The Keele Institute for Innovation and Teaching Excellence (KIITE) is delighted to announce that 31 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 reflection on core areas of practice in higher education teaching with level 7 critical study, and is accredited by AdvanceHE.

Congratulations to the following members of staff:

• Naomi Forrester-Soto – Associate Fellow
• Daouda Traore – Associate Fellow
• Emma Allen - Fellow
• David Bloor - Fellow
• Sioned Haf Davies - Fellow
• Pooya Davoodi - Fellow
• Roberto Galizi - Fellow
• Yolanda Gomez Galvez - Fellow
• Cosma Gottardi - Fellow
• Donna Holdcroft - Fellow
• Rohan Kapitany - Fellow
• Tom Kingstone - Fellow
• Dmitry Kishkinev - Fellow
• Joseph Kwong - Fellow
• Jian Liu - Fellow
• Kim Lund - Fellow
• Anthony Lyons - Fellow
• Jaime Mumvuri - Fellow
• Caroline Nichol - Fellow
• Dale Nixon - Fellow
• Heather Owen - Fellow
• Abigail Pearson - Fellow
• Abigail Rutter - Fellow
• Clare Smith - Fellow
• Simon Trent - Fellow
• Chaowei Wang - Fellow
• Peter Wootton - Fellow
• Xinyu Yu - Fellow
• Ram Bajpai - Fellow
• Ilaria Russo - Fellow
• Pauline Cooke - Fellow

Dr Filippo Nereo, Associate Director in the Keele Institute for Innovation and Teaching Excellence, comments:

"Congratulations to all our alumni and new HEA Fellows, who are already applying what they have learnt to the classroom and playing a key role in enhancing teaching and learning at Keele."

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