National Teaching Fellowship Scheme

Information Session

22nd September 2017

Professor Paul Latreille Dr Rachel Bovill

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Aims of today’s session

• Overview of the schemes

• The Awards’ criteria

• Selection of nominees/teams at Sheffield in 2018

• Support for nominees/teams at Sheffield in 2018

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The HEA National Teaching Fellowship Scheme

• National Teaching Fellows

• Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence

• Global Teaching Excellence Awards

Hot off the HEA press

• ‘We are currently working with the funding bodies to secure the funding for the 2018 NTFS and CATE awards - once this has been secured it is anticipated that applications will open in February 2018.’

(19/09/2017)

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Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE)

• ‘CATE celebrates collaborative work in teaching and learning and captures the creative and innovative practice that positively impacts on the student experience’.

• Sheffield Submissions so far – 1 per year

• https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals/national-teaching-fellowship-scheme/CATE

CATE Submission (Based on 2017 – subject to change)

• Claim for Collaborative Teaching Award

(Max 1,000 words)

• 2 x Supporting evidence files (Max 500 words each)

• Dissemination and impact plan (Max 2000 words)

• Statement of support (Max 1,000 words)

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CATE Criteria

1. Collaborative excellence: evidence of enhancing and transforming the student learning experience commensurate with the team’s context and the opportunities afforded by it.

2. Dissemination and impact of excellence: evidence of supporting colleagues and influencing support for student learning; demonstrating impact and engagement beyond the team’s immediate academic or professional role.

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Your CATE suggestions:

Having considered the CATE criteria, please discuss on your tables and forward any suggestions for likely 2018 nominations on Post-it notes.

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NTFS

• The NTFS recognises, rewards and celebrates individuals who have made an outstanding impact on student learning and the teaching profession.

• Scheme Outline (and HEA process)

• Previous submissions and successes at Sheffield

• Nominees should be HEA Fellows (any category)

Sheffield NTFs • Nigel Bax (Medicine) (2003) - Emeritus Professor

• Deborah Murdoch-Eaton (Medicine) (2004) before she joined Sheffield

• Duco Van Oostrum (English) (2007)

• John Yates (Mechanical Engineering) (2008) - left Sheffield

• Brian Whalley (Geography) (2008) –through Queen’s, Belfast

• Tony Cowling (Computer Science) (2012) - left Sheffield

• Brendan Stone (English) (2012)

• Claire McGourlay (Law) (2015) – left Sheffield

• Chris Stokes (Dentistry) (2016)

• Tim Birkhead (APS) (2017)

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NTFS Submission (Based on 2017 – subject to change)

• Claim for National Teaching Fellowship:

• (Max 3,500 words)

• Curriculum Vitae (Max 1,000 words)

• Statement of support (Max 1,000 words)

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Further information • Slides and information will be made available on

LeTS/Elevate webpages

• ANTF sessions (March/April) tba

• HEA website https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals/national-teaching-fellowship-scheme/NTF

• HEA YouTube video channel ‘Becoming a National Teaching Fellow’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNYt76YYYhk 22/09/2017 © The University of Sheffield

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NTFS Criteria

1. enhancing and transforming the student learning experience both within and beyond the nominees' own and immediate institutional context;

2. supporting colleagues in their teaching and learning work;

3. developing their own excellence in teaching.

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How would you start?

• With the person next to you consider what is the best thing you have ever done in teaching and how you know?

• Individually make notes against each of the criteria – start with 3!

• With someone you don’t know, compare your notes

• What else can you add?

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Nomination and Selection at Sheffield 2018

• NTF candidates will be asked to produce a 1,000 word overview of their claim against the 3 criteria by Mon November 27th

• An internal panel will consider the applications and alert candidates before Xmas

• 3 candidates, 2 reserves will be selected and an announcement made at the L&T conference

• First drafts will be required by end Jan…

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Support for nominees at Sheffield

• Celebrate nomination

• Longer lead in time for submission

• Mentoring – an NTF and a ‘critical friend’

• Collaboration between nominees

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Proposals for 2018

• Information about schemes available to all

• Self- or colleague- nominated

• Workshop for nominees, reserves and mentors (Jan 2018) Date tbc

• Support throughout the submission process

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Your questions?/What next?

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Further thoughts

• Relationship to HEA Fellowship (FHEA/SFHEA etc)

• Relationship to Senate Awards

• Timescales difficult to predict

• What happens to nominees who are not successful each year?

Networking

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CATE benefits

Benefits to teams Benefits to institutions

Teams gain access to funding and support to further their projects,

implement their dissemination plans and assess the impact of their

work.

Increasingly used as a model to develop and extend university-wide schemes, aiming to raise the status

of teaching and instil pride in the profession and student learning.

It opens doors – Team members can use the award as a springboard to progress their careers.

Can be a focal point for discussions about innovation and professional development – past NTFS funding has enabled NTFs to capitalise on their status and bid for extra funding for research and projects to enhance learning and teaching.

Join a national community of like-minded professionals who are passionate about teaching.

Can enable staff to cross boundaries, collaborating with colleagues in other disciplines and forging links with universities nationally and internationally.

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https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals/national-teaching-fellowship-scheme/CATE

NTFS benefits

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https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals/national-teaching-fellowship-scheme/NTF

Benefits to individuals Benefits to institutions

It is widely recognised in HE in the UK and internationally as difficult to achieve and a mark of quality as awards are made each year from a large number of nominations.

Increasingly used as a model to develop and extend university-wide schemes, aiming to raise the status of teaching and instil pride in the profession and student learning.

It opens doors – NTFs use the award as a springboard to progress their careers.

Can be a focal point for discussions about innovation and professional development – past NTFS funding has enabled NTFs to capitalise on their status and bid for extra funding for research and projects to enhance learning and teaching.

You join a national community of like-minded professionals who are passionate about teaching.

Can enable staff to cross boundaries, collaborating with colleagues in other disciplines and forging links with universities nationally and internationally.

Past winners

National Teaching Fellows must demonstrate evidence of: •enhancing and transforming the student learning experience both within and beyond the nominees' own and immediate institutional context;

•supporting colleagues in their teaching and learning work;

•developing their own excellence in teaching.

If you would like to gain some inspiration and find out more about past winners review the Directory of NTFs below.

Directory of National Teaching Fellows

The Association of National Teaching Fellows As a new NTF you automatically become a member of the Association of National Teaching Fellows (ANTF), an active community working to enhance learning and teaching. New NTFs are inducted into the Association. You’ll meet other fellows at ANTF events and by getting involved in ANTF work.

NTFs are often invited to work with other HE institutions and organisations across the sector and beyond. The first ANTF book, For the Love of Learning, edited by Tim Bilham, NTF 2007, with help from Professor Sally Brown, NTF 2008, was published in 2013. The Association, supported by the HEA, holds an annual symposium, with guest speakers and key activities to develop new opportunities and collaborative work.

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