This document outlines support available to teaching staff at Durham University for professional development and accreditation. It describes Durham Research-led Education Accreditation Model (DREAM) which provides four levels of accreditation from the Higher Education Academy. It also details qualifications and experiential routes to achieve each level, from Associate Fellow to Principal Fellow. Additionally, it lists university awards for excellence in learning and teaching, support for conference attendance, and possibilities for future modules and seminars.

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Support for Teaching
Staff
Dr Lowry McComb
Director of Researcher Development
CARD

2. DREAM
Durham Research-led Education
Accreditation Model
Provides routes to 4 levels of HEA
accreditation
D1 Associate Fellow
D2 Fellow
D3 Senior Fellow
D4 Principal Fellow
Via qualification, previous recognition and
experiential routes.
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3. Associate Fellow
Qualifications routes
•DULTA
•Module 1 of the PG CAP
•Module 1 of the PG Cert in Medical Ed.
Experiential route
•1500 word account of professional
practice
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4. Fellow
Qualifications routes
•Modules 1 and 2 of PG CAP or DULTA plus
Module 2 of PG CAP
•Modules 1, 2 and 3 of the PGCME
Previous recognition route
•1500 word account of journey from Associate
Fellow to Fellow
Experiential route
•3000 word account of professional practice
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5. Senior Fellow
Previous recognition route
•1000 word application including continuing
alignment to D3.
•And two 1500 word case studies
demonstrating successful co-ordination,
support, management of mentoring of others
Experiential route
•3000 word account of professional practice
•And two 1500 word case studies
demonstrating successful co-ordination,
support, management of mentoring of others
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6. Principal Fellow
Experiential route
•7500 word application which includes a
Record of Educational Impact and a
Reflective Account of Practice
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7. Additional modules in PG
CAP
• Module 3 - discipline-specific project on
learning and teaching
• Module 4 – research student
supervision
Future Modules
• Leading Learning and Teaching
• Building up to have a Masters in Higher
Education
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8. University Awards
Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Awards
•Up to 3 awards per year
•Value £3000
Enhancing the Student learning
Experience Awards
•5 awards of up to £7000 per year
•1 award of up to £35000 per year
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9. HEA Awards
CARD will support staff in making
applications for HEA awards e.g.
•National teaching Fellowships
•Teaching and Development Grants
•Seminars
CARD staff have considerable experience
as HEA evaluators.
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10. Conference Attendance
In 2014-15 CARD will introduce a scheme
to provide funding for Teaching Fellows to
attend conferences etc on teaching and
learning.
Particularly aimed at Teaching Fellows
who cannot access other sources of
funding for conference attendance.
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11. Other possibilities
• Regular seminar series covering
learning and teaching in HE?
• Other topics in our normal academic
staff development programme?
• What else?
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