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A teaching fellow (sometimes referred to as a TF) is an individual at a higher education institution, including universities, whose role involves teaching and potentially pedagogic research. The work done by teaching fellows can vary enormously from institution to institution, depending on the requirements and position of individual institutions. [1]

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United Kingdom and Ireland

In the UK and Ireland, teaching fellows are typically full members of academic staff who are involved in teaching. Teaching fellows can undertake the full range of teaching, pastoral and administrative duties, and can also be involved in research activity, specifically pedagogic research. Their responsibilities can include developing innovative learning materials, mentoring colleagues and contributing to staff development activities, shaping the faculty's and the university's agenda in learning and teaching and spreading good practice in learning, teaching and assessment. [2] Other UK institutions may use the title of teaching fellow as an additional accolade, awarded to a member of academic staff who has shown excellence in teaching.

Teaching fellows may have the same rank and pay as 'traditional' research-active academic staff, although this depends on the attitude of the individual department and the institution. The equivalence in rank and status is relatively new in some institutions, since teaching fellows in the past were sometimes paid at a grade lower than their research-active colleagues.

Teaching fellows are present at a number of institutions across the UK. Institutions such as UCL as well as The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and the universities of Aberdeen, Stirling, Bristol, Manchester and Newcastle all employ academics known as teaching fellows. Thus, a senior teaching fellow may have the same salary, status and teaching responsibilities as a senior lecturer. Teaching fellows in institutions such as the University of Aberdeen may also potentially reach the rank of professor[ citation needed ].

The University of Reading runs a University Teaching Fellowship scheme that was launched in 2007/8. [3] The scheme is open to academic and support staff across the university and it has awarded so far 21 University and 11 Early Career Teaching Fellowships since it was launched. The criteria for the scheme is consistent with the Higher Education Academy's National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS).

National Teaching Fellowship Scheme

The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme recognises and rewards individual excellence in teaching in higher education in the UK and supports individuals' professional development in learning and teaching. [4] The National Teaching Fellows (NTFs) are an active community, currently consisting of 643 NTFs from more than 40 disciplines. [4]

The Association of National Teaching Fellows (ANTF) promotes innovation and supports the sharing of best practice. [5] National Teaching Fellows automatically become a member of the ANTF. [5] The Committee of the Association of the National Teaching Fellows (CANTF) organises the ANTF's work and is the official voice of the association. [6]

United States

In the U.S. a teaching fellow has several possible meanings:

India

To tackle faculty shortage in the university departments, Anna University recruits postgraduates on contract basis and allow them to complete their doctoral degrees on the job. Candidates are shortlisted through a written test and an interview. Candidates are given the opportunity to pursue their PhD in the university departments simultaneously as they teach. Technically they are employed only for six months, but contracts get renewed through the years, they do almost the same job as regular staff, but receive what has been described as an "abysmally low" salary. [12] [13]

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  1. ↑ "A view of a lively first RSC Teaching Fellows Meeting" . Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Teacher Fellows" . Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "University Teaching Fellows" . Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 "National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS)" . Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Association of National Teaching Fellows (ANTF)" . Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Committee of the Association of National Teaching Fellows (CANTF)" . Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Teaching Levels & Types | Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences". Yale University. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Message from the Dean: Clarification re. Teaching Assistant vs. Teaching Fellow". drexel.edu. Drexel University. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Call for Applications: Teaching Fellow | Penn Program in Environmental Humanities". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  10. ↑ Butler, D.D.; J.F. Laumer Jr. & M. Moore (1993). "A content analysis of pedagogical and policy information used in training graduate teaching assistants". Journal for Higher Education Management. 9 (1): 27–37.
  11. ↑ Gray, P.L.; N. Buerkel-Rothfuss (1991). "Teaching assistant training: A view from the trenches". In J. D. Nyquist; R. D. Abbott; D. H. Wulff; J. Sprague (eds.). Preparing the professorate of tomorrow to teach. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt. pp. 40–51.
  12. ↑ "Anna University to recruit PGs as teachers". The Times of India. 30 October 2012.
  13. ↑ "Temporary trouble". The New Indian Express. 15 April 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
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