Inspirational Teaching and Outstanding Student Support Awards 2017

Nominations for the seventh annual Inspirational Teaching and Outstanding Student Support awards are now underway for 2017.

An independent survey was made available to all students* early in Semester 2 asking them to nominate an inspirational teacher and/or someone who has made a similar contribution to their experience outside the classroom, and provide a comment in support of their nomination.

* A new inspirational teaching award for overseas partners is being introduced for 2017 – a separate survey will be undertaken in Spring 2017 for students who are eligible to participate.  As in previous years, a separate survey will also run for PG Research students.

The selection process for the awards will follow the same methodology as previous years.    Details of the award winners, including those at overseas partners, are expected to be announced mid to late May and a celebratory awards dinner will take place on 6th July.

 

2016 University award winners announced

This year’s winners have been announced and the awards will be presented at a celebratory dinner on 7th July. Congratulations to all our nominees and winners.

Inspirational Teaching Award Winners 2016

Jeanette BAKER (SBS, Department of Management)

Julie BINNEY (HWB, Academy Of Sport & Physical Activity)

Jackie BREWSTER (HWB, Department of Nursing & Midwifery)

Melanie BULL (SBS, Department of Service Sector Management)

Jonathan DEAN (D&S, Department of Psychology Sociology & Politics)

Elizabeth DEMPSEY (SBS, Department of Management)

David GREENFIELD (ACES, Department Of Engineering & Mathematics)

Anna HALL (SBS, Department of Service Sector Management)

Stewart HILLAND (SBS, Department of Service Sector Management)

Andrew HIRST (ACES, Department of Computing)

Peter JONES (D&S, Department of Humanities)

Nicola JORDAN-MAHY (HWB, Department of Biosciences & Chemistry)

Roger MAKIN (HWB, Department of Nursing & Midwifery)

Susan MCPHERSON (D&S, Department of Humanities)

Sara MORRIS-DOCKER (HWB, Department of Nursing & Midwifery)

Alex ROBINSON (HWB, Department of Allied Health Professions)

Joanne ROBSON (D&S, Department of Teacher Education)

Neil SISSONS (D&S, Department of Humanities)

Jennifer SLOAN (D&S, Department of Law and Criminology)

Nicola SNOWDON (HWB, Department of Allied Health Professions)

Kathy STEPHENSON (D&S, Department of Education Childhood & Inclusion)

Claire TAYLOR (SBS, Department of Management)

Vicky THIRLAWAY (D&S, Department of Law and Criminology)

Philippa THOMPSON (D&S, Department of Education Childhood & Inclusion)

Kathryn WARREN (HWB, Department of Nursing & Midwifery)

Claire WILLIAMS (SBS, Department of Service Sector Management)

Outstanding Student Support Award Winners 2016

Andrew WALTON (L&SSS)

Elizabeth DAVIES (SBS)

Inspirational Research Supervisor Award Winners 2016

Tracey COULE (SBS)

Christine LE MAITRE (HWB)

Sameh SAAD (ACES)

Jacqueline STEVENSON (D&S)

Vice-Chancellor’s Award Winners 2016

Nicola JORDAN-MAHY (HWB) Awards 2016, 2015, 2014

Neil SISSONS (D&S) Awards 2016, 2015, 2014

Nominations for the Inspirational Teaching Awards 2016

The process for Inspirational Teaching Awards is well underway.  As in previous years, students completing the Student Barometer were asked to nominate an inspirational teacher and/or someone who had made a similar contribution to their experience outside the classroom. Students were also asked to provide a comment in support of their nomination. A separate survey was made available to those students not covered by the Student Barometer. As the Postgraduate Research Survey does not operate this year, a separate survey has been made available for students to nominate inspirational research supervisors.

A total of 4707 nominations were received from students, nominating 1426 individual staff/groups of staff for either an inspirational teaching award or outstanding student support across the four faculties, and directorates. These numbers are comparable to previous years. The selection process for the Inspirational Teaching and Outstanding Student Support Awards is following the same approach as previous years.   Each faculty convenes a panel to consider Faculty awards and nominations for University Inspirational Teaching and Outstanding Student Support Awards.  These are then considered by a separate independent University Panel who make the final awards.

For Inspirational Teaching Awards the panels make decisions based on criteria which focus on the impact the nominee has on student learning such as fostering enthusiasm for their subject and inspiring student engagement with learning. For Outstanding Student Support the criteria focus on the impact the nominee has had through the support they have provided, for example, providing exceptional support above and beyond what might normally be expected.

The announcement of this year’s awards will be made in mid-May, after the University Panel has convened.  As in previous years, the awards will be celebrated at an awards dinner in July and at the graduation ceremonies in November.

For details of previous award winners click on the ‘Previous Award Winners’ tab at the top of the page.

Faculty of Development and Society celebrates their inspirational teachers

Over 150 Faculty colleagues attended what was a wonderful celebratory evening on Thursday 25th June at the Novotel hotel in the city centre. Professor John Leach was compère for the awards which were also attended by Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Liz Barnes and other colleagues from across SHU.

The evening began with an acknowledgement of the incredible team-work which has taken place throughout the year under the areas of research, student experience and expanding horizons. Next, colleagues had an opportunity to congratulate our Inspirational Teachers – out of the 23 University winners 10 were from D&S! Winners of the Faculty Outstanding Student Support and Research Supervisors Awards were also celebrated.

For the full write up, photos, and further details of nominees and winners, read the D&S Newsletter.

