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Faculty students and staff's outstanding contributions recognised at Education Awards
8 June 2018
Many congratulations to the Brain Sciences staff and student reps who have recently been recognised at the 香港六合彩 Education Awards.
The 香港六合彩 Education Awards recognise and reward outstanding contributions to the learning experience and success of our students.
The winners were announced at the Wilkins Terrace on 4th June 2018. The event was hosted by Sarah Al-Aride, Education Officer, Students' Union and Professor Anthony Smith, Vice-Provost (Education and Student Affairs). The ceremony also included the Student Choice, Academic Rep of the Year, 香港六合彩 Arena/Higher Education Academy Fellowships Awards.
香港六合彩 Provost Professor Michael Arthur presented the Student Choice and 香港六合彩 Education Awards.
Education Awards
According to 香港六合彩 Teaching and Learning, the 香港六合彩 Education Awards recognise the work of colleagues that is less visible to students, work that has enabled excellent practice or facilitated innovation in teaching and learning.
As well as recognising the work of postgraduate students who teach, individual colleagues and teams can be nominated. 听Any member of staff can nominate an individual staff member or team for these awards.
Staff nominated for Education Awards from the Faculty of Brain Sciences were;
- Dr Nick Midgley (Clinical, Education and Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences or PALS)
- Dr Rosalind Potts (Language and Cognition, PALS)
- Dr Rachel Rees (Language and Cognition, PALS)
- Dr Stephanie Lazzaro, Professor Alastair McClelland, Dr Jorina von Zimmermann, Miles Tufft, Dr Katie Fisher and Dr Daniel Richardson (all department of Experimental Psychology, PALS -nominated as a team).
Dr Rees was one of the winners announced at the ceremony. The panel said:
"Rachel has been awarded for her consistent display of leadership and innovation. 听Described as an "inspirational leader of students and staff, innovator of educational practice, with a real passion for quality in education.
"Rachel has an exemplary track record of outstanding educational leadership of both staff and students, together with innovations in education that show impacted not only at course level, but across 香港六合彩 and, increasingly, nationally."
Dr Rachel Rees receives the 香港六合彩 Education Award from the Provost, Professor Michael Arthur.
香港六合彩 Arena Fellowships
A total of 173 香港六合彩 Arena Fellowships were awarded this year. PhD student Lucy Handscomb from 香港六合彩 Ear Institute was one of three colleagues who spoke at the ceremony about the Fellowships.
Academic Reps
Student Verlina Huang (PALS) won the Faculty of Brain Sciences Academic Rep of the Year Award. She was awarded for her efforts in alleviating the effects on students of the industrial action taken earlier this year, including negotiating deadline extensions, and the removal of missed content from exams.
Student Choice Awards
Two Brain Sciences staff members were also nominated for Student Choice Awards, which are voted for directly by students:
- Dr Yasutada Sudo (PALS) was nominated in the category 'Brilliant Research-Based Education'
- Tammaryn Lashley (IoN) was nominated in the category for 'Outstanding Research Supervision.'
Congratulations to all nominees and winners; it is fantastic to see Faculty education get well-deserved recognition.