Fellowship of the HEA

Recognition of your expertise

Fellowship (FHEA) brings you a range of benefits:

• Consolidate personal development and evidence of professional practice in your higher education career;
• Demonstrate commitment to teaching, learning and the student experience, through engagement in a practical process that encourages research, reflection and development;
• Fellowship is increasingly sought by employers across the higher education sector as a condition of appointment and promotion;
• For individuals, to identify their expertise with the entitlement to use post-nominal letters – FHEA;
• Recognised and valued by a growing number of international institutions.

To achieve Fellowship of the HEA (now Advance HE) you need to evidence descriptor 2 (D2) of the UKPSF

Getting started:

Go here to download your application pack and start your online application (you can take as long as you like over the completion of it). You will need to apply online by creating a MyAcademy account. Full details and guidance about how to apply can be obtained by requesting an information pack.

What happens if my submission is not successful?

If your submission is unsuccessful, you will be given detailed feedback by the panel that will support and enable you to resubmit your application once more without further payment. You will have one month to revise and resubmit your application. If upon resubmission you are unsuccessful, you will need to re-apply and this will incur a further cost