In a rapidly evolving higher education landscape, teaching and learning professionals face increasing demands—from rising student expectations to growing regulatory pressures and workforce uncertainty. Now more than ever, academic staff and institutions must be equipped to adapt, lead, and sustain educational excellence.
Advance HE’s Educational Excellence portfolio is designed to help you respond confidently to these challenges. Whether you're an early-career academic or an experienced educator, our programmes and events provide targeted, practical support to elevate your practice, develop your team, and enhance the student learning experience.
What we offer
Our dynamic portfolio spans workshops, leadership programmes, webinars, and development events—all underpinned by research and sector-wide expertise. These opportunities help you to:
- Strengthen curriculum design and pedagogy for relevance and resilience
- Respond to student needs across transitions, engagement, and inclusion
- Embed employability and enterprise into learning and assessment
- Advance sustainable teaching practices aligned with institutional values
- Develop strategic leadership in learning and teaching
Each programme is shaped by sector insights and your feedback, ensuring relevance to the real-world pressures and opportunities facing educators today.
Conferences
Programmes
Personal Development Course for External Examiners
The only UK training of its kind, developed with HE providers through the OfS-funded Degree Standards project.
This course supports aspiring, new, and experienced external examiners to:
- Understand and confidently fulfil the role in line with the UK Quality Code
- Deepen their knowledge of academic standards and professional judgement
- Apply evidence-based approaches to ensure fair, transparent assessment and enhance student learning
New to Teaching
This flexible online programme from Advance HE is designed for university staff who are new to teaching in higher education or want to build confidence in today’s dynamic learning environments. You’ll gain a strong foundation in inclusive, evidence-informed teaching practice while exploring current digital pedagogies and tools that help you support and engage students effectively, wherever and however they’re learning.
Next cohort starts 6 October 2025
Enhancing Programme Leadership
Lead with confidence. Shape the future of learning.
Designed for those steering teaching and learning at departmental or divisional level, this dynamic virtual programme equips programme leaders—new or experienced—with the confidence, skills, and strategies to thrive.
Tackling the real-world challenges of academic leadership, it offers practical tools, peer connection, and fresh insights to help you lead effectively, drive programme success, and make a lasting impact.
Teaching and Learning Symposia
Our Teaching and Learning Symposia provide teaching practitioners with access to an open and supportive environment and valuable peer network to share and discuss contemporary practice and initiatives.
Each event focuses on thematic areas of interest within teaching and learning and are for anyone wishing to improve their knowledge of the latest teaching pedagogies and upskill their practice in key areas. They enable participants to develop a principled, evidence-informed approach to devising subsequent support and guidance for change in enhancing student success in HE.
- Assessment and Feedback Symposium 2025 - 4 November 2025
- Educational Excellence Symposium 2025 - 9 December 2025
- Artificial Intelligence Symposium 2026 - 10 February 2026
- Employability Symposium 2026 - 10 March 2026
- Inclusive Pedagogy Symposium 2026 - 19 May 2026
Find out more about our full range of Teaching and Learning Symposia
Supporting Your Journey to Fellowship
Recognising your teaching excellence. Supporting your professional growth.
Advance HE offers a range of programmes designed to guide and support you through the process of applying for Fellowship—whether you're just starting out or ready to gain recognition for your experience and impact in higher education.
Our support helps you to understand the Professional Standards Framework (PSF), reflect meaningfully on your practice, and prepare a strong, evidence-based application for Associate, Fellow, Senior, or Principal Fellowship.
Through structured guidance, expert feedback, and peer interaction, we’ll help you navigate each step of the journey with confidence—translating your everyday teaching and learning experiences into a compelling case for professional recognition.
Discover our programmes aligned to the categories of Fellowship:
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