This resource will introduce learning and teaching staff, both academic and professional, to the Advance HE Fellowship scheme.

Advance HE Fellowships at ACU

Advance HE provides formal recognition of professional practice in higher education teaching and learning support, through awarding Fellowships to academics, university teachers and higher education professionals. An Advance HE Fellowship can provide international, professional and peer recognition of your experience and expertise in university teaching, learning and the student experience.

ACU is an Access Partner with Advance HE. The Centre for Education and Innovation (CEI) provides support for Fellowships applications.

  • Application Fee Covered: Application fees for ACU staff applying for any category of Fellow are covered by the Centre for Education and Innovation, there is no expense to staff who complete their application with support from the CEI Fellowship Program.
  • Open to all teaching and/or learning support staff: The Advance HE Fellowship scheme is open to all staff within the University who have roles which relate to teaching and/or supporting learning, including casual academics/ tutors, educational designers, library support staff, learning advisors, and more.

Professional Standard Framework (PSF)

There are four categories of Advance HE Fellows, which align with the four Descriptors in the PSF 2023. The four categories reflect a wide range of practical educational experience:

Fellowship is awarded to university staff involved in teaching and/or supporting learning who can demonstrate evidence of practice against the relevant Descriptor across the three Dimensions of the Framework:

  1. Areas of activity (5 areas)
  2. Core Knowledge (5 areas)
  3. Professional values (5 areas)

How to apply

  • Find out more about Advance HE Fellowships by reading the information provided below and on the Advance HE website.
  • Complete the Fellowship Category Tool to assist you in selecting the most appropriate category to apply for.
  • Register your interest in the CEI Fellowships Program by completing the Fellowships at ACU EOI form. If you know of any colleagues with a fellowship, ask about their experience.

Once you have registered your interest through the EOI form, the CEI Fellowships team will contact you with more information. If you have any questions, please email Fellowships.CEI@acu.edu.au.

Applying for an Advance HE Fellowship will support you to review, develop and demonstrate your practice across the Professional Standard Framework (PSF 2023), an internationally recognised framework for benchmarking success within higher education. It does this by engaging you in a practical process that encourages research, reflection, and development.

Writing your application is itself a form of professional development and, since fellowship is awarded by peers using a validated framework, fellowship status can be used as evidence in job or promotions applications.

Advance HE Fellowship and Mentoring at ACU

At ACU we have over 115 Fellows, with representation across ACU's faculties and directorates. In Australia there are 28 institutions participating in the scheme, with approximately 6,000 fellows nationally. Internationally, there are more than 400 institutions participating with over 150,000 fellows worldwide.

ACU fellows play an important role in the Advance HE Fellowship Program at ACU. They form a network of mentors supporting and guiding ACU staff as they complete their fellowship application. Mentoring is a great way to build connections and networks and support colleagues' professional development.

Fellowship and MATCH

The MATCH (Mentoring for Academics in TeaCHing) programme allows staff to find a mentor in the teaching and learning space who is aligned with their interests, expertise, career ambitions and aspirations. ACU Fellows are encouraged to register as MATCH mentors.

If you are interested in starting your mentoring journey, complete the MATCH EOI form.

ACU fellows who are part of MATCH are highlighted in the ACU Fellows list below. ACU staff profiles can be found on the ACU staff directory.

Title

First Name

Last Name

Category
Prof Susan Dann PFHEA
Prof Mary Ryan PFHEA
A/Prof Loretta Sheppard PFHEA
Prof Zlatko Skrbis PFHEA
A/Prof Bhavani Sridharan PFHEA

Title

First Name

Last Name

Category

MATCH
A/Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman SFHEA  
Dr Adam Arian SFHEA  
A/Prof Melanie Barlow SFHEA  
Dr Kerrie Basclain SFHEA  
Dr Stewart Braun SFHEA  
Dr Susan Brooman-Jones SFHEA  
A/Prof Adam Burston SFHEA MATCH
A/Prof Jane Butler SFHEA  
A/Prof Melissa Cain SFHEA MATCH
Dr Joe Campana SFHEA MATCH
A/Prof Renata Cinelli SFHEA  
A/Prof Georgia Clarkson SFHEA  
Prof Richard Colledge SFHEA  
Dr Sharon Crosbie SFHEA  
Prof Sharon Croxford SFHEA  
A/Prof Trajce Cvetkovski SFHEA  
Mrs Mandy El Ali SFHEA  
A/Prof Francesca Fernandez SFHEA  
A/Prof Kieran Flanagan SFHEA MATCH
Dr Ann-Marie Gibson SFHEA MATCH
Dr Sue Gledhill SFHEA  
A/Prof Amanda Gutierrez SFHEA MATCH
Dr Theresa Harvey SFHEA
  
