Withdraw and extensions

For a variety of reasons, staff may need to withdraw their interest or active participation in the EdTA. To withdraw from the scheme, please email our EdTA team and your mentor to notify us of your intent to withdraw. 

Email us: IAD.cpdframework@ed.ac.uk

If you are completing your studies or leaving the university, please notify us and your mentor so that we can withdraw you from the scheme.

If you are approaching your EdTA end-date, our team will email you to ask if you intend to submit at the final submission point. If you are unresponsive to our communications or confirm that you are unable to make that deadline, we will withdraw you from the scheme and provide some options for future fellowship opportunities. Options include using your work to make a direct application to Advance HE or re-joining the waiting list to start the scheme over at a future date.

It is your responsibility to manage your time, attend to deadlines, and notify us if anything changes during your time within the scheme. 

Extensions or withdraw?

Some staff encounter challenges during their time on the EdTa, for example:

• Illness: If you have been suffering from an illness that is impacting your ability to work or study
• Bereavement: If someone in your life has passed away
• Caring responsibilities: If you are anticipating new caring responsibilities to children or dependents
• Change to duties at work: If your role at the university has changed in a significant way during your EdTA (i.e., workload, teaching, research commitments, etc.)

For all of the above, please email the EdTA team and your mentor so that we can best support you. In your email to us, please outline why you need the extension and how much progress you have made so far, so that we can estimate a good end date for you. 

Here are our recommendations for managing or accommodating these challenges.

Extension option: For shorter disruptions of work/study, please notify us and we will provide advice and confirm an extension to your EdTA work (usually extending your end-date by 1 or 2 submission points into the future). We have a blanket extension policy, which means that all extensions sought will be given. You need not provide detailed reasoning or documentation, but you should inform us of what circumstances require you to ask for one (illness, bereavement, caring, or changes to duties at work) and you should let us know your current progress so that we can determine your new end-date. Please note that we will only grant one extension. If you need further time beyond your initial extension to prepare your submission, we will recommend that you withdraw from the scheme. 

Withdraw option: If you need to be off work or study for more than 6 months, we will recommend that you withdraw from the EdTA and rejoin the EdTA upon your return to work. Please notify us if you need to withdraw. We encourage you to rejoin the EdTA by completing the waiting list form and we will contact you once your name reaches the top of the list. During your time away from the EdTA, you can continue to work independently on your claim through writing and evidencing. Once you start the scheme again, you can resume progress on your EdTA work. 

Often long-term leave can be due to sudden or unexpected events and we understand that there are many reasons that you might not be able to notify us right away. But, when you are able to, please let us know as soon as possible.