Advance HE

Advance HE, which was previously known as the Higher Education Academy, is a UK-based charity and professional membership organization that supports high standards in higher education. It encourages teaching practices that are supported by research and provides fellowships to university educators as a mark of professional achievement. Established in 2003, the Higher Education Academy developed the UK Professional Standards Framework for those working in higher education. On March 21, 2018, it merged with the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and the Equality Challenge Unit to create Advance HE.

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A user guide to the Framework for Student Needs

3 weeks ago | advance-he.ac.uk | Juliette Morgan |Ben McCarthy

In his original blog following the publication of Advance HE’sFramework for Student Needsin 2023, Professor Edward Peck encouraged higher education providers (HEPs) to go ‘back to basics’ and rethink their approach to student support. Through the Framework for Student Needs, we have argued that current approaches to student support are being challenged, to the extent that they may no longer be fit for the future.
The dual impact of governance: how governance contributes to financially and socially sustainable institutions

1 month ago | advance-he.ac.uk | Aaron Porter |Mary Cook |Kamran Razmdoost

In our second Big Conversation workshop, Aaron Porter chaired keynote speakers Mary Curnock Cook and Kamran Razmdoost who offered their insights into the role of governance in shaping both financially and socially sustainable institutions. Their perspectives revealed a shared recognition that good governance is not simply a matter of compliance or structure - it is a dynamic, values-driven process that must evolve with the challenges and complexities facing the higher education sector today.
Making higher education boards more strategic: focusing on what matters most

2 months ago | advance-he.ac.uk | Aaron Porter

Together with sector partners CUC, UUK, GuildHE, IHE and AHUA, we have begun a discussion about what elements of governance are working well and what could be improved as part of a new project, The Big Conversation: shaping the future of higher education. In the first of our Big Conversation sessions, jointly hosted with AHUA, we engaged with Chairs, governors and governance professionals across the UK to examine whether higher education governing bodies are sufficiently strategic.
Strategic governance: measuring what matters beyond financial pressures

Mar 13, 2025 | advance-he.ac.uk | Aaron Porter |Alistair Jarvis

In today’s higher education landscape, governing bodies (GBs) face the complex challenge of balancing the immediate financial pressures of running an institution with the long-term strategic vision necessary to be a sustainable organisation in the context of their vision and strategy. Turbulence and volatility appear to be a constant in the sector which place enormous demands on governing bodies.
Enhancing Program Leadership launches in Australia

Feb 5, 2025 | advance-he.ac.uk | Sam Butterworth

We’re delighted to announce the launch of Enhancing Program Leadership (EPL) in Australia.
The Athena Swan Ireland charter celebrates 10 years of progressing gender equality

Jan 31, 2025 | advance-he.ac.uk | Sam Butterworth

Athena Swan Ireland launched in February 2015 with the goal of addressing gender inequality in the Irish higher education sector. Since then, all of Ireland’s universities and institutes of technology, as well as a number of colleges, have participated in the charter. This widespread take-up has resulted in 133 award holders across the country and significant impact on the sector.
Maynooth University's Department of Biology shifts the dial on work-life balance for postgraduate students

Jan 8, 2025 | advance-he.ac.uk | Mark Robinson

In 2018 the Department of Biology Athena Swan Committee identified significant issues surrounding work-life balance for postgraduate students in the department. As part of our Bronze Award Action Plan we amended our annual PhD progress forms to include prompts on work-life balance, career development, supervisory frequency and expectations around work hours.
‘TMP was a really good opportunity for me to just stop work and think about my career’

Oct 7, 2024 | advance-he.ac.uk | Marcia Wilson

Marcia Wilson is Pro Vice Chancellor for Student Experience and Institutional Equity at London Metropolitan University and one of approximately 6,000 women professors in the UK. She’s also one of just 66 women professors who happen to be Black. She was the first Black woman to participate in Advance HE’s Top Management Programme (TMP) for Higher Education, and the only Black person on her cohort last year.
Student solutions to problems with formative assessment

Oct 1, 2024 | advance-he.ac.uk | Emily Finch

Submission rates for formative assessments continue to fall. Many students do not submit at all and others make no serious attempt, submitting drafts, notes, bullet-point lists or incomplete answers. Even though institutions emphasise the value of formative work and its contribution to later improvement in summative work, there has been little change to this downward trend.
Risk assessment+: “Don’t be afraid to address topics that are shrouded by social taboos”

Sep 20, 2024 | advance-he.ac.uk | Fraser JG Mitchell

The School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, was awarded an Athena Swan Silver award in 2023. The School runs up to 20 residential student field trips each year. In the Athena Swan application we reported the development of a health and safety protocol that took due account of student wellbeing on field trips. The School of Natural Sciences includes the disciplines of Botany, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology and Zoology.