HEA Fellowship is an excellent way to achieve recognition of your experience and responsibilities as an educator. You may teach students directly or you might support learner development in other ways. St Mary's CPD scheme offers colleagues the opportunity to compile a portfolio to showcase their work and gain a qualification from AdvanceHE that is recognised across the sector. There are 4 opportunities across the year to submit a portfolio to an internal panel.
- Gain recognition for the work you do teaching and supporting students
- Reflect on your professional practice and deepen your knowledge with the support of experienced members of staff
- HEA Fellowship is required for some promotional steps within St Mary's Academic Promotion Framework
- St Mary's is able to reaffirm its commitment to teaching excellence through demonstrating staff are qualified and recognised for their professional practice
- Many academic posts in UK universities specify HEA recognition as a criterion for appointment
We offer staff the opportunity to achieve recognition of their professional practice against the UK Professional Standards Framework (UK PSF) in two key ways:
We offer staff the opportunity to achieve recognition of their professional practice against the UK Professional Standards Framework (UK PSF) in two key ways:
D2 (Fellowship) via our PgCert Academic Practice (Higher Education) programme.
This is mainly for colleagues who are new to teaching in higher education. You study two 30 credit modules in consecutive semesters, and acheive both a PgCert award and Fellowship of the HEA.
D1 (Associate Fellowship), D2 (Fellowship), and D3 (Senior Fellowship) via the Continuing Professional Development Route (CPDR).
For colleagues who already have a track record of teaching in higher education, HEA fellowship comprises a reflective portfolio drawing on evidence of your professional practice. This is completed with the support of induction and progress workshops, and the opportunity to participate in Writing Retreats.
- Use the Advance HE Fellowship category tool to explore your which level of Fellowship best reflects your current professional practice. It will take about 10 - 20 minutes and you will receive a personal email with your results. You will also find it useful to read the to the UK Professional Standards Framework (UK PSF)
- Have an initial discussion about your professional practice with any of the following:
- Attend one of our Induction Workshops or view a recording of a workshop.
- Confirm with us by email that you are starting to develop an application by emailing adf@stmarys.ac.uk or one of the colleagues listed above. We will then be in touch with you to discuss how best to support your application.
23-24 submission dates:
Following this submission date, the team will be revising the Fellowship scheme to accommodate the new Professional Standards Framework (PSF 23). The scheme will reopen in early 2024.
Online Portfolio Submission
Portfolios must be submitted as a Mahara e-portfolio. Mahara can be accessed by logging in to Moodle, and following the link at the bottom of the page.
The link to your portfolio should be emailed to Laura Minogue, Senior Lecturer in Academic Practice in CTESS, laura.minogue@stmarys.ac.uk by 5pm on the submission date.
Summary of Portfolio requirements
Summary of Portfolio requirements:
- One Reflective Account of Practice (1400 words)
- Five pieces of evidence
- One supporting statement or one teaching observation
Summary of Portfolio requirements:
- One Reflective Account of Practice (3000 words)
- 10 pieces of evidence
- One teaching observation and One supporting statement OR Two supporting statements
Summary of Portfolio Requirements
- One Reflective Account of Practice (2000 words)
- Two case studies (each of 2000 words)
- 10 pieces of evidence
- Two supporting statements