Depending on how many years’ experience you have teaching and/or supporting learning within a Higher Education context, we offer two distinctive pathways that are designed to support you to gain the appropriate category of recognition.

The Experiential Pathway (ExP) is designed to support colleagues with more than two years’ experience of teaching and supporting learning within a HE context, to make a retrospective claim for Fellowship at one of the following levels:

  • Associate (D1)
  • Fellow (D2)
  • Senior Fellow (D3)

This pathway is designed for experienced colleagues and typically takes 3-6 months to complete.

The Developmental Pathway (DevP) is designed to support colleagues with fewer than two years’ experience of teaching and supporting learning within a HE context. Via this pathway, we offer a structured approach to supporting professional recognition, which takes place over 12-18 months. The categories of recognition supported by the DevP are:

  • Associate (D1)
  • Fellow (D2)

This pathway is specifically designed for colleagues who are new to teaching in HE and typically takes place over 12-18 months.

How much time should I factor in?

In total, you should plan for up to 20 hours of work. This will involve reflecting on your experiences, engaging with the scholarship of learning and teaching, curating your evidence, attending mandatory sessions and working with a dedicated mentor for at least 2 hours. 

How long does the process take?

Depending on the category of recognition you are aiming for combined with your previous experience, the process can take anywhere from 3 to 18 months to complete. This will involve engaging in a minimum number of teaching and teaching-related hours, engaging with formal CPD activities, participating in Teaching and Learning Partnerships, reflecting on your experiences, engaging with the scholarship of learning and teaching, curating your evidence,  attending mandatory sessions and working with a dedicated mentoring for at least 4 hours. 

What is the format of the submission?

We offer two distinct options, they are:

  1. Written option
  2. Dialogue option

You will find out more about these options at our mandatory sessions.