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 ### Mentoring and diversity {#sec:mentoring-and-diversity}
 
-RSEs are often experienced professionals who instruct and work closely with early career researchers.
+RSEs are often experienced professionals who work closely with and provide technical training and guidance to early career researchers.
 Similarly to academic supervisors, they bear a certain responsibility to guide and advise less-experienced colleagues
 with respect to career development and the achievement of academic goals.
 This can take the form of supervising a student or mentoring a fellow RSE.