The Keele Institute for Innovation and Teaching Excellence (KIITE) is delighted to announce that 43 members of staff at Keele University have recently been awarded Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), as part of their Masters in Higher Education Practice (MA HEP).

HEA Fellowship provides recognition of professionalism in learning and teaching in higher education, and evidence of commitment to continuing academic development. Across the four categories of fellowship, from Associate to Principal, individuals are recognised for their practice, impact and leadership of teaching and learning.

Keele’s MA HEP, delivered by KIITE, is a course specifically designed to support staff to develop and explore their academic practice as an educator and researcher in UK Higher Education. The programme combines core practice in Higher Education teaching and research with level 7 critical study, and is bench-marked to sector-wide practice, and the teaching part of the course is accredited by AdvanceHE and enables colleagues to obtain Fellowship of the HEA. Successful completion of the modules Teaching Reflectively in Higher Education, and Design and Development in Higher Education, lead to HEA Associate Fellow or Fellow awards, respectively.

Congratulations to the following members of staff:

• John Wootton – Associate Fellow
• Nahla Alhafez – Associate Fellow
• Juliana Abreu Da Silva Morbec – Fellow
• Marcelo Andrade de Lima – Fellow
• Phillip Andrews – Fellow
• Lucinda Archer – Fellow
• Mick Baker – Fellow
• Nilanthy Balakrishnan – Fellow
• Laura Chambers – Fellow
• Sarah Cooper – Fellow
• Kerri Douglas – Fellow
• Emma Edwards – Fellow
• Helen Franklin – Fellow
• Nicholas Garnett – Fellow
• Vinoj George – Fellow
• Bernadette Grannon – Fellow
• Rachel Gray – Fellow
• Charlene Greenwood – Fellow
• Georgina Handley – Fellow
• Emily Hardy – Fellow
• Miriam Hattle – Fellow
• Chris Hawes – Fellow
• Simon Jacklin – Fellow
• Sam Jones – Fellow
• Jay Kirkham – Fellow
• Cheryl Scully – Fellow
• Christina Magkoufopoulou – Fellow
• Bappaditya Mandal – Fellow
• Peter Matthews – Fellow
• Courtney Mycroft-West – Fellow
• Marco Ortolani – Fellow
• Veronika Pramukova – Fellow
• Ashley Stephen – Fellow
• Ezgi Tascioglu – Fellow
• John Taylor – Fellow
• Nuria Terron Canedo – Fellow
• Rachel Treloar – Fellow
• Angie Turner – Fellow
• Nicholas Wright – Fellow
• David Walker – Fellow
• Ella Maysami – Fellow
• Alice Moult – Fellow
• Adam Moolna - Fellow

Robert Stannard, Director, MA Higher Education Practice comments:

"Congratulations to all those colleagues completing the course and gaining Fellowship of the HEA. Not only is it a great individual achievement, but the practices colleagues have developed during their time on the programme will be of huge benefit to the students they teach and will impact the development of learning and teaching of the teams and schools in which they work"

To find out more about the MA HEP offered through the Keele Institute for Innovation and Teaching Excellence, visit the MA HEP website or contact KIITE via kiite@keele.ac.uk