Academic Research Mentor

We’re looking for an Academic Research Mentor who can volunteer in a hybrid role both remotely (online) and in-country for a total of 6 months. 

• This assignment seeks to improve fluency of SU staff with advanced levels of English and English language teaching skills, especially in academic and professional English
• As a volunteer, you will support Improving research skills of staff by providing one-on-one or small group support
• Provide feedback individually on areas of English in which staff want to improve - for example, pronunciation, academic writing, IELTS preparation, vocabulary

About the Partner Organisation 

Souphanavong University (SU) is located in Luang Prabang City and was established in November 2003. SU mission is to provide higher education to labour forces through teaching-learning and training processes to meet the socioeconomic development demands of Northern Laos. The objectives of SU are: To educate and train specialists with good quality knowledge, skill, morals and values, health with physical and spiritual development and to build the university as an education centre of excellence in northern Laos. It's important because of COVID-19 restriction there is only one native English speaker with links to Faculty of Education but he is involved with students not with teachers. The teachers want to improve their English and get support for their research so this will give them an opportunity by using remote learning

About the Australian Volunteers Program  

The Australian Volunteers Program is an Australian government-funded initiative. We support partner organisations across the Pacific, Asia, and Africa to achieve locally led change.  

Volunteers are supported throughout their volunteer journey. We actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds and abilities to volunteer and aim to make the program as accessible and inclusive as possible. If you have accessibility requirements, please contact us to discuss how we can support you to volunteer with us - inclusion@australianvolunteers.com. Learn more about our commitment to inclusion.