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Teaching and learning for student and institutional success

Sharing good practice and development to support the achievement of sustainable teaching excellence.

Teaching and learning is coming under increasing scrutiny from regulatory bodies around the world. Measures on student retention and graduate outcomes are in sharper focus and in some cases being linked to funding of programmes and courses. Sectors around the world are placing greater emphasis on teaching excellence to meet these metrics and to support national demands for a highly skilled workforce and internationalisation of higher education.

We help to develop and deliver transformational and sustainable strategies, build capacity and capability to improve performance for organisations, teams and individuals, and tailor our solutions to meet your priorities and those of the wider sector.

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Why work with Advance HE?

By working with Advance HE we can support you to:

  • Develop country-wide systems and initiatives to drive teaching excellence
  • Improve student retention and graduate outcomes including employability
  • Climb world rankings by improving key metrics
  • Design curricula and programmes which promote an inclusive student experience
  • Deliver against strategic goals
  • Understand and improve student and other key stakeholder perceptions
  • Understand your strengths and weaknesses
  • Develop your staff to be world-class teaching and learning practitioners
  • Increase your reach in the local and international economy.
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Solutions

Teaching and Learning Strategy Review

Advance HE can provide an external perspective on your Teaching and Learning Strategy supporting you to deliver on your own vision and mission.
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Curriculum Reviews

An Advance HE expert can work with your institutional teams using our Curriculum Review Tool (CRT) to evaluate and support the development of curricula that drive student and institutional success.
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Support aligned to PROCEED metrics

Advance HE is here to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses and to develop strategies to improve your students’ outcomes against key sector benchmarks.
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Fellowship and Accreditation Services

Providing institutions with guidance through the accreditation process and building fellowship communities.
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Certificate in Learning and Teaching in HE

The programme offers a flexible, evidence-based and sustainable solution for the development of university-level teachers.
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Teaching Skills Masterclass

The programme is aimed at exposing staff to new approaches in teaching and learning in higher education.
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Academic Leadership Programme

The programme is designed to develop effective heads of department and heads of academic sections with an emphasis on future leadership.
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Change Impact Programmes

Change Impact Programmes provide a collaborative space for institutions to drive transformational and lasting change.
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Institutional Development for External Examining

Preparing participants to be knowledgeable, competent and confident facilitators of the Personal Development for External Examiners course for their own institution.
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ChangeBusters workshop

The ChangeBusters workshop aims to support those tasked with building evaluation literacy in HE organisations.
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Supporting Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) success

Advance HE can support institutions to develop their narratives and address challenges and opportunities related to a TEF submission.
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Student Surveys

Understand and enhance the student academic experience and student engagement with Advance HE's student surveys.
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Do you have a specific challenge you need a solution for?

If you have a specific challenge you are looking to tackle with external support, our expert team can support you in understanding your data, developing strategies and solutions, bringing stakeholders along the journey and measuring impact. Our Student Success Framework Series forms the basis of our solutions, helping you benchmark your practices against the sector and develop competitive models of world-class teaching and learning.

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Our experts

Working with us means drawing on the expertise of highly experienced colleagues who are active leaders in their fields with significant track records in supporting institutions to deliver their objectives. We also work with a vast group of highly experienced and skilled associates.

Charles Knight

Assistant Director, Knowledge & Innovation
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Advance HE
Charles Knight
Charles is an academic leader with a proven track record of delivery in the areas of learning teaching and enterprise. Before joining Advance HE, he was Associate Dean (Student Experience) at Salford Business School where he worked with colleagues to introduce a series of innovative practices including short technical qualifications, block teaching and an increased emphasis on the use of simulations and experimental learning.

Dr Kay Hack (PFHEA)

Lead Consultant (Education)
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Advance HE
Dr Kay Hack
Kay leads a team of senior consultants to deliver a range of services to the HE sector to support strategic leadership and change in HEIs.

Stuart Norton, PFHEA

Senior Consultant, Education
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Advance HE
Stuart Norton
Stuart has over 18 years’ experience within higher education with extensive experience in designing and developing strategic, institutional-wide change. In his role as Senior Consultant, Education at Advance HE, he focuses on both thought leadership and providing evidence-based solutions to support institutions, educators and students.

Juliette Morgan

Senior Consultant (Student Success)
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Advance HE
Juliette Morgan
Juliette Morgan is a National Teaching Fellow and Collaborative Excellence Award winner. Juliette’s current role is Senior Consultant (student success) with Advance HE. Her interests include student success, mental health and wellbeing, student enablement and leadership in Higher Education.

John Sumpter

Senior Consultant in Education
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Advance HE
John Sumpter
As a senior consultant, he has an impressive track record of driving positive change at the international, national, and government levels. With an extensive work experience that includes tenure at three universities and two national sector organizations, Jisc and Advance HE.

Professor Mark O Hara

Senior Consultant, Education
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Advance HE
Mark O'Hara
Professor Mark O’Hara is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a National Teaching Fellow and a winner of the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence in the UK. Mark is a former Chair of the UK’s CATE-Network and has over 30 years’ experience leading educational change in a wide variety of roles including undergraduate and postgraduate programme leadership, Head of Student Experience, Associate Dean for Learning, Teaching and Academic Quality and Associate PVC (Education).

Vic Stephenson

Senior Consultant - Education
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Advance HE
Vic Stephenson
Vic is a Senior Consultant at Advance HE, designing and delivering support and training on inclusive pedagogy approaches and leading a range of collaborative projects to enhance quality, student experience and outcomes. She has over 25 years of experience in education as a teacher, teacher trainer, academic manager and assessment specialist. Vic’s main interests are in international education, inclusive curricula and assessment design and technology-enhanced learning.

Jonathan Neves

Head of Business Intelligence & Surveys
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Advance HE
Jonathan-Neves
Jonathan joined Advance HE in 2015, bringing with him 16 years’ experience in customer insight and market research. Jonathan graduated from the University of Liverpool with a degree in Geography, and is a full member of the Market Research Society. Heading up the insights and student surveys portfolio at Advance HE, Jonathan is co-author of the Advance HE-HEPI Student Academic Experience Survey report, and is responsible for the overall strategy for the UK Engagement Survey as well as the Postgraduate Taught and Research Experience Surveys (PTES and PRES). Jonathan has also worked across the sector collaborating on the use of the UK Engagement Survey within Learning Gain pilots.
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Project Success Stories

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Useful resources and links

Advance HE is committed to producing and sharing news, guidance, research, publications, resources and toolkits to support teaching and learning in higher education. Take a look at our Teaching and Learning guidance pages where these are collated.

Our latest resources include:

 

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