MicroCPD: HEFi awards and recognition for your teaching

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.