Sarah King introduces the HEFi Awards and Recognition Framework, to support staff to deliver effective teaching throughout their career
HEFi Award and Recognition Framework for Academic Staff: Engagement with and raising the profile of teaching excellence within the institution
Career Stage
Opportunities / Engagement
Recognition / Award
Suggested output and impact
Early Career (typically less than two years teaching experience)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (probationary requirement)
- Beacon Professional Recognition Scheme
- HEFi CPD / College-based CPD
- PGCHE: 60 credits postgraduate certificate, including Fellowship of the HEA, and SEDA Learning, Teaching and Assessing Award.
- Beacon: Associate Fellowship HEA / Fellowship HEA
- HEFi micro-CPD
- Big Conversation blog
- Contribution to HEFi Open (forthcoming)
- Contributions to learning and teaching workshops within HEFi / College
Developing career
- Beacon Professional Recognition Scheme
- HEFi CPD / College-based CPD
- Educational Enhancement Fund
- Birmingham – Nottingham Education Partnership Fund
- External grants (eg SEDA Research and Evaluation Small Grants)
- Outstanding Teaching Awards (VC Guild Awards)
- HEFi Awards for Educational Enhancement and Innovation
- Beacon: Fellowship HEA / Senior Fellowship HEA
As above
Emerging Educational Leadership
As above, plus:
- Leading HEFi CPD workshops
- Supporting early / developing career colleagues (eg PGCHE mentoring, action learning set facilitation, Beacon mentoring and assessing)
As above, plus:
- Senior Fellowship HEA
- HEFi Scholar
- National Teaching Fellowships
As above, plus:
- External publication
- External awards (eg Advance HE Collaborative Awards for Teaching Excellence)
- Support for wider UoB academic community
Leadership in Teaching Excellence
As above, plus:
- HEFi “think-tanks” and strategic initiatives
- Leadership of HEFi workstreams / themes
- External engagement
As above, plus:
- SFHEA / PFHEA
- National Teaching Fellowships
- HEFi Fellow
- HEFi Steering Group
As above, plus:
- Sector engagement (eg external education committees, panels, external consultancy etc)
Further details and background of the initiatives referred to above are avilable in the full HEFi Awards and Recognition Framework.