Author of the refreshed Framework for Student Engagement through Partnership,
@hack_kay
, reflects on how partnership impacts students’ experiences and fosters a culture of belonging; demonstrating that student voices matter to their institution. Read more:
Following a sector-led review of the Professional Standards Framework, we are delighted to launch PSF 2023 – ‘Effective, impactful, inclusive and contextualised teaching and learning’
#HigherEd
#PSF2023
“Decolonising the curriculum is more than including different knowledge and texts. Let’s focus on the learner as an active being.” Nazira Karodia, Dean of Science & Engineering and Professor of Science Education
@wlv_uni
Read her blog here:
#STEMConf20
Welcome to Advance HE Twitter! Launched today from the merger of
@EqualityinHE
,
@HEAcademy
&
@LF4HE
. We’re looking forward to working with the HE sector to meet the future needs of students, staff & society. Watch this space for news, blogs & future events
#AdvanceHE
#HigherEd
Join us at the
#Teaching
and Learning Conference 2021: What is the Future for HE
#Curricula
? as we explore how students can be engaged in co-design and co-delivery in an era of digital, distanced and blended approaches on 6-8 July. Find out more:
#TLConf21
Tonight we welcome winners of the 2022 National Teaching Fellowship Scheme
#NTFS
and Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence
#CATE
to celebrate their award
@LFC_Events
The University of Nottingham is the first university in the UK to achieve an
#AthenaSwan
Gold award for promoting and improving gender equality in
#HigherEd
:
We are delighted to announce the winners of
#NTFS2022
and
#CATE2022
! Congratulations to the 54 news National Teaching Fellows and 16 teams winning the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence. Find out more here:
The 2 main themes at
#NETConf22
are
#belonging
and
#wellbeing
, this will bring together delegates and presenters from a range of
#healthcare
professions to recreate a sense of belonging to the healthcare community among staff and students. 6-7 September.
The call for abstracts for the 32nd Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference
#NETConf22
is now open. Submissions are welcomed for theme papers, poster+ presentations, poster presentations or symposia. Find out more
Congratulations to
@credland_nicki
of
@UniOfHull
on your
#NTFS
award! Nicki has significant experience in curriculum design and is a member of numerous national critical care and advanced practice working groups. Read more:
#NTFS22
#AdvanceHE
Today we publish the new Framework for Embedding Employability in Higher Education.
@S_J_Norton
introduces the framework and how it will help support
#employability
in today's dynamic and ever-changing world:
#HigherEducation
“Rather than focusing on curriculum content, we need to focus on the learning outcomes and work backwards” - Professor Bugewa Apampa,
@MyBCU
, on factors that impede meaningful learning at
#TLConf20
In 2019
@unibirmingham
will host module 1 of the next Leading Transformation in Learning and Teaching programme.
@nicola_quantum
, Director of Education at the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, tells us about her work and the project:
#highered
More professors are being promoted for their teaching - following 'efforts led by Advance HE to clarify promotion policies for teaching-focused staff in the form of the Professional Standards Framework'
@timeshighered
“A great step forward for gender equality” – we are delighted to launch the transformed UK Athena Swan Charter: greater inclusivity, more flexible, more clarity, much reduced admin, & our greater developmental role .
#AthenaSwan
#GenderEquality
#HigherEd
#NTFS
#CATE
We are delighted to announce 55 new National Teaching Fellows and 14 teams awarded the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence in 2021. Find out more here:
#HigherEd
We’ve issued a statement on the relevance of the Race Equality Charter and working with the sector to tackle racism and make higher education inclusive for all students and staff
#HigherEd
#RaceEqualityCharter
Read our latest report by
@MarkMcCrory8
&
@marty_mccracken
from
@UlsterUni
who reflect on their innovative use of storytelling to evidence the impact of leadership on our TMP programme. Find out how to apply to the TMP programme before 25 January 2019:
We’re delighted to launch the new Internationalising Higher Education Framework. Find out more about the framework and how it can be used to support universities to bring an international dimension to their provision:
#HigherEd
Well done
@begumru
of
@UniWestminster
on winning an
#NTFS
award. Rumi's exceptional dedication to student-staff partnership, career aspirations, and diversity and inclusion in higher education and beyond is truly inspiring. Outstanding achievement!
#NTFSawards2023
#AdvanceHE
More than 190 women from across Ireland were in Dublin today for a special networking event organised by Advance HE.
The HE professionals were taking part in the Aurora women’s leadership development programme.