Dr Alison  Hodges  SFHEA   
A/Prof Diane  Jacobs  SFHEA   
Dr Santha James  SFHEA  MATCH
A/Prof Wendy  James  SFHEA   
A/Prof Mellita  Jones SFHEA   
Ms Sandra Leathwick SFHEA   
Dr Isabelle  Lys SFHEA  MATCH
Dr  Louise  Maddock SFHEA   
Dr  John  Mahoney  SFHEA   MATCH
Dr  Belinda  Martinac  SFHEA  
Dr  Jason  McFarland  SFHEA    
Dr  Hemant Mehta  SFHEA  
A/Prof Chrissy Monteleone SFHEA MATCH
A/Prof  Kunle  Ola  SFHEA  
Dr  John Oldroyd SFHEA  
A/Prof  Alison  Owens SFHEA MATCH 
Dr  Christian  Pitcher SFHEA  
Dr  Vikki Pollard SFHEA MATCH
Dr  Zoltan Rusznak SFHEA  
A/Prof  Tracey Sanders SFHEA MATCH
Dr  Bianca  Share SFHEA  
A/Prof  Jodi  Sita  SFHEA MATCH
Dr  Jemima  Spathis  SFHEA  
Dr  Jackie Stevens SFHEA  
A/Prof  Paul Taylor SFHEA  
Prof  Anthony Whitty SFHEA  
A/Prof  Doug Whyte SFHEA MATCH
Ms  Helena  Williams SFHEA  
A/Prof  Monica  Wong SFHEA  
Dr  Cecilia Yeboah SFHEA  
Dr  Jacqui Young SFHEA  

Title

First Name

Last Name

Category

MATCH
Ms Anna Gemmell AFHEA
Ms Kate Needham AFHEA
Mr James Sikkema AFHEA
Ms Kara Williams AFHEA
Mr Nicholas Johnson AFHEA (Indigenous)
Dr Melissa Aguey-Zinsou FHEA
Dr Nisha Antony FHEA MATCH
Mr Jason Betson FHEA
Prof Robert Carver FHEA
Dr Daniel Chalkley FHEA MATCH
Dr Brandon Cheong FHEA MATCH
Dr Rafaan Daliri-Ngametua FHEA
Dr Lily-claire Deenmamode FHEA
Dr Juan Diaz-Granados FHEA
Ms Cath Emmerson FHEA
A/Prof Syed Muhammad Fazal-e-hasan FHEA
Ms Ashleigh Finn FHEA
Dr Stephen Fisher FHEA
Ms Caitlin Fitzgibbon FHEA
Ms Jessica Florent FHEA
Mr Heath Gangell FHEA
A/Prof Johanna Harris FHEA
Mr Ahmed Hegazi FHEA
Ms Mary Huynh FHEA MATCH
Dr Liam Johnson FHEA
Dr Paula Johnston FHEA
Mr Shakir Karim FHEA
Mrs Kylie Kendrick FHEA MATCH
Dr Jeremy Koay FHEA
Dr Stephanie Kondos FHEA
Mr Michael Larkin FHEA  
Ms Stella Link FHEA  
Dr Janine Luttick FHEA
Dr Nia Luxton FHEA
Dr Peter Mahoney FHEA  
Ms Shari Maver FHEA  
Ms Shreya McLeod FHEA
Dr Beth  McLeod FHEA MATCH
Dr  Oscar Modesto FHEA
Sr Thuy-Linh  Nguyen FHEA
Dr  Felix  Orole FHEA MATCH
Dr Jon Piccini FHEA 
Dr  Antonia  Pizzey  FHEA   
Mr Adam Sattar FHEA   
Dr  Rhonda  Siu FHEA   
Mrs  Hema Soundranayagam FHEA  
Dr  Margot Strohminger FHEA   
Dr  Bill  Swannie FHEA  
Mr  Alastair Tomkins FHEA   
Dr  Franki Tse FHEA   
Dr  Kerry Ttofari FHEA   
Mr Benjamin Weir FHEA   
Dr Alyse Wilcox FHEA  
Mrs Natalie Windsor FHEA  
Dr Murooj Yousef FHEA

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