Congratulations to academic staff in our collaborative partners in Botswana, China and Malaysia who have won the Sheffield Hallam Inspirational Teaching Award 2017.

All universities exist, more than anything else, for their students.  The hard work of a university is the consistent effort, day-in, day-out to secure student success through exceptional teaching and student support.

Students were asked through a University survey to nominate academic or student support staff who had inspired them or had a transformative impact on their student experience, inside or outside the curriculum.  A total of 1897 nominations were received and 894 individual staff and teams, academics and student support staff were named.

This year has also seen the introduction of a new Inspirational Teaching Award to recognise the valuable contribution of teaching staff at some of our overseas partner institutions, and University staff who teach on overseas partner courses. A total of 349 nominations were received nominating 115 individual staff across six overseas partners (Botswana Accountancy College, INTI and TAR UC in Malaysia, SCOPE and SHAPE in Hong Kong and Sino-British College in China). These were considered by a University panel and nine Inspirational Teaching Awards were made.

Inspirational Teaching Award (Overseas Partner) Winners 2017

• Munyaradzi NYANDORO (Botswana Accountancy College)
• Ademola OLUWARANTI (Botswana Accountancy College)
• Amanda MEI CHUEN CHEE (INTI, Petaling Jaya College of Art & Design, Malaysia)
• David CHAN (SCOPE, City University of Hong Kong)
• Jeff DURBER* (SHAPE, Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong)
• Doris LO SHUK TING (SHAPE, Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong)
• Hyacinthe ONILLON (Sino-British College, China)
• Richard WATKINSON* (Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, Malaysia)
• Estee YAP (Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, Malaysia)

* Sheffield Hallam University staff who teach on overseas partner courses

Congratulations to all the winners!

We were very pleased to be able to announce the 2017 winners of the Inspirational Student Awards in last month’s newsletter. Here, we speak to one of the winners, Cheah Keat Hong from Malaysia, about their experience as a student inspiring others.

How do you feel about being nominated for an Inspirational Student Award?

Thanks for the students who voted me in this activity, I also very appreciated that I have the opportunity to join the activity and meet a lot friends in Sheffield Hallam University, it was my pleasure to help each other while we were having the summer programme in SHU.

What difference do you think graduating with a degree from Sheffield Hallam University will make to your career?

Graduating with a degree from Sheffield Hallam University will able to increase my opportunity to get a vacancy when job searching. Other than that, I provided more understanding about the construction industry of UK as compare to the students who have just a Malaysia University degree holder.

What advice would you give to someone choosing this course about your experience so far to help them decide?

The culture of learning with SHU was much more different as compare with the culture of study in Malaysia. It was a great opportunity to join the SHU programme, part of the course you will able to learn about the construction industry in UK, you will also learn the culture, and enjoy the environment of UK.

What is the best thing you have experienced about studying a Sheffield Hallam degree?

I able to learn about the construction industry, the rules and others in United Kingdom. Other than that, the culture, personality of the peoples, the environment in Sheffield and also UK. It was the unforgettable memories I will keep in my mind.