University of Brighton Excellence in Facilitating/Empowering Learning Awards

The aim of the annual awards is to celebrate outstanding contributions to student learning

Awards 2008

The CLT updated the procedures in the light of the comments on last year's reinstatement of the 'teaching excellence awards', which resulted in several excellence awards being made to staff. The process, however, could have been more streamlined and more inclusive and so following discussions at the learning and teaching committee, the CLT made a number of improvements, which also include changing the name of the award to be more inclusive and clear.

Winners

The CLT received 24 submissions, following a nomination stage at which over 41 staff were nominated by colleagues and/or students. All of those who submitted demonstrated that they take their teaching seriously, that they think carefully about the needs of their students, and that they are working creatively to improve the quality of learning.

The 10 individuals and 2 groups of staff selected to receive an award in 2008:

	Award Winners	Faculty/School/Centre/College
1	Sarah Atkinson	Computing Mathematical & Information Sciences
2	Angela Glynn	Health Professions
3	Vicki Haffenden	Architecture and Design
4	Hamid Isfahany	Environment and Technology
5	Jenny Hassall	Nursing and Midwifery
6	Andrew Knight	Health and Safety
7	Jayne Ingles	Health Professions
8	Louise Purbrick	Historical and Critical Studies
9	Kirsty Smallbone	Environment & Technology
10	Teresa Whitfield	Northbrook College
11	James Macdonald, Jim Casey, Steve Day, Alison Eaton	Business School and Sussex Police
12	Dawn Scott, Steve Waite, Petra Billings, Jenny Watkins, Becky Taylor	Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences and Plumpton College

Teaching Excellence Awards 2007

Relaunched this year, Schools and Partner Colleges were encouraged to determine their own processes for awarding these awards. 19 individuals were awarded at graduation.

Winners

	Award Winners	Faculty/School/Centre/College
1	Dora Carpenter Latiri	School Languages
2	Amy Cunningham	School Art & Architecture
3	Mike Ellis-Martin	School Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences
4	Jenny Elliott	School of Environment
5	Alice Fox	School Arts & Communication
6	Sue Greener	Business School
7	Inam Haq	BSMS
8	Antonia Hicks	School Architecture & Design
9	Richard Jacobs	School Education & Sport
10	Cathy Matthews	Business School
11	Jess Moriarty	School Languages
12	Frank O’Sullivan	School Architecture & Design
13	Stephen Ryan	School Architecture & Design
14	Peter Stock	Business School
15	Professor Lou Taylor	School Historical & Critical Studies
16	Ken Turner	School Languages
17	Lynn Tibble	Faculty of Health
18	Lynne Caladine	Faculty of Health
19	Ivan Birch	Faculty of Health

 

Teaching Excellence Awards 2006

The University has decided that the annual Teaching Excellence Awards scheme will be temporarily suspended for a year.

The current system, introduced in 2002, was devised to align with the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme, and to encourage greater student involvement in the nomination process and remove the link with project funding. The awards have broadly fulfilled these aims, stimulated debate, and celebrated the contributions of many outstanding colleagues across academic and support staff. However, we believe it is now time to review and refresh the process and a consultation process will be initiated later this year.

Details of last year's Teaching Excellence Awards winners are still available below...

Winners of the 2005 University of Brighton Teaching Excellence Awards

The University has once again given special recognition to members of academic staff for their contribution to teaching quality. This year’s winners of the University of Brighton Teaching Excellence Awards were chosen by a panel drawn from across the university. Over 80 members of staff were nominated for an award by students and staff. Of these, 36 made submissions to the panel – all of them detailing outstanding commitment and creativity.

The panel made ten awards in three categories, reflecting the three categories of National Teaching Fellowships awarded by the Higher Education Academy.

The award-winners are:

In the ‘experienced staff’ category
Alison Bone, Brighton Business School

Alison Bone teaches Law within the Business School. She was nominated for an award by students who greatly valued the way she makes a difficult and sometimes dry subject lively and accessible. She is actively involved in the wider life of the University community, and in the work of the national Association of Law Teachers.

Jon Dron, School of Computing, Mathematical & Information Sciences

The panel were especially impressed by the way Dr Dron’s Computing students learn about technology by using it as a tool for their own learning, by the close connections between his teaching and his research, and by his contribution to the field of learning technologies locally, nationally and globally.

Sid Hayes, Chelsea School

Sid Hayes is primarily involved in the preparation of Physical Education teachers in the Chelsea School at Eastbourne. He impressed the panel by the way he plans and delivers his teaching in a way that enables all students to benefit, regardless of their background or ‘learning style’. In turn, he helps his students to adopt a similarly inclusive approach as school teachers, recognising the diversity of children’s needs.

Angela MacAdam, School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences

Dr MacAdam is committed to meeting the needs of a very diverse range of students on Pharmacy courses, through the design of courses, through her approach to teaching in the classroom, and through her less formal support of student learning - in personal tutoring, for example. Angela is also actively involved in various activities outside the University related to her teaching. For example, she gives talks about studying Pharmacy to groups of 6th form students in local schools and colleges.

Jane Morris, School of Health Professions

Jane received a very large number of nominations from her students. She devotes most of her energies to supporting Physiotherapy students learning within practice settings, as well as the clinicians teaching and supervising them. She was commended in particular for the contribution she has made to the development of interprofessional and collaborative learning, and peer learning in the practice setting. Jane is the Course Leader for the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education, and has co-authored the core textbooks for the course.

Hal Sosabowski, School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences

Dr Sosabowski was commended by the panel as an excellent and popular teacher of Chemistry, passionate about his subject and keen to communicate it effectively to students. He has innovated extensively in his teaching, including the use of new technologies, and undertakes research into aspects of student learning within his subject. He is committed to promoting the study of Chemistry in the wider community, by visiting schools and by running popular events for young people such as the Christmas Chemistry Magic Show.

Dawn Stephen, School of Applied Social Science

Dr Stephen’s submission demonstrated an exceptionally strong commitment to student-centred learning, underpinned by an impressive grasp of learning theory. She co-ordinates an innovative ‘Personal Development’ module within the School of Applied Social Science which has supported students’ transition to higher education and attracted interest from academic colleagues around the University.

Diana Watt, Brighton & Sussex Medical School

Professor Watt received a number of strong and detailed nominations from students in the Medical School. She was commended for her innovative approach to teaching and to designing courses. For example, she devised a modern anatomy curriculum that integrates dissection with diagnostic imaging, which has been especially successful.

In the ‘new staff’ category
Kitty Wingate School of Health Professions

Kitty joined the University relatively recently, but in that short time she has already built up an impressive record as a lecturer in Physiotherapy, taking on a range of leadership roles. The panel commended Kitty for the way she arouses students’ curiosity and stimulates their independent learning and critical thinking.

In the ‘learning support’ category
Helen Westwood, Information Services Department

Helen is an Information Adviser based in the Queenwood Library at the University’s Eastbourne campus. A number of courses at Eastbourne make extensive use of student-led research activities – for example, through ‘Problem-Based Learning’. Helen has provided strong support for these courses, which depend heavily on effective information resources. Helen was also commended by her outstanding support for students right across the Eastbourne campus, through such innovations as Queenwood News.

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