Her teaching and research interests include critical perspectives on social work education, professional supervision, the professionalization of social work, interprofessional learning and various workforce issues. Jane Maidment is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She researched the experience of student supervision for both her PhD and in a second investigation regarding how difference and diversity were addressed by supervisors and supervisees. The findings of these projects have been published in international journals. She has also provided supervision workshop input for social work practitioners and field educators extensively throughout Australia and within New Zealand.