Academic Quality Procedures Handbook

2. Learning and Teaching Framework

2.4 The Higher Education Academy

The Academic Professional Apprenticeship (APA) and the Associate Teaching Programme (ATP) are accredited by the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Successful completion of the APA confers Fellowship status of the HEA, while completion of the ATP confers Associate status. All University HEA accredited provision is aligned to the UK professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning in higher education.

Further information is available from the Centre for Academic Practice.