The member benefits for this year are shaped through consultative conversations with our members, and our strategic advisory groups. We’ve heard that members would value support in:
This year, we’ve heard clearly that members would value support in:
- responding to the combined impact of AI, the cost of living crisis and student engagement in a post-pandemic context
- promoting a strong sense of belonging and addressing retention
- understanding and responding to changes and challenges in the regulatory environment
- attracting, retaining and rewarding talented staff with progressive pathways
- growing a shared leadership of EDI and developing cultural competence
- balancing research and teaching and building a positive research culture.
Find out what member benefits are available to your institution
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Affiliate Membership for HE Providers in the UK
Affiliate Membership of Advance HE gives you access to world-leading services which help you shape your future in today’s highly competitive HE and FE market. Learn more about how we support our college-based members in this leaflet.
Our team's enthusiasm lies in enhancing the benefits offered to affiliate members. They play a pivotal role in refining member benefits, ensuring that each affiliate member derives meaningful value from their affiliation with the organisation.
The challenges facing HEIs are greater today than they have ever been. Advance HE has successfully developed, facilitated and supported networks and opportunities that have given HEI leadership and governance teams the confidence and know-how to grapple an ever changing environment in an effective and transformative way.”Professor Peter McCaffery Vice Chancellor, Royal Agricultural University.
Head of Membership (Tertiary) - Affiliate Members
Karen is the Head of Membership for Advance HE's College Based HE, Small and Specialists and Independent providers in England and Wales, supporting across all aspects of Advance HE membership helping increase engagement and value.
Karen joined Advance HE in November 2018 as an Executive within the Commercial Support / Business Development Team. Having spent 3 years working with the Membership Team to support our members with bespoke programmes and consultancy, as well as leading on a series of consultative studies across our governance and Chief Operating Officer communities to improve Advance HE’s offer. Since becoming the Head of Membership, Karen has prioritised increasing member engagement through driving forward initiatives such as the College Based HE Network and Pilot for Race Equality Charter for Small, Specialist and Independant Providers.
Membership Executive
Peace is the Membership Executive at Advance HE, a role through which she supports College-based and small and specialist Higher Education institutions in England and Wales. Working closely alongside Karen Taylor, the Head of Membership (Tertiary), Peace takes a proactive approach to providing valuable assistance and resources to affiliate members. With prior experience in the student movement sphere, Peace brings a wealth of knowledge in academic representation and fostering student engagement.
At Advance HE, Peace's enthusiasm lies in enhancing the benefits offered to affiliate members. Peace plays a pivotal role in refining member benefits, ensuring that each affiliate member derives meaningful value from their affiliation with the organisation.
Working with you
Our ‘working with you’ member benefits facilitate collaboration, co-creation and understanding amongst our member base, supporting you to overcome the challenges of the modern HE and FE sector in the UK.
Global Themes
Supporting and working collaboratively with our members to meet key areas of challenge.
Innovative Practice Grants
Support for our Small, Specialist, Independent and College-Based HE members from within the UK in sharing good practice and impactful initiatives.
Collaborative Development Fund
Project funding supports the development of our members by addressing key sector challenges together.
Digital development
We are developing a series of self-directed e-learning modules on Academic Integrity and introduction to HE, with a view to launching by the end of 2023.
Dedicated Advance HE Contact
Your Membership Manager is a sounding-board with strategic understanding of your context, stakeholders and objectives.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advice Service
Only available in the UK, the Advice Service provides support and guidance on policy, practice and concerns.
Governance expertise
We have supported the sector for 20 years, providing members with a wealth of resources and consultancy support enabling effective governance.
Publications, projects and resources
Exclusive access to the latest practical support from Advance HE and a bank of over 8,400 resources.
Student Surveys
Understand and enhance the student academic experience with discounted access to surveys.
Strategic Advisory Groups
Member-led groups ensure that we develop member benefits in the areas that deliver the most value to you.
Connecting our members
Connect with your sector peers to share knowledge, insight and guidance via face-to-face events and online networks.
CBHE Network
The CBHE Network brings together practitioners to share practice and collaborate on the challenges and complexities of College based HE.
DVC/PVC Network
The Advance HE DVC/PVC Network is a highly valued and influential community of DVCs, PVCs and equivalent senior leaders with a brief for teaching and learning.
Provost/DVC Network
The Advance HE Provost / DVC Network formed in late 2022 and is a community of Provosts, DVCs, Vice Principals and equivalent senior leaders in higher education who have roles which are institution-wide and not attached to a specific portfolio.
Advance HE Connect
Advance HE Connect is an online community of practice exclusively for the higher and further education sector with over 19,000 participants from around the world.
Accredited Programme Leader Network
This dedicated network hosted within Advance HE Connect provides an opportunity for all those leading and managing accredited provisions to connect.
Strengthening your membership
These member benefits address the big challenges facing the sector as a whole, delivering modern frameworks for institutional and individual recognition, and evidence-based, accessible solutions fit for the rapidly evolving sector environment.
Leadership Survey and Framework
Using the unique evidence base created by the survey, we will work with members to explore the development of a framework that articulates the dimensions that contribute to effective leadership.
Student Success Framework Series
Our research-informed Student Success Framework Series will see the final stages of the review and the launch of the redesigned frameworks in the coming year.
Equality Charters
Work has begun on a pilot to develop the Race Equality Charter for small and specialist institutions.
Celebrating and recognising success
We bring people together to recognise and celebrate the outstanding contribution colleagues from our member institutions make to education.
Teaching Excellence Awards
The members-only National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS), and the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) showcase the impact of individuals and teams.
Fellowship
Fellowship demonstrates a personal and institutional commitment to professionalism in teaching and learning.
Discounted access
- 50% discount on all fees related to direct Fellowship applications for individual members of staff
- 25% discount on our wide portfolio of programmes, conferences and events developed to meet the needs of specific career stages
- 10% member discount on bespoke consultancy services which support institutions to shape and deliver their strategic priorities
- The discounted total price of £2,625 which covers UKES, PTES and PRES Student Surveys