Join the waiting list

How to apply

If you are ready to join the EdTA, please complete the waiting list form below. (EASE log-in required).

Please note, that we are currently over-subscribed, and the waiting time is quite long. Current wait time of 18-24 months, as of March 2025. 

Once we’ve received your completed form, you will be registered on the list and notified as soon as you reach the top of the list. The list is organised in a first-come, first-served basis and we don’t make exceptions. We are sorry if this takes some time and thank you for your patience. 

What happens after I’ve signed the waiting list?

Our EdTA manager(s) will contact you via email once your name has reached the top of the waiting list. There are two starting-dates for the EdTA each year (November and March), so you will typically be contacted in September or January. At that time, you will indicate that you wish to join the EdTA (or withdraw or defer your start date) and we will require you to attend an Introductory meeting after which you will confirm your enrolment. We recommend that you receive approval from your line manager or supervisor(s) before confirming your enrolment, as CPD should be considered in your annual workload planning.

Planning for your EdTA

If you are on the waiting list or planning your long-term CPD, there are many things that you can do to prepare for a fellowship. Here is a list of four actionable steps to plan and prepare:

1 - Review the professional standards framework (PSF)

• Read the Advance HE Professional Standards Framework (PSF) which describes the professional practice and assessment criteria that guides the EdTA adjudication panel
• Watch the PSF Dimension Deep Dive video series available through Media Hopper which walks you through a detailed description and examples for each of the 15 dimensions. Please note that you will need to sign into Media Hopper before you can access the playlist.

2 - Engage in critically reflective and scholarly teaching

• When planning and enacting teaching and support for learning activities, you can use reflective techniques to query and consider how you are teaching (or leading teachers) and the impact it is having on others. Good topics of reflection include student and teacher behaviours, attitudes, and performance.
• Engage in scholarship of teaching and learning activities and join the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Network to support your understanding of the extensive body of knowledge within education. 

3 - Gather evidence of ‘good practice’

• In all of your active learning and teaching projects or roles, take the time each semester to ethically gather formal or informal feedback from your students or colleagues about your performance and aims. 
• See our guidance document below which describes what we consider to be evidence of ‘good practice’ in teaching and supporting learning. 
• If you’ve not evaluated your teaching or support for learning before, please take a look at our guidance document below on collecting informal feedback. 

EdTA guidance document - What is good evidence?

EdTA guidance document - evaluating your teaching

4 - Engage in other CPD opportunities

• Look for other opportunities (e.g., workshops, seminars, short courses) to learn more about learning and teaching 
• The IAD and Information Services (IS) have a wide range of training and networks and suited to your interests and your expertise.

Institute for Academic Development (IAD) - workshops and events

Information Services (IS) - Learning Technology