Teaching Excellence

Holding an Advance HE fellowship is a formal recognition that your professional practice meets the requirements of the Professional Standards Framework 2023. Staff are supported in the application process to demonstrate their commitment and contribution to teaching, learning and the student experience through reflection, research and development.

As a member of staff at Swansea University you will benefit from a consistently high-quality learning experience, which includes the use of dedicated technology to help you fulfil potential.

An appropriate balance between pedagogy, space, and technology enables effective teaching to take place. The technology enhanced learning development team considers learners to be central to the educational process, where every learning environment and approach to student support and guidance begins with a learner-centred pedagogy. When used carefully and appropriately, technology can effectively enhance teaching learning and assessment. 

The Swansea University Postgraduate Certificate Teaching in Higher Education is for Swansea University staff who wish to explore and develop their teaching. In addition, it is a probationary requirement for those with less than 3 years full time teaching in higher education in the UK.

The programme is fully accredited by Advance HE (Formally the HEA) and has the flexibility of specialist components via the Patchwork assessment.

Participants learn through a range of learning and teaching methods whilst assessments focus on personal development and are mainly reflective, with face-to-face sessions encouraging collaboration and collegiality. These collaborative events, where colleagues from all subjects share ideas and experiences, are particularly beneficial.

The Swansea Academy for Learning and Teaching (SALT) deliver a range of accessible, sustainable and stimulating Continous Professional Development for all teachers. This includes a vibrant, collaborative provision of planned and ad-hoc live events throughout the year, self-directed resources and courses to support learning and teaching development. 

These sessions:

• consider aspects of learning, teaching and assessment which are fundamental to student experience and success.
• share different approaches used in teaching and why these are effective, with time for questions and chat.
• explore Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education.

Academic Quality Services deliver a sector-leading, innovative approach to quality assurance and enhancement, enabling Swansea to achieve and maintain an excellent student experience and teaching environment.

Inclusive academic and pastoral support for our diverse student population, the Swansea Academy of Inclusivity works with colleagues across Swansea to ensure inclusive learning, teaching and assessment is accessible to all.

From procuring library resources, to providing subject librarian support and creating specialist study environments, our Libraries and Collections teams promote and support teaching excellence by collaborating with colleagues across a range of functions, services and technologies. 

Working in partnership with academic staff to ensure that students and staff have all the physical and digital resources required to effectively deliver courses and provide a seamless teaching experience for our students.

Each faculty has dedicated academic liaison librarians and subject librarians who have the expertise to assist your courses and our students' learning. The team enable many different supporting functions, from creating and updating reading lists to embedding academic skills sessions into the curriculum.

Our Cultural Collections teams, including the internationally renowned and nationally-recognised, Egypt Centre, History of Computing Collection, Richard Burton Archives, and South Wales Miners’ Library provide access to rich resources and object-centred learning experiences that are unique to Swansea.