A Guide to Completing Your Application Form

1 A Guide to Completing Your Application Form 2 We are pleased that you are considering applying for a Fellowship, and would encourage you to provide us with engaging evidence that you can fulfil all of the criteria relevant to the level of Fellowship for which you are applying. Colleagues in a wide variety of roles contribute richly to our students' learning experiences at the University of Exeter, whether on taught programmes, research degrees or extra-curricular courses, and we look forward to hearing about your own, individual practices, achievements and values.

2 When you submit your Application , whether in written or spoken form, the panel will be looking, above all, for evidence that you have a track record of working successfully and effectively in an education-related role. We want also to hear about the ways in which you have developed yourself in that role - whether through peer review, student feedback, attendance of teaching-related sessions and events, reading education-related literature or through any other method. We want to have a sense of your professional values as someone who teaches and/or supports students' learning; what interests you about teaching?

3 What, for you, does teaching in a research-led university add to your role? What excites you about your own subject discipline, and how do you share that with your students? Finally, we need you to provide two references which support explicitly your claim for Fellowship. We look forward to receiving your Application . If you have any questions relating to the ASPIRE Fellowship Scheme, please contact Clare Shimmin A note from the ASPIRE Accreditation 3 The Application Process Collect your references and submit them to alongside your completed Application form, 3 weeks before the Panel convenes Attend a Guidance Workshop and visit the ASPIRE webpage Select your chosen Fellowship tier.

4 Application route and identify two referees Submit a Registration of Interest form at least 1 month before the panel convenes Download the Application form from the ASPIRE webpage and discuss your Application with your AL/Line Manager Complete the Application form Download the Guidance for Referees and Reference Pro Forma from the ASPIRE webpage and give these, with a copy of your Application form/overview of your presentation to your referees Oral Application route: Attend the Accreditation Panel Written Application route: Await feedback from the Accreditation Panel 4 The first step is to select the tier of Fellowship for which you intend to Important things to note: ASPIRE Fellowships are in no way linked to job title.

5 O You should select your Fellowship tier based on the amount of exposure to teaching and learning, degree of strategic leadership and institutional/(inter)national impact that you have. o If you have less than 3 years (FTE) experience of teaching and/or supporting learning in HE, you will only be able to apply for an associate Fellowship. o If you are unable to evidence all of the UKPSF criteria (see pages 12-14), you will only be able to consider applying for an associate Fellowship. You would still need to evidence at least two areas of activity, core knowledge criteria 1 and 2, and all of the professional values.

6 Where appropriate, the panel can award a lower or, exceptionally, higher level of fellowship than that which was applied for. If, having read the information on the next four pages, you remain unsure as to which tier of Fellowship is most appropriate for you, it may be helpful to discuss this further with Clare Shimmin 5 associate Fellowship To become an ASPIRE associate fellow , you will provide evidence of effectiveness in relation to your professional role(s), which, typically, will include at least some teaching and/or learning support responsibilities.

7 This teaching and learning role may sometimes be undertaken with the assistance of more experienced teachers or mentors. Description Typical role/career stage Typical Activities Demonstrates an understanding of specific aspects of effective teaching, learning support methods and student learning. Individuals should be able to provide evidence of: - 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 professional development activity related to teaching.

8 Learning and assessment responsibilities - Early career researchers with some teaching responsibilities ( PhD students, GTAs, contract researchers/post doctoral students etc.) - Staff new to teaching (including those with part-time academic responsibilities) - Staff who support academic provision ( learning technologists, learning developers and learning resource/library staff) - Staff who undertake demonstrator/technician roles that incorporate - some teaching-related responsibilities - Experienced staff in relevant professional areas who may be new to teaching and/or supporting learning, or who have a limited teaching portfolio - Undertaking (sometimes limited)

9 Teaching and / or mentoring responsibilities as a team member within an established programme - Assisting in assessment-related activities and undertaking, (possibly under supervision), specified assessment tasks - Providing constructive feedback (formative and summative) to students as part of teaching duties - Contributing to skills development of learners/ students, introducing the use of techniques and/or equipment - Contributing to the development of learners in relation to professional codes of conduct - Developing teaching and learning materials, resources.

10 Methods and approaches - Using a range of technologies to support the learning of others and one s own professional development in relation to teaching - Critically evaluating the support offered to learners - Establishing an initial appreciation and knowledge of HE quality assurance processes, including the role of external examiners 6 Fellowship To become an ASPIRE fellow , you will provide clear evidence of broadly based effectiveness in more substantive teaching and supporting learning role(s). You are likely to be an established member of one or more academic and/or academic-related teams.