What is the HEA Fellowship Scheme?

Advance HE Fellowship demonstrates a personal and institutional commitment to professionalism in learning and teaching in higher education. Across four categories, from Associate to Principal, Fellowship provides individuals with recognition of their practice, impact and leadership of learning and teaching. Advance HE Fellowships are embedded in the UK, Ireland, and have been adopted by increasing numbers of higher education institutions globally. The Fellowship scheme has be adopted within DCU to provide a mechanism for DCU Faculty, and those supporting teaching and learning, to receive recognition for their achievements.

Advance HE awards four different categories of Fellowship: Associate Fellowship (AFHEA); Fellowship (FHEA); Senior Fellowship (SFHEA) and Principal Fellowship (PFHEA). These four categories reflect the wide range of professional practice carried out by individuals who teach and/or support learning in higher education; from those who have a partial role in teaching/supporting learning through to senior professionals with strategic impact on teaching and learning in an organisational, national and/or international setting. The four categories of Fellowship are awarded on the basis of evidence of personal, professional practice which meets the requirements of one of the four Descriptors of the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF). The UKPSF has been developed as a professional standards framework for the higher education sector that sets out the knowledge, skills and behaviours demonstrated by those teaching and/or supporting higher education learning. In deciding which category of Fellowship to apply for at this stage in your career, you will need to determine which of the four Descriptors of the UKPSF is most appropriate to your practice and professional experience.

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