EXPLORE

What is EXPLORE?

Excellence in Promoting Leadership of Research and Education, or EXPLORE, aims to inspire transformational academic practice through teacher, researcher and leadership development. 

EXPLORE is a portfolio of activities that allows you to take a holistic approach to your academic continuous professional development during your career with us. Specific schemes lead to the award of Advance HE Fellowship. Many of the EXPLORE workshops are also available to book as an 'EXPLORE Open Offer' to all staff who teach and support learning on an Oxford Brookes programme of study. EXPLORE is founded on our refreshed academic development framework and the revised Education and Enterprise pillar of Oxford Brookes Strategy 2035; it aligns to:

You will be triaged to the most appropriate Fellowship based on your experience and responsibilities following the criteria outlined below: 

EXPLORE triage questions

For a visual representation of these questions, please see EXPLORE triage questions

Available schemes within the EXPLORE portfolio

Our Advance HE accredited Fellowship schemes are available to help you gain professional recognition for your effective higher education practice. There is also an Non-Accredited Taught Scheme for new academic and teaching staff already holding a Fellowship and the EXPLORE Open Offer. These are standalone staff development sessions to support your continuous professional development (CPD) needs. 


EXPLORE Accredited Taught Scheme


EXPLORE Accredited Experiential Scheme*

*(previously known as the PSF Pathway)


EXPLORE Open Offer

Accredited schemes

Advance HE accredits our EXPLORE schemes to award Fellowship that recognise teaching and/or supporting higher education learning across four Descriptors:

These four Descriptors reflect the diverse roles of those who teach and support learning in higher education, from positions where teaching and learning are only part of the role to highly experienced individuals with a strategic impact on teaching and learning at an organisational, national, or international level. Fellowships are awarded based on evidence of your professional practice as it meets the Descriptor requirements of the Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Learning in HE 2023 (PSF 2023)

EXPLORE Accredited Taught and Experiential Schemes

Non-accredited Schemes

Frequently asked questions

References

Lawrence, J., Fitzpatrick, M., & Craik, A. (2022). Utilising the Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning for strategic transformation. Advance HE.

Lawrence, J. and Herrick, T. (2020) Supporting wellbeing in HE through the scholarship of teaching and learning. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. Vol. 12 No. 5, pp. 871-881 doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-05-2019-0111

Spowart, L., Turner, R., Dismore, H., Beckmann, E., Carkett, R., & Khamis, T. (2020). Assessing the impact of accreditation on institutions. University of Plymouth.

Turner, N., Oliver, M., McKenna, C., Hughes, J., Smith, H., Deepwell, F., & Shrives, L. (2013). Measuring the impact of the UK Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Learning (UKPSF). Staff and Educational Development Association.

Turner, R., & Spowart, L. (2022). Reflective practice as a threshold concept in the development of pedagogical content knowledge. In H. King (Ed.), Developing expertise for teaching in higher education: Practical ideas for professional learning and development (pp. 129–141). Routledge.

Contact us

If you have any questions or require more information, please contact explore@brookes.ac.uk.


Webpage updated on 6 September 2024.