Relationships between university and practice, and the role of the link lecturer

Mentorship: is the fourteenth series of ‘Midwifery basics’ targeted at practising midwives. It aims to provide information to raise awareness of the impact of the work of midwives on student learning and ultimately on women’s experience and encourage midwives to seek further information through a series of activities. In this fifth article Pat Jones and Joyce Marshall consider the relationships between university and practice, and the role of the link lecturer in supporting mentors and students. Midwives are encouraged to seek further information through a series of activities.