The document describes the education fellowship scheme at WSU. There are four levels of fellowship with increasing requirements. Associate fellowship requires a 1,400 word application demonstrating engagement in two areas of teaching practice. Fellowship requires a 3,000 word application demonstrating engagement across all five areas of teaching practice. Senior fellowship requires a 6,000 word application including two case studies and evidence of leadership. Principal fellowship suggests a 7,000 word application addressing educational impact, reflective practice, and advocate statements. The scheme is aligned with the UK Professional Standards Framework involving areas of teaching activity, core knowledge, professional values, and descriptors for each fellowship level. Applications must provide evidence of teaching quality and continuing professional development.

1. Education Fellowship Scheme – WSU

2. Category Details of application
Associate Fellowship
(AFHEA)
1,400 word written application:
• Account of Professional Practice (reflective account across two Areas of Activity to
meet Descriptor 1 UKPSF)
• Supporting statements from two referees
Fellowship (FHEA) 3,000 word written application:
• Account of Professional Practice (reflective account across all five Areas of Activity to
meet Descriptor 2 UKPSF)
• Supporting statements from two referees
Senior Fellowship
(SFHEA)
6,000 word written application:
• Account of Professional Practice (organised to meet Descriptor 3 UKPSF) comprising:
- reflective of your practice
- two case studies outlining your contribution to L&T in HE
• Supporting statements from two referees
Principal Fellowship
(PHEA)
Suggested 7,000 word written application addressing:
• a record of educational impact
• a reflective account of practice
• three advocate statements

3. UK Professional Standards Framework
Areas of Activity (A)
• A1: Design and plan
learning activities and/or
programs of study
• A2: Teach and/or support
learning
• A3: Assess and give
feedback to learners
• A4: Develop effective
learning environments and
approaches to student
support
• A5: Engage in continuing
prof development in
subjects/disciplines and
their pedagogy,
incorporating research,
scholarship and the
evaluation of professional
practices
Core Knowledge (K)
• K1: The subject material
• K2: Appropriate methods
for teaching, learning and
assessing in the subject
area and at the level of
the academic program
• K3: How students learn,
both generally and within
their subject/disciplinary
areas
• K4: The use and value of
appropriate learning
technologies
• K5: Methods for
evaluating the
effectiveness of teaching
• K6: The implications of
quality assurance and
quality enhancement for
academic and
Professional Values (V)
• V1: Respect individual
learners and diverse
learning communities
• V2: Promote participation
in higher education and
equality for learners
• V3: Use evidence-
informed approaches and
the outcomes from
research, scholarship and
continuing professional
development
• V4: Acknowledge the
wider context which HE
operates recognizing the
implications for
professional practice

4. Descriptors
Descriptor 1 Associate
Fellow
• Successful engagement
with at least two of the
five Areas of Activity
• Successful engagement
in appropriate teaching
and practices related to
these Areas of Activity
• Appropriate Core
Knowledge and
understanding of at
least K1 and K2
• A commitment to
appropriate Professional
Values in facilitating
others’ learning
• Relevant professional
practices, subject and
pedagogic research
and/or scholarship
within the above
activities
• Successful engagement,
where appropriate, in
Descriptor 2 Fellow
• Successful engagement
across all five Areas of
Activity
• Appropriate knowledge
and understanding
across all aspects of
Core Knowledge
• A commitment to all
Professional Values
• Successful engagement
in appropriate teaching
practices related to the
Areas of Activity
• Successful incorporation
of subject and
pedagogical research
and/or scholarship
within the above
activities, as part of an
integrated approach to
academic practice
• Successful engagement
in continuing PD in
relation to L&T and
assessment and, where
Descriptor 3 Senior Fellow
• Successful engagement
across all five Areas of
Activity
• Appropriate knowledge and
understanding across all
aspects of Core Knowledge
• A commitment to all
Professional Values
• Successful engagement in
appropriate teaching
practices related to the
Areas of Activity
• Successful incorporation of
subject and pedagogical
research and/or scholarship
within the above activities,
as part of an integrated
approach to academic
practice
• Successful engagement in
continuing PD in relation to
L&T and assessment and,
where appropriate, related
professional practices
• Successful coordination,
support, supervision,
management and/or
Descriptor 4 Principal Fellow
• Active commitment to and
championing of all Dimensions of
the Framework, through work
with students and staff, and in
institutional developments
• Successful strategic leadership to
enhance student learning, with a
particular, but not necessarily
exclusive focus on enhancing
teaching quality in institutional,
and or inter(national) settings
• Establishing effective
organisational policies and/or
strategies for supporting and
promoting others (e.g., through
mentoring, coaching in delivering
high quality teaching and support
for student learning
• Championing, within institutional
and/or wider settings, an
integrated approach to academic
practice (incorporating for e.g.,
teaching, learning, research,
scholarship, administration)
• A sustained and successful
commitment to, and engagement
in continuing CPD related to
academic, institutional and/or

5. Your teaching story on (at least) four stages:
1. Pre-stage: planning and preparation (e.g., resources,
rubrics)
2. On-stage: what happens in the classroom (f2f, online,
blended)
3. Off-stage: giving feedback, individual consultations,
acting on students’ feedback, using analytics to make
design decisions, revising units
4. On other stages beyond units (internal and external):
invited L&T talks on your teaching practice, open your
classroom to peer observation, L&T grants, L&T committee
work, invitations to participate in curriculum renewal
projects, L&T conferences, accreditation work for prof

6. Writing a compelling story
Accounting for what you do, why, and its influence on others…Thestory
Your teaching happens in a
disciplinary/course context
What are the specific challenges and opportunities of
teaching in your particular context? Does your
stand out in any way? How do you know?
Intention What are you trying to do as a teacher to address
challenges or extend opportunities?
Strategies What methods, techniques or tools do you use? Why
those ones? Justifiable educationally?
Outcomes Effects of your teaching/curriculum design on
learning experiences, outcomes and destinations.
does the evidence point to these effects?
Horizon of Impact
internal, external, range of
audiences
Esteem: recognition by others; invitations from
Influence/Adoption: others use your materials?
6. Next stage Future plans (improvement/innovation)