More ➡️
How can we ensure inclusivity and equality in digital, distanced, blended and flexed approaches? Join the conversation at the Teaching and
#Learning
Conference 2021:
#Teaching
in the Spotlight: What is the Future for HE
#Curricula
? On 6-8 July:
#TLConf21
We are pleased to share our new Developing Leadership in Higher Education programmes and events portfolio for 2021-22, supporting those new to leading or wanting to enhance their leadership practice. Download your copy
#Leadership
Advance HE is currently commissioning literature reviews in; Education for Sustainable Development, Inclusive Curriculum Design, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education. The invitation to tender is now open. Find out more here:
#HigherEd
Congratulations to
@emilythemac
of
@MiddlesexUni
on your
#NTFS
Award! Emily is a passionate advocate of early intervention and transitional support, peer learning and academic advising as key components of student success
#NTFS21
#AdvanceHE
Read more:
STEM conference 2021 will reflect on, learn from, and aim to further progress responses to the pandemic, ensuring that approaches to
#STEM
education are more resilient, effective and inclusive. Find out more:
#STEMConf21
#HigherEd
Congratulations
@HanyaPielichaty
of
@unilincoln
on your prestigious
#NTFS
award. Hanya has created and carved out meaningful spaces for students and colleagues alike to engage with education in an equitable, inclusive, and transformational way. Great job!
#NTFSawards2023
Prof Paul Miller
@ojukomiller
joins us as new strategic adviser for race, culture and leadership to initiate our renewed focus on addressing racial inequality in
#highered
. Find out more from Prof Miller:
#AdvanceHEmembers
"How do we provide culturally and ethnically relevant teaching? How do we include them in our classrooms. That is what 'pedagogic activism is asking us to do. You cannot be passive about social justice." -
@ojukomiller
on activism in HE
#TLConf20
Congratulations to
@alejandroa
of
@portsmouthuni
on your
#NTFS
award! Alejandro (Ale) leads digital learning and pedagogic innovation across Portsmouth’s five Faculties and developed the University’s Digital Success Plan for Learning & Teaching.
#NTFSawards2023
#AdvanceHE
"I didn’t fully appreciate the potential impact a vice-chancellor could have until now, in setting the tone for the whole institution".
Six months into her new role,
#LSWGC18
speaker
@BathSpaVC
shares her 5 key insights into leading a UK university:
#ChooseToChallenge
We are proud to support
#IWD2021
. Find out more about our commitment to gender equality in
#HigherEd
in a message from our chief executive Alison Johns:
Deputy Vice Chancellor
@TrentUni
, Professor Eunice Simmons, will be joining our interactive panel discussion, where we'll explore 'Brave Leadership' at the
#LeaderSum19
on 5 June in Birimingham. Find out more and book now:
#highered
Congratulations
@neilwithnell
of
@SalfordUni
on a prestigious
#NTFS
award. Neil is highly regarded as a leader in digital and creative education and empowering students and colleagues is evident in his many awards. Marvellous work!
#NTFSawards2023
#AdvanceHE
“One of the most important initiatives that we have in the higher education sector in Ireland.” Thank you
@SimonHarrisTD
Minister of Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science for addressing the virtual ceremony to celebrate the latest
#AthenaSWANIreland
awards.
Massive congratulations to these brilliant higher education providers who have all achieved an Advance HE award for their work promoting equality for all students and staff, irrespective of gender, race or cultural heritage.
⬇️
#EDIConf23
Today we launch the first of six Leadership Intelligence Reports from our Creating Socially Distanced Campuses and Education Project: ‘Induction’
#highered
#collaboration
#SocialDistancing
Congratulations to
@alexconnerbham
on your
#NTFS
Award! Alex has used his own experience of ADHD to support academic colleagues and students around the world author their own definition of success, using non-directive coaching
#NTFS21
#AdvanceHE
Read more
We are delighted to announce the launch of Good Practice Grants, a new funding stream to support good practice in
#highered
. Grants worth up to £4000 are available for members and will replace our Small Development Project scheme. Read more here:
Virtual Teaching is aimed specifically at those who have experience teaching in HE but are new to delivering courses via online platforms. Starts 15 Feb 2021. Find out more
#HEteaching
#GrowInHE
Advance HE will undertake a review of the
@Athena_SWAN
Charter, ensuring it's fit for current and future needs of institutions, individuals and the HE sector. Prof Julia Buckingham of
@Bruneluni
will chair the steering group leading the review.
#AthenaSWAN
The first
#HigherEd
institution in the world accredited to award
#Fellowship
aligned to the revised Professional Standards Framework 2023 is
@UlsterUni
Find out more:
'"As a woman, there can be a tendency to be too self-effacing,'" says Dr Gwen Moore, Teaching and Learning Director
@MICLimerick
.
"Principal Fellowship pushed me reframe my achievements and to put myself at the centre of my own career story."
We are pleased to announce that Sarah Floyd from
@UlsterUni
has been appointed as a member of the Fellowship and Accreditation Expert Advisory Group. Find out more about Sarah and the other members:
#Fellowship
#HigherEd
We respond to recent media reports about our motivation and work to support the higher education sector to tackle inequalities and to address racism and harassment.
