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:
- Improve student retention and graduate outcomes including employability
- 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 reachin the local and international economy.
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.
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.
Stuart Norton, PFHEA
Head of Educational Excellence
Stuart has over 20 years’ experience within higher education with extensive experience in designing and developing strategic, institutional-wide change. In his role as Head of Educational Excellence at Advance HE, he focuses on both thought leadership and providing evidence-based solutions to support institutions, educators and students.
Professor Mark O’Hara
Senior Consultant, Education
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
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
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.
Project Success Stories
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 Educational Excellence guidance pages where these are collated.
Our latest resources include:
- Essential Frameworks for Enhancing Student Success
- Student Success Framework Series Review and Redesign
- Student Academic Experience Survey
- Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning in higher education 2023
- Postgraduate Research Experience Survey
- Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey
