Dr Louise Naylor, Director of the Unit for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (UELT), has become a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).
Although UELT has supported almost 700 staff to be recognised by the HEA to date, Dr Naylor is the first member of Kent staff to be awarded a Principal Fellowship.
Dr Naylor’s fellowship is in recognition of her sustained and effective record of strategic impact in teaching and supporting learning at institutional and national level, having also been awarded a Fellowship of the Leadership Foundation (LFHE) in 2014.
As a highly experienced member of senior staff with wide-ranging academic and strategic leadership responsibilities in connection with these areas, she has strengthened the University’s ability to support both staff and students based on the services delivered by her teams.
Welcoming the news of Dr Naylor’s Principal Fellowship, Professor April McMahon, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education, said: ‘I am pleased for Louise and for the University – this is a real cause for celebration, and another step in demonstrating the value we give to teaching and learning at Kent.’
Dr Naylor commented: ‘I am delighted to have received this Fellowship and hope that it will inspire others around the University to have their excellence in learning and teaching practice recognised in this way.’
Currently, the University supports staff in gaining fellowship of the HEA through their academic practice and education programmes and has increased HEA recognition by over 2.5 times over the last three years.