Associate Fellow
At the LSE, Associate Fellowship is principally aimed at staff who play a role in supporting students or who indirectly support student learning, such as by contributing to the development of learning activities or materials, aspects of student support, or staff support. It is for staff who are relatively new to these roles and/or for whom supporting learning is a relatively limited or specific part of your role. It is not role dependent; the Eden Fellows team can work with you to explore whether you have sufficient evidence of appropriate teaching and/or support for learning practice to make a successful application.
For early career academics, such as Graduate Teaching Assistants, you might wish to consider registering for the Principles of Teaching in Higher Education (PoTHE), a taught programmes which provide a thorough insight into some of the foundations teaching in Higher Education. Associate Fellowship is awarded on successful completion of PoTHE.
Fellow
At the LSE, Fellowship is principally aimed at staff who play a role in supporting students or who indirectly support student learning, such as by contributing to the development of learning activities or materials or aspects of student support. Fellowship is the appropriate category of fellowship to professionally recognise individuals from a wide variety of different contexts with substantive responsibilities to support HE learning and whose practice with learners has ‘breadth and depth’. It is not role dependent; the Eden Fellows team can work with you to explore whether you have sufficient evidence of appropriate teaching and or/support for learning practice to make a successful application.
For early career academics, such as Graduate Teaching Assistants, Fellows or newly appointed Assistant Professors, the Eden Fellowship route is not LSE’s recommended route to Fellowship. Instead, depending on experience, you should register for either the Principles of Teaching in Higher Education (PoTHE) or the Post-Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCertHE), taught programmes which provide a thorough insight into teaching in Higher Education. Successful completion of the PGCertHE is a requirement of probation for academic staff and also results in Fellowship. Associate Fellowship of the HEA is awarded on successful completion of PoTHE. At the LSE, Fellowship might be appropriate for experienced Academic staff who have taught at other institutions but do not hold Fellowship, or whose roles are more research-focused. You are welcome to contact us to discuss your individual circumstances.
Senior Fellow
At the LSE, Senior Fellowship is aimed at experienced Academic and Professional Services staff whose comprehensive understanding and effective practice provides a basis from which they lead or influence the learning and teaching practices of others (peers, colleagues, mentees, etc.) who teach and/or support high-quality learning. Leadership can occur in a variety of ways: through formal and informal mentoring and support, management, and advisory roles. Senior Fellows should be able to demonstrate a research-informed and evidence-based scholarly approach to their practice as a basis for their leadership of effective practice.
Senior Fellows lead and influence academic practice and higher education learning in many different settings. Working with and through ‘others’ (e.g. colleagues, peers, mentees, etc.) they operate to support, guide and initiate change or lead / influence enhancement of practice in a wide range of global contexts. Their contribution is effective, benefitting students and their learning experiences in a variety of ways.
Senior Fellowship is not role dependent and there are many different contexts in which you might be leading and/or influencing the practice of others; the Eden Fellows team can work with you to explore whether you have sufficient evidence of appropriate teaching and or/support for learning practice to make a successful application.