Connect with a global Fellowship community to explore innovative practice, share insights and enhance educational excellence for the future.
Advance HE Elevate is professional development for Fellows, by Fellows, connecting the Fellowship community to share contemporary practice, exchange insights and respond to emerging challenges in higher education through the Professional Standards Framework (PSF) 2023.
Aligned to Advance HE’s strategic priorities of maximising impact and value and developing educational excellence for the higher education of the future, Elevate supports the ongoing development of Fellows while ensuring the PSF remains contemporary, relevant and connected to emerging issues in higher education.
Advance HE Elevate explores four key themes, with two 90-minute sessions available for each theme. Each session features different presenters, offering Fellows a range of perspectives and practical insights.
Opportunities to Learn, Connect and Elevate
Explore forward-thinking approaches to teaching and learning, collaborate with peers worldwide, and access resources that support the application of practice within your own context.
Engage in continuing professional development aligned to the globally recognised PSF 2023, helping you develop, maintain and enhance effective teaching and learning practice.
Be part of a shared global conversation on educational excellence, using the PSF as a common framework for teaching and supporting learning across diverse contexts.
Follow a clear and practical pathway for ongoing professional development, aligned to an internationally recognised standard for higher education practice.
Advance HE Elevate is open to all:
- Associate Fellows
- Fellows
- Senior Fellows
- Principal Fellows
Four Themes:
Theme One
Inclusion – Designing and delivering inclusive learning experiences
Professional Values V1 and V2
Explore approaches that help all learners feel respected, valued and supported, with equitable opportunities to succeed.
This theme includes two separate sessions, each with a different panel.
Session 1: 24 November 2026 | 13:00 – 14:30 UTC
Session 2: 26 November 2026 | 8:00 – 9:30 UTC
Theme Two
Digital Capability and AI – Coherent teaching and assessment strategies
Core Knowledge K4 and Area of Activity A3
Examine how digital technologies and AI can be used effectively to support teaching, learning and assessment.
This theme includes two separate sessions, each with a different panel.
Session 1: 26 January 2027 | 8:00 – 9:30 UTC
Session 2: 28 January 2027 | 13:00 – 14:30 UTC
Theme Three
Employability and Future-Focused Curricula – Aligning curricula with industry needs and emerging technologies
Professional Value V4, Core Knowledge K4 and K5
Discover how educators are responding to changing graduate needs and workplace expectations.
This theme includes two separate sessions, each with a different panel.
Session 1: 24 March 2027 | 8:00 – 9:30 UTC
Session 2: 25 March 2027 | 13:00 – 14:30 UTC
Theme Four
Supporting and Guiding Learners – Enhancing student engagement and success
Area of Activity A4
Learn how practitioners and leaders are creating supportive learning environments that enable learner success.
This theme includes two separate sessions, each with a different panel.
Session 1: 19 May 2027 | 8:00 – 9:30 UTC
Session 2: 20 May 2027 | 13:00 – 14:30 UTC
Why Advance HE Elevate?
Advance HE Elevate provides a structured opportunity for current Fellows to continue their professional development beyond recognition, connecting with peers.
Ready to continue your Fellowship journey?
Connect with a global community of Fellows to exchange ideas, learn from diverse perspectives and advance educational excellence.
Advance HE Elevate creates opportunities for Fellows to come together, share experiences. By exploring contemporary challenges and showcasing innovative practice from across the global higher education community, we can continue to enhance teaching and learning, support professional growth and strengthen educational excellence for the future.
Head of Fellowship and Teaching Excellence Awards, Advance HE
Project Team
Louise Lumsden, SFHEA
Head of Fellowship and Teaching Excellence Awards, Advance HE
Louise has been working with the Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning in higher education for a number of years and through this supporting individuals to be professionally recognised for their teaching and supporting learning practice through the Advance HE direct route to fellowship. Louise also leads the UK Teaching Excellence Awards including the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) and the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE). Louise is a Senior Fellow.
Dr Marita Grimwood
Senior Advisor Teaching Fellowships
Dr Marita Grimwood is Senior Adviser – Teaching Fellowships at Advance HE. She is involved in all aspects of Fellowships, and leads on Principal Fellowship, and on the Senior and Principal Fellowship Support Programmes. Before joining Advance HE two years ago, she worked for many years in learning and teaching roles in universities, in academic, professional and freelance capacities. This included supporting applicants with Fellowship and promotion applications, and leading and contributing to strategic projects and development programmes related to learning and teaching. Her book, Evidencing Teaching Achievements, co-authored with Professor Steve McHanwell, was published in 2024.
Raj Dhimar
Fellowship and Awards Adviser, Advance HE
Raj is a highly committed, enthusiastic and experienced professional in higher education. Following eight years in Sheffield Hallam University’s (SHU) Learning and Teaching Institute (LTI), working as a Lecturer in Educational Change, researcher and academic developer in higher education.
