The National Teaching Fellowships Scheme was launched earlier this year by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Department for Higher and Further Education Training and Employment in Northern Ireland. The scheme is designed to recognise and reward individual academics who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and support for learning. This is a high profile scheme that will not only reward teaching excellence but will also serve to raise the profile of teaching and learning across the sector.
Fellowships are open to nominees from all Higher Education Institutions in England and Northern Ireland and to nominees from Further Education Institutions in England that meet HEFCE-established criteria. Each eligible institution was invited to select one candidate as its nominee for the award and the institutional nominations were judged by a National Advisory Panel chaired by Sir Martin Harris Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester.
