Active participant - core activity

An overview of the core activity on your EdTA journey.

You have just over two years to work independently on a fellowship claim and you will receive support from a mentor and our central EdTA team to complete your submission. 

Expectations

  • To independently work on your EdTA submission and to self-manage and self-lead your progress
  • To be kind and respectful of your mentor and the wider EdTA community
  • To become informed of the professional standards framework and the guidelines of the EdTA submission and assessment process

Actions and checklists

Everyone’s journey on the EdTA is unique, but here is the recommended list that all staff should complete, ideally in this order, before making a submission. 

We have webpages in this section with all the downloadable files, and event booking links and links to past event recordings.  

  • Attend the ‘Introduction to the EdTA’ live session 
  • Read the EdTA handbook and the Advance HE Professional Standard Framework (PSF) 
  • Download and read the submission form and supporting letter template specific to your fellowship category 
  • Meet with and/or correspond with your mentor 
  • Read the Advance HE guides to the PSF 2023 for your fellowship category 
  • Read the exemplars of past awardees relevant to your category 
  • Do the work: Write your blogs, complete a CPD record, and gather supporting statements for your submission
  • Provide your completed draft of your submission to your mentor for written feedback, well in advance of a submission deadline. 

Here are some additional recommended actions that you can take to set yourself up for a successful outcome:

  • Attend the ‘Finding yourself in the Professional Standards Framework (PSF)’ live session
  • View the additional video materials on our EdTA Media Hopper channel 
  • Attend one or more of our live Check-in sessions with the EdTA academic lead 
  • Ask questions to the other EdTA participants, mentors, and assessors on our Microsoft Teams channels. 
  • Read the relevant literature provided on the EdTA reading list 
  • Sign up and attend a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Network ‘Reading and Writing about Teaching’ retreat to work in-person and network with others in the UoE Learning and Teaching community
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Network - find out more  

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