How the SEDA values changed from FSEDA to SFSEDA

Last year, I was part of the cohort that went through SEDA’s Senior Fellowship programme. My wonderful mentor, Ruth Pilkington, suggested that I go back to my SEDA Fellow portfolio I wrote a few years prior, and reflect on how my interpretation of the SEDA values had changed over the course of my journey from academic developer to academic development leader. I found this tremendously helpful, and as the new Senior Fellow Scheme Lead, it is something that I would encourage everyone who is considering Senior Fellowship to do.

Finding the I: ‘Doing a Good Job Well – Being Recognised as an Experienced, Professional Teacher in HE’: A SEDA Special

The UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) was launched in 2011 to articulate expectations of those who teach or support learning in higher education. Since publication is has become the benchmark against which many institutional and sector-wide schemes of teaching recognition are measured. The SEDA Special ‘Doing a Good Job Well – Being Recognised as an Experienced, Professional Teacher in HE’ investigates how to engage with the UKPSF. Through five chapters it examines different aspects, with a particular focus on how to make the case for ‘Descriptor 3’.