Advance HE reaches 150,000 teaching and learning fellows milestone

Dr Jing Guo is a Lecturer in Nutritional Biochemistry at the University of Northampton. She is our 150,000th fellow after successfully applying for Fellowship through an accredited programme as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Reading. She said: "I am delighted that I have achieved Fellowship from Advance HE! This excellent recognition inspires me to develop further my own teaching practice and pursue a full Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice."

James Else, Head of Postgraduate Studies at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance is also a new Fellow. He said, “I found it really valuable to take time to reflect on my teaching skills and how I can develop a pedagogical approach which speaks to the demands of higher education, the profession and the creative possibilities of being an artist today.  

"Becoming a teaching and learning Fellow helped enable me to focus on these often conflicting demands and consider how best to continue to develop the excellence at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance.”

Ellen Spender is a Senior Lecturer at Swansea University and new Senior Fellow. She said, "Achieving Senior Fellowship is an honour, the completion of which enabled me to focus on my successful teaching strategies and broadened my awareness of my responsibilities to optimise the student experience.   

"The completion of my Fellowship equipped me with a heightened awareness of pedagogical issues and enabled me to develop techniques which enhanced my teaching. It enabled me to become a ‘reflective practitioner’ by holding discussions with my colleagues, students and through peer observations which encouraged me to reflect on the apparent success of my strategies, placing positive student engagement at the forefront of my teaching to promote active learning."