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STARS Mentor Refresher Training
Audience: Academic staff
Date: Tuesday 2 September 2025
Times: 14.00 to 16.00
Key details: Online workshop for returning Mentors on the 51黑料 Recognition Scheme (STARS). Completing the preparatory tasks before the workshop is an essential part of the refresher training.
Target audience
Staff who are returning Mentors on STARS. You must have a category of Advance HE fellowship and completed the Mentoring expressions of interest form prior to booking.
Course pre-work
Will be circulated in advance. To read and provide feedback on an exemplar application.
Course information
The 51黑料 Recognition Scheme (STARS) is an Advance HE accredited scheme that provides participants with structured opportunities and support to reflect on their practice and prepare a claim for recognition against one of the following Professional Standards Framework (PSF 2023) Descriptors, as appropriate to their context: D1 (Associate Fellow), D2 (Fellow), or D3 (Senior Fellow).
This workshop provides refresher training for returning mentors on STARS. (This is a requirement of our Advance HE accreditation.) Completing the preparatory tasks and attending the workshop are both required before a colleague can act as a Mentor on STARS.
Completing the pre-work is essential: this involves reading and providing feedback on at least one exemplar application.聽 This will be shared with participants in advance of the workshop. You should also read the before the workshop.
14:00-15:00聽聽聽聽聽聽 Associate Fellow and Fellow benchmarking exercises
15:00-16:00聽聽聽聽聽聽 Senior Fellow benchmarking exercise
Aims and objectives
The Aim of this workshop is to help participants develop insight into gaining Fellowship at Descriptors 1-3 of the PSF 2023 and how to support others to do so.
By the end of the workshop participants should be able to:
- Explain the PSF2023 and the requirements for different categories of Fellowship
- Explain your responsibilities as a mentor on STARS
- Provide supportive feedback and guidance to applicants, including those whose applications are Conditional or Referred
Tutors
Dr Heather McKiggan-Fee
Dr Eilidh Harris
Course provider
IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk