Mentoring & Tutoring seeks to publish papers on all aspects of mentoring, tutoring and partnership in education, other academic disciplines and the professions.The purpose of Mentoring & Tutoring is to help advance knowledge and understanding of mentoring, tutoring and/or partnership in learning through a focus on high-quality research papers and development activities. The journal welcomes contributions from the widening field of mentoring and tutoring including papers of a philosophical, socio-political, or creative nature. Comparative aspects of mentoring, tutoring and partnership are of special interest as these techniques are increasingly used worldwide.