LITE Accelerator Fellowship

This is a secondment opportunities are open to University of Leeds employees only.

Are you interested in fulfilling a project on teaching innovation, scholarship or pedagogy? Are you looking to set an aspirational standard of teaching excellence and pedagogic scholarship?

We are inviting applications for LITE Fellowships to join the Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence (LITE).

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.

During your fellowship, you will carry out a project that explores an aspect of the student education experience that will support the delivery of the University's strategy for student education. It is envisaged that proposals will demonstrate transformation and innovations in education in the short/medium term with evaluation and iterations built into the project plan.

Proposals are invited for LITE Accelerator Fellowships that support the University of Leeds student education priorities.

As well as carrying out your project, you will be expected to contribute to LITE's scholarly community, provide content for digital and external-facing platforms, act as an ambassador at internal and external events and support colleagues in their scholarship and pedagogic research.

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 Fellowships are funded at the equivalent level of 20-80% of current salary, may be delivered over 1-3 years and could be delivered within a team of up to three colleagues . Both academic and professional service staff are invited to apply.

All projects must include a contribution from the student body in an advisory or partnership role.

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.

The start date for the fellowships is September 2026.

Conditions of Fellowships

All applicants must be employed in a substantive role at the University for the whole period of the secondment.

There be a limit of 0.8FTE per fellow in total over the period of the fellowship. Project teams will be accepted up to a maximum of 3 team members.

A minimum of 0.2 FTE for the total project is required and a minimum FTE of 0.2 per fellow if within a project team.

If you are interested in applying for a LITE Fellowship and would like to discuss a research idea further, please contact: