Higher education is experiencing unprecedented challenges driven by changing student needs, technological transformations, government regulations and financial constraints.
Students are at the heart of our teaching and learning practices. Student success is a complex concept involving academic achievement and the transition to employment, entrepreneurship or further education.
Our portfolio of professional development opportunities aims to support you in delivering educational excellence by convening the sector to share innovative and emergent practices and resources.
Developing and recognising your pedagogy to make a positive impact
Our portfolio will help you build or refresh your pedagogy throughout your career. It offers:
- practical strategies and tools to enhance student success
- practical strategies and tools to lead relevant and impactful change
- knowledge to help develop effective curricula
- opportunities to network with like-minded peers
- opportunities for recognising your teaching and learning practices.
I think this programme would be very useful for anybody in a programme manager role, but I have particularly valued the opportunity to complete this course early on in my career as I feel much better prepared and more confident in tackling the challenges it brings.”
Ellie Thorogood, Lecturer (HE Equine), Hartpury University and Hartpury College
Teaching and Learning Conference 2025: Future-focused education: Ensuring successful student outcomes for all
1 – 3 July 2025, Sheffield, UK
Our flagship three-day conference, attracting HE practitioners involved in teaching and learning from across the globe, will provide a forum for delegates to share the latest research, project outcomes and initiatives that improve teaching and learning practice.
Upskill your practice with our programmes and events
Enhancing Programme Leadership
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Enhancing Program Leadership (Australia)
Starts 26 June 2025
Leading Educational Change Programme
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Discover excellent pedagogical practice from around the world
We bring exceptional higher education colleagues together to share practice that positively impacts student success.
Upcoming symposia
Educational Excellence Symposium 2025
20 May 2025
Leading Educational Change in Irish HE Symposium 2025
28 May 2025
Inclusive Pedagogy Symposium 2025
10 June 2025
Upcoming webinars
Student Success Through Belonging: Lessons from QUILT and Best Practice
20 May 2025
Specifically developed for colleagues in Australia
Using the Framework for Embedding Employability
21 May 2025
Using the Framework for Inclusive Learning and Teaching
23 July 2025
Recognition for your teaching excellence
Advance HE fellowship demonstrates a commitment to professionalism and provides recognition of practice, impact and leadership in teaching and learning. We have a range of services available for those seeking additional support with their fellowship applications.
Access your application guidance pack across each category of Fellowship
Have you tried our Fellowship Category Tool yet?
Our Fellowship Category Tool has been designed to help you understand which category of Fellowship most closely reflects your current practice and to reflect on your ongoing professional development and career aspirations.
Programmes to support your application
Fellowship Application Builder
A six-week online, self-directed course designed to enable individuals to use their experience of their teaching and supporting learning practice in higher education to develop a direct application for Fellowship (D2).
Senior Fellowship Support Programme
This programme, led by an experienced PSF 2023 Consultant, will support you to develop an application for Senior Fellowship in a structured way over 12 weeks, as part of a cohort.
UK and Europe cohort: 7 July – 22 September 2025
Senior Fellowship Writing Retreats
The online Advance HE Senior Fellow Writing Retreat is an invaluable opportunity to take some time and space to progress your application to become a Senior Fellow, receiving expert analysis and feedback in the process.
Next cohorts:
Principal Fellow Record of Strategic Educational Impact Support Sessions
These virtual one-to-one sessions are designed to support colleagues who are completing their Principal Fellow direct application (Descriptor 4 of the PSF 2023), and who need more guidance on the Record of Strategic Educational Impact (RSEI) element. Find out more.
Principal Fellowship Support Programme
This programme, led by an experienced PSF 2023 Consultant, will support you to develop an application for Senior Fellowship in a structured way over 12 weeks, as part of a cohort.
Explore our latest resources, reports and publications
With over 20 years of resources to access and as convener of current thinking, knowledge and insight into the key sector opportunities and challenges, Advance HE exists to help higher education shape its future. Discover our full range of resources in our Knowledge Hub.
Postgraduate Research Experience Survey 2024
The Postgraduate Research Experience Survey is conducted annually by Advance HE and provides higher education institutions with the opportunity to fully understand the experience of postgraduate researchers, both at their institution and in comparison with other similar providers. In 2024, more than 12,000 students responded from over 60 institutions in the UK and Australia.
The inclusive curriculum in higher education
This literature review makes a proportionate contribution to help practitioners, policymakers and researchers inform their own research or practice by focusing on relevant questions, issues and sources of evidence concerning the inclusive curriculum.
