As part of the accreditation of our teaching development programmes with Advance HE, the Centre for Teaching and Learning piloted a new Teaching Recognition Scheme (TRS) online in the 2020-21 academic year.
Pilot Teaching Recognition Scheme in 2020-21
The pilot TRS enabled individuals to make a claim for recognition as either a Fellow or Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Places on the scheme were limited to ensure participants could benefit from focused support from staff in the Centre for Teaching and Learning.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, FHEA maps to Descriptor 2 (D2) of the Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Learning (PSF), whilst Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, SFHEA maps to Descriptor 3 (D3) of the PSF.
To be eligible to apply for a place on the Fellowship TRS in 2020-21, applicants were required to have previously completed either the Enhancing Teaching Programme or the PGCert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at Oxford between 2016-19, the period in which these programmes were not accredited by the HEA/Advance HE. Applicants to the scheme were required to demonstrate they are currently working at D2 level when they completed their application form.
The Senior Fellowship TRS was open to all staff who were able to demonstrate a sustained record of teaching and learning leadership at Oxford, for example, leading educational developments in a College/Department/Faculty/Division and/or across the institution, or playing a leading role in supporting others to develop their teaching practice etc.
In total, 16 FHEA and nine SFHEA participants were successful in gaining a place on the TRS.
Participants were supported in writing their claim for professional recognition by staff from the Centre for Teaching and Learning, alongside having access to a suite of tailored resources on Canvas. The scheme also provided professional development opportunities for colleagues to meet online and network with others across the University.
The TRS exam board was convened in June 2021, with an external examiner from the University of Leeds.
We are delighted to announce that all participants were successful in achieving recognition as either Fellow or Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. View a list of participants.
Teaching Recognition Scheme in 2021-22
Based on the success of this pilot, the TRS for individuals at Oxford wishing to apply for recognition as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) will commence in Hilary term 2022.
Numbers will be limited and the scheme will continue to be open exclusively for those who successfully completed either the Enhancing Teaching Programme or the PGCert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at Oxford between 2016-19. If you would like to find out more about the FHEA TRS, please contact us.
Note that the PGCert Teaching and Learning in Higher Education now leads to the award of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. The next PGCert commencing in Michaelmas term 2021 is full, but if you would like to be notified of the application dates for the PGCert in 2022-23, please contact us.
If you would like to find out more about applying to a future TRS for recognition as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), please also contact us.
