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National Teaching Fellowship

Celebrating outstanding individual impact The National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) Scheme celebrates and recognises individuals who have made an outstanding impact on student outcomes and the teaching profession in higher education.

COVID-19 update

The deadline for the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) was Wednesday 18 March 2020.

Due to the number of nominations received for NTFS and the deadline having passed, the timeline for NTFS applications remains unchanged.

Please get in touch if you have any questions about this approach or would like to discuss an application by contacting NTFS@advance-he.ac.uk.  

In 2018, the scheme opened to members of staff from all providers of higher education across the four nations of the UK. Institutions can nominate up to three individuals per annum.

The award has been running since 2000 and there are now over 915 National Teaching Fellows, with up to 55 individuals receiving the award each year. On gaining the award, fellows play an ongoing role in enhancing teaching and learning within their institution, the HE sector and further afield.

The scheme is organised and run by Advance HE.

2019 NTF Winners

Meet the 2019 NTF winners.

 View winner profiles

Insight into the award criteria video series

We have created a set of videos to guide you through the award criteria for the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme.

 See the videos

Benefits of becoming a National Teaching Fellow

Gaining a National Teaching Fellowship has a number of benefits for individuals and their institutions.

Benefits to individuals Benefits to institutions
Achieving a National Teaching Fellowship is widely recognised in higher education within the UK as well as internationally as a mark of quality. Offers an extension to university wide individual recognition schemes, as a means to raise the status of teaching and instil pride in the profession and student outcomes.
The award can help ‘open doors’ to new academic or career opportunities. Showcases the institution’s support of individual teaching excellence and the impact this has on student outcomes.
Award winners join a national community of like-minded professionals who are passionate about teaching excellence. Enables staff to cross boundaries, collaborating with colleagues in other disciplines and areas of work, across institutions nationally and internationally

The Association of National Teaching Fellows

New NTFs will automatically become members of the Association of National Teaching Fellows (ANTF). This is an active community working to further the impact of the scheme. New NTFs will have the opportunity to meet and collaborate with other fellows through ANTF events and associated work to further their impact, both individually and collectively.

 Find out more about the ANTF

Past winners

National Teaching Fellows must demonstrate evidence of:

  • Individual excellence: of enhancing and transforming student outcomes and/or the teaching profession, demonstrating impact commensurate with the individual’s context and the opportunities afforded by it.
  • Raising the profile of excellence: of supporting colleagues and influencing support for student learning and/or the teaching profession; demonstrating impact and engagement beyond the nominee’s immediate academic or professional role.
  • Developing excellence: of the nominee’s commitment to and impact of ongoing professional development with regard to teaching and learning and/or learning support.

If you would like to gain some inspiration and find out more about past winners review the Directory of NTFs below.

 National Teaching Fellows 2019
NTFS 20th Anniversary

NTFS is 20!

This year marks the 20th anniversary of NTFS. More than 900 National Teaching Fellowships have been awarded since 2000 and to mark this momentous occasion we are celebrating by hearing from NTFS winners from the last 20 years!

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