Appendix 1
UAL Teaching Scholarship Application Form
About you
Name of applicant:
College/Service:
Position:
(if part-time please indicate fraction):
UAL Email address for correspondence:
Telephone number that you can be
contacted at:
Please confirm your eligibility
I have worked at the UAL for longer than 18 months
I have you a Pg. Cert. in Learning and Teaching, Academic
Practice or an equivalent.
(Please ensure this information is apparent on your CV.)
I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy
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Case Study of Practice(1500 words max.)
Please provide a case study of a teaching or support activity that demonstrates your
sustained commitment to excellence and impact upon the student experience.
You may find the following prompts helpful and which relate to the scheme’s criteria:
 How do you define excellent teaching, learning and/or support?
 How have you embodied excellence in your practice, please be specific?
 What evidence do you draw upon and how do you draw upon this to reflect upon
your practice and change it?
Indicative Scholarship Proposal (750 words max.)
Please describe how you intend to use your tenure as a UAL Teaching Scholar and
the available project funding to further enhance the student experience. This
proposal is indicative and will be developed further and in partnership with CLTAD
during the initial stages of the UAL Teaching Scholarship.
You may want to indicate aims, areas of investigation, CPD, academic development
and/or dissemination activities that would help you enhance the student experience.
To demonstrate the scheme’s criteria you will need to explain how you are building
upon your excellent practice and what the impact will likely be.
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Referees
Please provide names and contact details of 1 peer and 1 student (current or
previous) who can provide a reference
Referee 1 (Peer)
Referee 2 (Student)
Name:
Name:
Email:
Email:
Applicant Signature:
Date:
Line Manager:
The UAL Teaching Scholarship is a University priority which aims to enhance the
student experience, reward excellent teaching and provide opportunities for excellent
colleagues to share their good practice. By signing this application you are confirming
and endorsing the applicant’s excellence and intended project as well as indicating
your commitment to support their work as a UAL Teaching Scholar. In practice this
means supporting the terms of the scholarship project and providing space for their
developmental activities related to the scholarship e.g. where appropriate termly
meetings with other UAL Teaching Scholars and attendance at Learning, Teaching
and Enhancement Committees.
We very much appreciate you reviewing this application, endorsing the individual and
committing to support them.
Name:
College/Dept.:
Signature:
Date:
Please return completed applications and references to recognition@arts.ac.uk by
the deadline.
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Appendix 2
UAL Teaching Scholarship Reference Form
Thank you for agreeing to be a referee for a UAL Teaching Scholar application.
The UAL Teaching Scholarship is granted only to individuals who can demonstrate
sustained excellence in teaching and supporting learners. The Reference Form asks you
for your personal view on whether you think the candidate has demonstrated excellence.
Name of referee:
Position:
Email address for correspondence:
Name of applicant:
Reference (500 words max)
You may find the following prompts helpful and which relate to the scheme’s criteria:
 In your experience how has the applicant demonstrated excellence as a teacher
or supporter of learning?
 In what ways is the applicant an example of good practice who can inform
others?
 What qualities does the applicant embody that you feel are important for
improving the student experience?
Referee Signature:
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Date:
Appendix 3
Criteria and Grading
Documentation Criteria
All documentation
provided correctly (i.e. to
specified length) and
signed off by line manage
Yes/No
Case Study Criteria
Applicant is able to
define, demonstrate and
evidence excellence in
teaching and/or
supporting learning.
Whilst excellence will
depend upon the context
in which the applicant
works it will incorporate
an awareness of student
learning and an
understanding of how
their activity can be
evaluated and reflected
upon.
1: Applicant demonstrates a critical awareness and
understanding of what constitutes excellence in teaching
and learning based upon good practice in pedagogy and
the discipline.
Applicant is able to draw
critically upon student
evaluation data in order
to reflect upon their
activities as teacher
and/or supporter of
student learning
1: Applicant draws upon a range of student evaluation
data, such as unit evaluation (formal or informal), NSS
scores and/or student testimonials, to support their claim
for excellence. Use of data demonstrates criticality and
there is a clear rationale for its appropriateness
2: Applicant demonstrates an awareness and
understanding of what constitutes excellence in teaching
and learning based upon good practice in pedagogy and
the discipline.
3: Applicant demonstrates an awareness and
understanding of what constitutes excellence in teaching
and learning based upon an intuitive understanding of the
terms.
4: Applicant does not demonstrate an awareness and/or
understanding of what constitutes excellence in teaching
and learning
2: Applicant draws upon student evaluation data. Use of
data supports the applicant’s claim for excellence.
3: Applicant draws upon student evaluation data. Use of
data and the applicant’s claim for excellence lacks
articulation.
4: Applicant either does not draw upon quantitative or
qualitative student evaluation data or it is not appropriate.
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Project Proposal Criteria
Applicant places
proposed scholarship
within the context of their
existing teaching and/or
support activities
1: Proposal suggests a clear development of current
practice and clearly has the potential to extend their
sphere of influence beyond their immediate context.
2: Proposal suggests a clear development of their current
practice and will have value beyond their immediate
context; although this may not be fully explicit.
3: Proposal develops out of their current practice;
however it is not clear how this will be of use to others.
4: Proposal does not/or it is not clear how it develops
from existing practice.
Proposal demonstrates
how impact will be
enhanced and shared
beyond applicant’s
immediate context
1: The proposal is explicit about the benefits (students
and peers) to the University and the sector and provides
a strategy to engage with both.
2: The proposal considers the benefits (students and
peers) to the University and the sector, but this may be in
a limited way and may lack a clear strategy of how to
engage others internally and externally/or it may be well
developed, but partial i.e. focuses only internally.
3. The proposal reference benefits of the proposal to the
University’ although provides little rationale and context
for this.
4. The proposal suggests limited or no impact beyond
immediate context and lacks awareness of how it will
impact the University and sector.
Reference Criteria and Grading
References support the
applicant’s claim of
excellence in teaching
and/or supporting
learning
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Yes/No