Academic & Digital Development

References for your RET application

All RET applications must be supported by at least one reference depending on the category for which you are applying, as detailed below.

• Associate Fellowship (RET AF): One reference from a course convenor/co-ordinator or other professional who can comment on the quality of your teaching or learning support. This referee should be a member of University of Glasgow staff.
• Fellowship (RET F): References from two colleagues who can comment directly on your teaching and/or learning support and make links between your practice and the UKPSF. At least one of these should be from a senior colleague, and at least one should hold recognition from RET or Advance HE/ HEA (in any category). Your referees can be from the University of Glasgow or elsewhere.
• Senior Fellowship (RET SF): References from two colleagues who can comment directly on your teaching and/or learning support and make links between your practice and the UKPSF. At least one of these should be from a senior colleague and at least one should hold fellowship of RET or the Advance HE/HEA (in any category).  These colleagues can be from the University of Glasgow or elsewhere.
• Principal Fellow (RET PF): References from three colleagues who can attest to your sustained strategic leadership in learning, teaching and assessment. One of your references needs to be from a senior colleague at the University of Glasgow, one from a mentee, and one from a colleague external to the University of Glasgow. At least one of these three referees should hold fellowship of RET or Advance HE/HEA (in any category).

Evidence from previous roles

In your application, you can draw on your practice in other Higher Education institutions. However, it is important that this learning is recent and that you make clear how this learning impacts your current practice. At least part of your application should relate to teaching you have done at UofG.

A peer observation at Glasgow, undertaken specifically to support your application to RET, is required. The observation is intended to be developmental by giving you an opportunity to reflect on your teaching and to demonstrate your commitment to evidence-based CPD (Area of Activity A5). Also, it confirms that you are engaging in appropriate teaching activities, a requirement for recognition. Remote teaching, and your support for learning (e.g. resources on Moodle) can be observed as well as classroom-based teaching.