#HigherEd
We are delighted to announce the new Athena Swan Governance Committee. Led by
@ParveenYaqoob
of
@UniofReading
the Committee will seek to implement the recommendations of the independent
#AthenaSwan
review and transform the Charter for the future:
#highered
We're welcoming proposals for the
#SurveysInsightsConf20
. Submit an abstract that addresses our overarching theme of 'Maximising reach and developing potential' by 14 February 2020 for your chance to present. Find out more online:
#highered
#GrowInHE
As universities start closing learning spaces and cancelling face-to-face teaching,
@hack_kay
reflects on what we can and should be doing to minimise damage to well-being and learning during this public health emergency:
#highered
#COVID19
We've published a new Research Insight aimed at helping equality and diversity practitioners evaluate the impact of a programme or intervention. Download "Evaluating the ‘Achieving Race Equality in Higher Education’ programme":
#highered
Women from HE institutions across Ireland gathered for an Advance HE networking event in Dublin.
Here are just a few of the participants on our Aurora women's leadership programme who came from:
@TCD
@uniofgalway
@MICLimerick
@RCSI_Irl
At Advance HE, we will continue to tackle systemic and structural racism in higher education. Our actions will speak louder than our words; we have much more to do
#blacklivesmatter
We have today published 'Flexible Learning, a guide to the Advance HE Framework', the first in a series of guides to the Advance HE Frameworks. Read author
@jonesdevitt
's blog and download the Flexible Learning Framework guide here:
We’re excited to announce that
@UniNorthants
’s move to its new £330m Waterside campus is the focus of our 2019 Future Professional Directors programme live case study. Read the full report here:
#highered
Tonight, we celebrate our
#NTFS
and
#CATE
winners from 2020 and 2021 at our awards ceremony in Bristol - we’re looking forward to seeing all of our winners in person! Find out more here:
#NTFSandCATEawards
#HigherEd
We are pleased to share our Developing Strategic Leadership in Higher Education programmes and events brochure for 2021-22, supporting those in senior or strategic roles to enhance their leadership practice. Download your copy today.
#Leadership
Our latest report, What Works: Supporting Women’s Careers, offers practical approaches to encouraging change and provides ideas and prompts around addressing barriers in women’s career progression. Find out more here:
#highered
Congratulations to
@belld17
of
@edgehill
on your
#NTFS
! Dawne established ‘The National Teaching Repository’ where colleagues can share interventions that lead to improvements in teaching and learning. Read more:
#NTFS22
#AdvanceHE
Professor Mary Stuart, Vice Chancellor
@unilincoln
, will be speaking at our interactive panel discussion at the
#LeaderSum19
on 5 June in Birmingham. To celebrate the launch of our new membership we’re offering over 50% off our normal booking rate.
Advance HE’s Lead Consultant for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Dr Lindy-Ann Blaize Alfred and our Interim Director of EDI David Bass get set for our EDI Conference 2023. Gearing up for brilliant speeches and learning opportunities.
Congratulations to the winners of
#AthenaSwan
and
#RaceEqualityCharter
awards who were recognised at a special event during our 2024 EDI Conference. Find out more:
#TLConf21
, 6-8 July, will aim to create space for delegates to engage in creative thinking around teaching and learning towards continuous
#CurriculumEnhancement
and innovation. Find out more and book your place:
Congratulations to five institutes of technology and 10 university departments in Ireland recognised in the latest round of Athena SWAN awards, announced today
#AthenaSwan
#HigherEd
Inspiring blog from
@RacePhil
about his
#HEAFellowship
journey which caused him to "reflect & take stock of the various stages in my life in educational development & enriched my thinking, & increased my resolve to keep trying to make learning happen".
Keynote Lord Simon Woolley CBE,
@OpBlackVote
, discusses the importance of Boards representing the people it aims to serve - " if we can't make a difference now, then when? And if you don't make a difference, then who?"
#GovConf20
Congratulations to
@L_Psychol
of
@oxford_brookes
on your NTFS award! Louise’s work focuses on marketisation and racial inequality, two major issues in contemporary higher education that negatively affect students’ identities as learners. Read more:
#NTFS22
We are delighted to share our exciting new portfolio of development programmes, conferences and events for 202l-22. See the full brochure including many 10% ‘early-bird’ discount offers
Dr Celia Brigg, Associate Director at Advance HE says, “we had brilliant keynotes and sessions over three days. It was fabulous seeing the delegates so engaged and passionate about teaching and learning. I hope they left feeling inspired. Thank you and see you in 2020!”
#TLConf19
Congratulations to
@PenAHay
of
@BathSpaUni
on your
#NTFS
Award! Penny is dedicated to transformative teaching and learning, underpinned by a clear set of values and a focus on innovation and creativity
#NTFS21
We’ve officially opened the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) 2019 and the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) for nominations today. Information about the awards and how to enter can be found here:
#highered
Congratulations to
@ChrisHeadleand
of
@unilincoln
on your
#NTFS
Award! Chris is committed to a student-centred approach to education, publishing guidance on engaging students online during the pandemic, supporting colleagues across the sector
#NTFS21
In this blog, Senior Digital Learning Designer &
#creativeHE
network co-lead
@rachelleeobrien
@durham_uni
shares her thoughts on finding creativity in learning & teaching and developing creative online learning activities:
#HigherEd