Celebrating Outstanding Individual Impact

The National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) Scheme celebrates and recognises individuals who have made an outstanding impact on student outcomes and the teaching profession in higher education.

We are currently inviting colleagues to nominate themselves for consideration to be one of our three institutional award applications for 2026.

Why apply?

Up to 55 individual awards will be made in 2026 in recognition of outstanding impact. Advance HE will promote the work of all winners and showcase their contribution to student outcomes and the teaching profession. Advance HE will further enhance their national profile by inviting them to engage in a broad range of Advance HE activities, whether nationally or internationally. On gaining an award, each National Teaching Fellow (NTF) has a role in becoming an ambassador for the scheme and supporting the ongoing enhancement of learning and teaching.

Celebrating Outstanding Collaborative Impact

The Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) recognises and rewards collaborative work that has had a demonstrable impact on teaching and learning. Introduced in 2016, the scheme highlights the key role of teamwork in higher education.

We are currently inviting teams to nominate themselves to be this years institutional submission.

Why apply?

• Provides teams with national recognition and profile of their collaborative work in learning and teaching within higher education.

• Offers an extension to university wide team-based recognition schemes, as a means to raise the status of learning and teaching.

• The award can help ‘open doors’ to new collaborative or career opportunities.

• Join a national community of like-minded professionals who are passionate about collaborative approaches to teaching excellence

Guidance for NTF

Guidance for CATE

NTF Flashcards

CATE Flashcards