The Reflection on Experience (REx) pathway | The Learning and Teaching blog for ANU

The Reflection on Experience (REx) pathway provides a scaffolded educational professional development pathway to Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). The pathway is run twice a year in accordance with the ANU Academic Calendar, and is administered by the Education Advancement Team at the ANU Centre for Learning & Teaching. You can reach us via clt@anu.edu.au.

REx pathway dates

REx pathway overview

The REx pathway is offered is as a semester-long program that involves your active engagement throughout. It is a developmental scheme, so mentoring and peer engagement are part of the process. For your benefit, you are required to have had feedback at least once on each component of your application from your EFS mentor before submitting.

Other pathways to Fellowship at ANU

If you are a clinical or medical educator, you might also be able to apply for Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) through the ANU Teaching in Medicine (TiM) pathway. Learn more…

If you wish to apply for Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA), then please email us at clt@anu.edu.au to ask about mentoring and support for direct application to Advance HE.

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All applicants in this group will work with Professional Standards Framework (PSF) 2011. Learn more...

The closing date for application submissions for this group is 16 September 2024.

To join this group, you will need to attend an ‘EFS Information Session’ in September 2024. Places are limited and will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis to those who have completed our expression of interest form.

All applicants in this group will work with Professional Standards Framework (PSF) 2023. Learn more...

The closing date for application submissions for this group will be in early March 2025 (exact date to be announced).

To apply for an AFHEA, FHEA, or SFHEA through the REx pathway, you will need to complete the following steps:

Attend an ‘EFS information session’ and review the ‘ANU EFS Information booklet’.
Register your interest in these sessions by completing our waitlist form. You will be contacted via email when the next sessions are scheduled. The ‘ANU EFS Information Booklet’ will be shared at the session.
Review the prerequisites and closing dates of for application submissions.
The closing dates take place in March (for group 2) and September (group 1) each year.
The exact closing dates can be found above (under ‘REx pathway dates’) and in the EFS Wattle course (available to current applicants only).
Submit the Program enrolment form, attaching your draft ‘context statement’.
The link to the enrolment form and information on the context statement are shared at the ‘EFS information session’.
Get matched with an EFS mentor, and complete the AdvanceHE Fellowship Category Tool together.
You will be matched to an EFS mentor shortly after the enrolment closing date for your group, and will be informed of your match via email.
Work with your EFS mentor and the EFS resources as you write the remainder of your EFS application.
The mentorship period takes up to five months, involving a series of consultative meetings. Throughout this period, you will have access to the EFS Wattle course which holds online resources to help you work through your application.
Using the application form, submit your final application as one PDF document – remember to include your referee reports! Senior Fellow applicants will be invited to attend a Professional Conversation after we receive their submission.
Application forms and further information on how to submit can be found in the EFS Wattle course.
Receive your application outcome six to ten weeks after the closing date for application submissions.
You will be notified via email and will then be able to create a ‘My Advance HE’ account and request your Fellowship certificate. For a step-by-step explanation, please consult this guide.

Note that you can submit your application at any time, but you will only receive an application outcome after the next cycle of assessment has taken place. This happens twice a year, in March/April and September/October, and you can expect an outcome by the end of May and the end of November respectively.

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