Become a GOLD Mentor and Reviewer

Become a GOLD mentor

You are welcome to become a GOLD mentor if you hold Fellowship or higher with Advance HE and are employed by the University of Greenwich.

To become an approved GOLD mentor you must attend our initial 1.5-hour workshop - GOLD New Mentor Development Workshop. The workshop looks at the various responsibilities as a GOLD mentor, how you can best support your mentee, and how to develop a reflective and well evidenced application with them.

An integral part of our scheme is anyone applying through it is supported by an approved GOLD mentor. As a GOLD mentor, you are required to have a good understanding of the descriptors and dimensions of the PSF 2023 as well as the GOLD application process. The role of the mentor is for you to provide one-to-one support with your mentee's GOLD application. This includes;

• identifying suitable evidence to map to Advance HE's Professional Standards Framework (PSF 2023)
• providing advice and feedback on drafts of their application
• undertaking teaching observations (for all Fellow applications and Associate Fellow applications claiming A2)
• providing a supporting statement for their application.

To remain as an approved GOLD mentor, you are required to attend an annual 1-2 hour GOLD Mentor refresher workshop for each academic year. This is a requirement by Advance HE and ensures that you remain in good standing with the PSF 2023 and up-to-date with our GOLD scheme processes.

See all the dates and bookings for our GOLD New Mentor Development Workshop via Horizon Learning here.

Become a GOLD reviewer 

You are welcome to become a GOLD reviewer if you hold Senior Fellowship or higher with Advance HE are employed by the University of Greenwich. In addition to this we require for you to also:

• have a general interest in Learning and Teaching in higher education and developing peers
• be an active GOLD mentor or have experience as a GOLD mentor
• have supported several mentees through our GOLD scheme to be successfully awarded a category of fellowship
• have successfully supported mentees with Fellowship and Senior Fellowship applications
• have a good understanding of the descriptors and dimensions of the PSF 2023 as well as the GOLD application process.

Depending on your experience, we may accept those who hold Fellowship with Advance HE to become a GOLD mentor. Please contact our GOLD team to discuss further.

To become an approved GOLD mentor you must attend our initial 1.5-hour workshop - GOLD New Reviewer Development Workshop. The workshop goes through our GOLD reviewing process, the role of a GOLD reviewer, and calibration activities of reviewing example applications. Following this, at our next submission review point you will be expected to shadow the reviewing of a real application with two other GOLD reviewers.

Once you become an approved GOLD Reviewer you will be invited to join our GOLD Review board and Steering Group Committee. Our Committee meets 4 times each academic year following an application submission point. These meetings provide an  opportunity to hear feedback from our external examiner and contribute in shaping our GOLD scheme for the future.

To remain as an approved GOLD Reviewer, you are required to attend an annual 1-2 hour GOLD Reviewer refresher workshop for each academic year. This is a requirement by Advance HE and ensures that you remain in good standing with the PSF 2023 and up-to-date with our GOLD scheme processes.

If you are interested in becoming a GOLD reviewer, please contact our GOLD team.