NAP Submission

To complete the New Academics and Fellows Programme and achieve Fellow of the HEA participants must submit a reflective portfolio to demonstrate that they meet the criteria of descriptor 2 of the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) 2011.

All participants are encouraged to prepare this through discussions with their line manager and probation supervisor/mentor. The portfolio will be marked by an assessment panel and may also be provided to the School probation committee for discussion.

The NAP portfolio should have two sections and must include the following items in the order represented below:

Section 1: Teaching and Learning – your evidence for Fellow of Advance HE.

• Signed and dated declaration of academic integrity on the cover page. This must be included for the portfolio to be considered for Fellow of the HEA (see page 15 of the NAP handbook).
• Contents page with page numbers clearly stated.
• A clear statement of your career path to date, your journey as an educator and philosophy of teaching and learning and an indication of your career ambitions.
• Inspirational teaching and learning reflective written report (approximately 1000 words). The report must be pedagogically underpinned and link directly to descriptor 2 of the UKPSF throughout the text.
• Feedback on your teaching/student supervision and your reflections on feedback. This should include:
  • Formal teaching observation and course materials reviewed by a colleague who holds a fellowship of the HEA (see appendix 2 of the NAP handbook: downloadable Teaching Observation Form)
  • Up to two additional examples of teaching feedback, formal or informal. This could include your student feedback scores and/or any additional feedback that you collect from your students, peer feedback and mentor/probation supervisor feedback.
  • Important: If you are including copies of feedback scores and unit surveys as part of your feedback, please ensure that you remove or redact all personal data that does not pertain to you from your portfolio.
• Completed mapping exercise (see appendix 1 of the NAP handbook; downloadable mapping exercise template) to descriptor 2 of the UKPSF. You do not need to evidence critical reflection in the mapping exercise as this should be present in your reflective reports. The mapping exercise should be used to signpost the assessor’s to pages in your portfolio where you have evidenced against each specific criteria of the UKPSF.
• Reflective learning logs: reflections for each session attended (downloadable templates: workshop record sheet or reflective learning log template). Participants are also encouraged to include additional evidence of continuing professional development and reflections such as further internal/external training and development, conferences, collaborations and networks, public engagement and impact, shadowing, mentoring or coaching.
• Record of participation on the New Academics and Fellows Programme (downloadable template: record of participation).
• Professional Development Action Plan. This should identify your ongoing development needs, including a timeline for future professional development, and how you will continue to reflect and evaluate your performance and progress (downloadable template: professional development action plan). Staff Learning and Development have created an online resource to support you in developing your professional development action plan - Creating your Professional Development Plan resource.

Section 2: Research and professional development – additional evidence for probation

• Academic CV in the University of Manchester format: Guidance on the Manchester format for CVs
• Research excellence reflective written report (approximately 1000 words). The report must be referenced and clearly show how your work aligns with the Faculty and University strategy. If possible, it is good practice to also link to the UKPSF where possible.
• Personal and professional development reflective written report (approximately 1000 words). For this report you should complete a critical analysis of and update your CV, align it to the Faculty promotion criteria and identify areas for development with your mentor, probation supervisor, line manager, Divisional Lead or Head of School, linking back to your professional development action plan in section one. The purpose of this exercise is to support and enable your ongoing academic development. 

Important Information

Please note that there is a maximum page limit of 50 pages for all portfolios.

By submitting your portfolio, you indicate that you have read and agree to the following statement:

In submitting this case for fellowship I confirm that this application relates to my own higher education professional practice and is my own work. I understand that if the professional integrity of the application is in question it will not be accepted.

NAP Submission Deadlines

Please submit your completed portfolio as a single PDF by 11.59pm on the deadlines below. To submit your portfolio, please send your completed portfolio via email to acadresdev@manchester.ac.uk.

• Monday 12 August 2024