Northumbria’s Teaching Excellence team supports teaching and learning enhancement across the University, offering academic development, resources for educators and easy access to the policies and procedures that underpin teaching excellence.
"Supporting Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Northumbria". [Brief description positioning education development as integral to staff success and student experience]
Northumbria's Professional Development of Education was identified as an Outstanding quality feature in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF 2023) for:
- a professional recognition scheme, established in 2015 and accredited by Advance HE, covering staff at all stages of their career
- 67 percentage of academic staff having Advance HE Fellowship (2025), compared to a sector average of 46 per cent, while 78 per cent of staff have academic teaching qualifications [update]
- a teaching qualifications framework embedded in probation and promotion processes
- an extensive induction programme for new academic staff
- a comprehensive peer observation and support scheme, which encourages enhancement and innovation
- support for all staff and students to become digitally fluent.
Information is available for Programme Leaders on their roles and responsibilities, as is guidance on delivering a programme.
Information for Module Leaders is also available,
as well as guidance on each stage of preparing and delivering a module.
