LITE Fellowship (Professional and Technical Services)

These secondment opportunities are open to University of Leeds Professional and Technical Services employees only Are you employed within the Professional or Technical Services and interested in fulfilling a project exploring the student learning and teaching experience? Would you like support and guidance in delivering a successful project that will inform your practice and that of your team? We are inviting applications from colleagues within the Professional and Technical Services to become a LITE Fellow within the Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence (LITE), commencing in September 2025. LITE embodies the University's commitment to excellence and innovation in education through its investment in a community of fellows, giving colleagues the opportunity to develop and implement projects and establish a culture of high-quality teaching innovation, scholarship and leadership. LITE Fellowships for Professional and Technical Services will provide a fully supportive programme to help colleagues with different levels of experience (or none) deliver a project exploring an aspect of the student experience related to learning and teaching from its initial idea phase through to impact and dissemination. Professional Service teams throughout the University provide a vital contribution to the student experience and the opportunities to explore enhancement interventions and activities are numerous. This programme applies a broad interpretation of pedagogic research, including the influence of the wider aspects of the student experience on a student's learning and teaching experience. This scheme would provide the opportunity to generate evidence that explores the value and potential of a range of activities such as (but not limited to) student voice, co and/or extra-curricular activity, community building, education spaces, employability, mentoring and assessment. During your Fellowship, you will carry out a project based on an aspect of your role/practice that contributes directly to the student experience and will generate evidence to inform best practice. As well as carrying out your project, you will be expected to contribute to LITE's scholarly community, provide content towards the digital and external-facing profiles, act as an ambassador at internal and external events. You will evaluate and disseminate the impact of your project internally through research progress showcases and externally to develop the practice, pedagogy and reputation of student education at the University. Priority will be given to new applicants and where there is a strong strategic need identified from the project proposal. Discussions on appropriateness of project in line with your service strategy need to take place with your Head of Service (or nominee) prior to submission. The Fellowships

• The scheme is open to all Professional Service staff.
• Participants will need to attend an initial induction training programming delivered over a series of short sessions.
• The scheme will be delivered as a secondment on a 0.2 FTE for 1 year basis commencing September 2025 (0.2 equates to 1 day a week - however, to support pressure points in service delivery, flexibility can be built in around the project and commitments).
• Colleagues will receive regular one to one meetings with members of the LITE team along with regular sessions with other scheme members.
• The projects could help provide evidence for an application for Associate or Full Higher Education Academy (HEA) Fellowship, about which we can provide advice and support through our partnership with OD&PL.
• Fellows will be allocated a project sponsor who will provide guidance for impact and dissemination.
• All projects must include a contribution from the student body in an advisory or partnership role.
• All applicants must be employed in a substantive role at the University for the duration of the fellowship.
• On-going support will be provided by the LITE team, including access to a resident research assistant with experience of pedagogical research techniques and student project assistants.
  
  Up to £2,000 will be available to support the delivery of the project.