What mentoring an applicant for HEA Fellowship may be involve and a proposed change from September 2016 to introduce a more structured group mentoring approach

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2. Overview of Proposed Mentoring
Arrangements
Liaison with SALT regarding staff changing deadlines and/or
between SFHEA and FHEA
Mentors provides dates in line with central support sessions.
Hold at least 2 meetings/interactions prior to the application
deadline.
Provides Group guidance and support (AF/FHEA. SFHEA may
meet individually)
1 mentor identified from each College for each application
deadline for AF/FHEA and SFHEA

3. What kinds of things may crop up?
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• Answering queries about the
application structure
About the SAR
• The kinds of activities that falls in
each category
Helping to explain
the UKPSF
• What evidence is expectedEvidence
• To available support sessions run
through SALT
Referral
• provide general feedback/prompts
on a section
• peer assessment of a section
Feedback

4. How this might work in practice –
AF/FHEA
Final review
Final draft to mentor at least 2 weeks prior to deadline
Group Session 2
Draft of application. Peer assessment
Group Session 1
Review of bulleted list. Explore evidence, peer sharing?
Mentor arranges 2 sessions approx 1 month apart
Mentor contacts mentees and asks to bring bullet points of each section to the
first mentor session. Session dates to be identified (2 possible options for each of
the 2 sessions)
Applicant identifies deadline
SALT will pass on list of people to allocated College mentor to be in touch with.

5. How this might work in practice -
SFHEA
• SALT will pass on list of people to allocated
College mentor to be in touch with.
Applicant identifies
deadline
• Mentor contacts mentees and asks to asks for
Case Study Topics to be identified. May refer
to Fellows ‘programme’ at this point
Mentor arranges initial
meeting
• Session or deadline dates to be identified (2
possible options for each of the 2
sessions/interactions)
Mentor arranges 2
sessions approx 1 month
apart
• Review of Reflective AccountSession /Interaction 1
• Review of Case StudiesSession/Interaction 2
• Final draft to mentor at least 2 weeks prior to
deadline
Final review

6. – Help staff find a referee
– Draft any element of someone’s application
– Observe the mentee’s teaching practice
– Proof-read the application/correct the presentation
– Be held to account for the SAR Panel decisions.
– Know about Pebble+ - phew!
Further details: https://salt.swan.ac.uk/fellowship-
mentors/
Mentors are not there to:

7. Questions and/or issues