The UK Professional Standards Framework Implications for mentors at Kent

Fellowship recognition (1) The PGCHE and the Associate Fellowship Scheme are recognised by the Higher Education Academy as conferring eligibility for HEA Fellowship/Associate Fellowship, based on 4 criteria: Institutional commitment to embedding UKPSF to promote professional development of all staff who teach and support learning Our provision is fully aligned with the UKPSF Participants fully engage with UKPSF and can evidence this HEA Fellowship recognition decisions made, based on that evidence, are robust

Important: this means you! To pass the AFS or PGCHE, all participants need to submit Coursework which reaches the required standard and evidence that they have been observed twice: once by their School mentor and once by a tutor from the Academic Practice Team We would appreciate it if you could use this Observation form which has been mapped to the UKPSF, as it helps us form a judgement about a claim for Associate Fellowship/Fellowship.

Key actions The person you are mentoring should take the initiative in contacting you to arrange the observation Please check that you are clear about the sort of feedback they are looking for If you have any questions about the mentoring role, please contact Fran Beaton F.M.Beaton@kent.ac.uk