There are different opportunities for academic staff who are new to the University and/or new to teaching in HE in general.

Postgraduate Certificate Teaching in Higher Education

The course aims to develop an evidence-based, reflective, and critical approach to learning, teaching, and assessment in Higher Education. It leads to Advance HE Fellowship status via the University’s framework for continuing professional development (TALENT) and it is led by staff from the Sheffield Institute of Education. It is for academic staff who do not hold a teaching qualification in higher education and there are limited places each year. Find out more about the Postgraduate Certificate Teaching in Higher Education.

Academic Induction Framework

The Sheffield Hallam Academic Induction Framework (AIF) is a professional development offer for academic teaching staff who have joined the University within the last three years. The Framework is part of the wider Academic Development Pathways for all staff who teach at Hallam.

The phase one sessions comprise 10 taught sessions and 4 short, online modules, which have been developed by the Academic Development and Inclusion team in collaboration with other partners across the University.

We are hosting these phase one sessions throughout Semester 1 2024/25, and we invite you to enrol!

Sessions are also open to staff who have been here longer than 3 years although priority will be given to newcomers.

The sessions can be completed in any order, and you can take part in as many or as few as you wish. Look at our AIF: Phase 1 sessions below for more details.

We are also conducting an on-going academic induction review which seeks to improve our new starter academic induction materials.