Reward and recognition of teaching
We are committed to raising the status of teaching in UK higher education and believe that excellent teaching should be properly rewarded and recognised. In 2009 we set out to determine the extent to which higher education institutions recognise and reward teaching.
This research project, carried out by the Academy and the GENIE CETL at the University of Leicester, was an evidence-based investigation carried out in stages.
It began by exploring the perceptions academic staff have of the ways that teaching is recognised or rewarded within their institutions. A survey of over 2700 academics was conducted and the responses analysed to provide data on the opinions of practitioners in higher education. The first report from this project was published in February 2009.
The second report published in December 2009 details results from a survey of institutional policy and practice. Data from 104 higher education institutions was collected and analysed. The triangulated results from the two studies provide a basis for a set of recommendations designed to further raise the status of teaching and to improve strategies for rewarding and recognising teaching activity.
A third report will be published later this year.
