Could you become a National Teaching Fellow?
- Do you get lots of positive feedback from your students and/or colleagues?
- Have you had notable successes in your teaching practice?
- Do you influence your colleagues or your profession/discipline beyond SHU?
If you can show evidence of these things you may have a claim to excellence. This is a very competitive scheme but if you can show that your practice is outstanding, having transformational effects on your learners, you may be a suitable candidate for the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS).
The NTFS celebrates outstanding achievement in learning and teaching in Higher Education. A National Teaching Fellowship award carries the entitlement to use the post nominals ‘NTF’ and has significant prestige in the HE sector. Successful candidates are expected to engage in a number of promotional events as an ambassador of the scheme by supporting the on-going enhancement of learning and teaching. You would also join an active community of passionate and enthusiastic professionals working to enhance learning and teaching in HE.
The scheme is open to members of staff from all providers of higher education across the UK. Please note that your context is taken into account regarding the range and scope of impact you can be expected to have, which means the award is open to those working in non-teaching academic and professional roles as well as those in academic roles.
As an eligible institution, Sheffield Hallam can nominate up to three individuals per year.
Applying to be an NTF
A case is made for excellence focussed on three criteria:
- Individual excellence: How you are enhancing and transforming the student learning experience.
- Raising the profile of excellence: How you support colleagues and influence support for student learning and demonstrate impact and engagement beyond your immediate academic or professional role.
- Developing Excellence: The ways in which you engage in professional development activities and how these have impacted on how you teach and/or the students’ learning experience
Submission process
If you are interested in finding out more about the NTF award, our development and support programme, and the submission process, please email talent@shu.ac.uk to arrange an initial 1:1 conversation.
