Advance HE Fellowship (AFHEA/FHEA/SFHEA)

Advance HE  Fellowship application materials

The University of Aberdeen offers two routes for its staff to become professionally recognised by Advance HE; a taught route and an individual recognition route. If you wish to apply via the taught route, here are further details.  If you wish to apply via the individual recognition route, we strongly recommend that you attend one of our short (one hour) rolling monthly information sessions before you start writing your fellowship application. As a prerequisite and so that we can tailor our support, we kindly request you complete this form at least 24 hours prior to the session. Please register to attend one of the information sessions by logging into the Institutional course booking system with your University log in details.

If you are applying via the individual recognition route, the following information is available to help you.

1. Submission process and deadlines for assessment panels. Please submit applications to Centre for Academic Development, cad@abdn.ac.uk. All applications submitted via the individual recognition route are assessed by a panel of trained assessors.  Assessment panels are held three times per calendar year, with applications submitted six weeks prior to the panel meetings. The submission deadlines for applications are:

• Wednesday 19 April 2023
• Wednesday 13 September 2023

2.  Which category of recognition is right for me? Before attending you may wish to consider to use this simple flow diagram to ascertain whether you have sufficient experience and evidence accumulated to apply for Advance HE Associate Fellowship (AFHEA), Fellowship (FHEA) or Senior Fellowship (SFHEA).

Advance HE Fellowship - select your category

3.  Having selected your category, your application is made up of two parts:

a)  Account of Professional Practice (APP).  The exact nature of this will depend on the category under which you choose to apply (Associate, Fellow or Senior Fellow). This must be submitted using a template provided in the drop-down menu below. 

b)  Supporting Statements.  These should be provided by staff who know your teaching and can comment on it knowledgeably. This might therefore involve your peers rather than your Head of School/other senior person. Whilst it is no longer a requirement, it is very helpful if at least one referee holds recognition by Advance HE themselves. These must be submitted using a template provided in the drop-down menu below. 

4.  Support whilst writing your application. The following writing guide has been produced by the University of Aberdeen to help you complete your application for Advance HE Associate Fellowship (AFHEA) or Fellowship (FHEA): Associate and Fellow guidance 2018. We suggest you have this alongside you as you write your fellowship application. 

5. Contact.  Please email the Centre (cad@abdn.ac.uk) if you have any questions or or if you would like to know more about our monthly information sessions on starting your felllowship application for Advance HE Associate Fellowship (AFHEA), Fellowship (FHEA) and Senior Fellowship (SFHEA).

6. Information and Fellowship application templates for completing your application via the Individual Route can be found in the drop-downs below.