Fellowship

• 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.

1. 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) 
2. Have an initial discussion about your professional practice with any of the following: 
   • Dr Colleen McKenna -  Associate fellowship enquiries
   • Laura Minogue - Fellowship and Senior fellowship enquiries
3. Attend one of our Briefing workshops. Book on SMILE by search for Advance HE Fellowships. 
4. 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. 

• Monday 24th February 2025 - 5pm
• Monday 2nd June 2025 - 5pm

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.

To join a fellowship briefing session, please book on SMILE by searching for Advance HE Fellowships. Please email adf@stmarys.ac.uk with any queries.

If you are unable to attend any of the dates offered on SMILE, then please visit the Academic Development Moodlee  pages to watch pre-recorded induction videos and download the HEA Fellowship Handbook.

If you are unsure of which level of fellowship to apply for, then try the Advance HE Fellowship tool.

Virtual writing retreats provide a dedicated writing space as you develop drafts of your writing. They last two hours and are a structured, facilitated period of time in which you will work towards an identified writing goal.

Summary of Portfolio requirements