响评估的2017/2018年结果。通过分析这三个数据集，研究结果表明，由于该计划，学员的技能和知识得到了发展。本研究为在国家IMNIS计划中进行的现有评估提供了扩展方法。IIEI现在可供其他大学用作扩展评估其IMNIS计划或潜在的其他WIL机会的方法，从而为机构和国家基准测试提供了机会。