Sheffield Business School: nominations and award winners

Faculty Award Winners / Nominees for a University Inspirational Teaching Award

Paul BERESFORD (Service Sector Management)

Michelle BLACKBURN (Management)

Rachel BOWER (Management)

Jennifer COCKILL (Service Sector Management)

Ania DE BERG (Management)

Elizabeth DEMPSEY ( Management)

Anna HALL (Service Sector Management)

Stewart HILLAND (Service Sector Management)

Nigel JONES (Management)

Nicholas JORDAN (Service Sector Management)

John JOYCE  (Finance Acct & Business Systems)

Ray NOLAN (Service Sector Management)

Martin ROBERTS (Finance Acct & Business Systems)

Jane TATTERSALL (Service Sector Management)

Claire TAYLOR (Management)

 

Faculty Award Winners / Nominees for a University Outstanding Student Support Award

Paul BERESFORD

Elizabeth DEMPSEY

Anne HENSHAW

Health and Wellbeing: nominations and award winners

Faculty Award Winners / Nominees for a University Inspirational Teaching Award

Jill AYLOTT (Centre for Leadership in Health and Social Care)

Beverley BENNETT (Nursing & Midwifery)

David BROOM (Academy of Sport and Physical Activity)

Patricia DAY (Nursing & Midwifery)

Beverly FERGUSON (Nursing & Midwifery)

Sally FREEMAN (Nursing & Midwifery)

Nicola (aka Nikki)JORDAN MAHY (Bioscienes)

Damian KINGSBURY (Academy of Sport and Physical Activity)      ,

MELISSA Lacey, Melissa LACEY, (Biosciences)

Roger MAKIN (Nursing & Midwifery)

Rachel MCMANUS  (Social Work)

Laura PATTINSON (Allied Health Professions)

David ROGERSON (Academy of Sporty and Physical Activity)

Lesley SAUNDERS (Nursing & Midwifery)

Karen SNEDDON (Nursing & Midwifery)

 

Faculty Awards who have received a VC Award  in previous years and therefore are not considered for a University Award

Foggin, Jane, HWB, Social Work Social Care & Com. Studies)

SMITH, DAVID, HWB, Biosciences)        ,

 

Faculty Award Winners / Nominees for a University Outstanding Student Support Award

Tessa BORG

Gay FLETCHER

Rachel Wigglesworth

Development and Society: nominations and award winners

Faculty Award Winners / Nominees for a University Inspirational Teaching Award

Camila BASSI (Natural & Built Environment)

Samuel BURTON (Law And Criminology)

Naomi COOPER (Teacher Education)

Jonathan DEAN (Psychology Sociology & Politics)

Liane DUXBURY (Natural & Built Environment)

Douglas FRASER (Natural & Built Environment)

Paula HAMILTON (Law And Criminology)

Kevin MCDERMOTT (Humanities)

David PLAYFOOT (Psychology Sociology & Politics)

Alan POTTS (Teacher Education)

William READER (Psychology Sociology & Politics)

Neil SISSONS (Humanities)

Jennifer SLOAN (Law And Criminology)

Vicky THIRLAWAY (Law And Criminology)

Sarah WILLIAMS (Teacher Education)

 

Faculty Awards who have received a VC Award  in previous years and therefore are not considered for a University Award

Edwyn ANDERTON (Teacher Education)

Mark EDWARDS (Law And Criminology)

 

Faculty Award Winners / Nominees for a University Outstanding Student Support Award

Naomi COOPER

Gary CURTIS

Bob SKELTON

ACES (Arts, Computing, Engineering and Science): nominations and award winners

Faculty award winners / nominees for a University Inspirational Teaching Award

Sally BILLAU (Art And Design)

Katherine (aka Katy) CARROLL  (Media Arts & Communication)

Xinjun CUI (Engineering & Mathematics)

Roderick DOUGLAS (Computing)

Jeffrey DURBER  (Art And Design)

Siavosh HAGHIGHI MOVAHED (Computing)

Ian HALLIDAY (Materials And Eng Research Institute)

Tom HARRISON (Media Arts & Communication)

Andrew HIRST (Computing)

Christopher HOGG (Media Arts & Communication)

Philemon (aka Philo) HOLLAND (Media Arts & Communication)

Matthew LOVE (Computing)

Adrian ORAM (Computing)

Timothy PARKER (Engineering & Mathematics)

 

Faculty Awards who have received a VC Award  in previous years and therefore are not considered for a University Award

Liz ERETT (Engineering & Mathematics)

 

Faculty Award Winners / Nominees for a University Outstanding Student Support Award

Neal MARSH

Claire RAYNER

Linda WOOD

2015 winners announced

This year’s winners have been announced and the awards will be presented at a celebratory dinner on 7th July. Congratulations to all our nominees and winners.

Inspirational Teaching Award Winners 2015

Camila BASSI (D&S, Department of Natural & Built Environment)

Paul BERESFORD (SBS, Department Of Service Sector Management)

Samuel BURTON (D&S, Department Of Law And Criminology)

Jennifer COCKILL (SBS, Department Of Service Sector Management)

Naomi COOPER (D&S, Department of Teacher Education)

Anna (aka Ania) De Berg (SBS, Department of Management)

Jonathan DEAN (D&S, Department of Psychology Sociology & Politics)

Liane DUXBURY (D&S, Department of Natural & Built Environment)

Douglas FRASER (D&S, Department of Natural & Built Environment)

Stewart HILLAND (SBS, Department of Service Sector Management)

Christopher HOGG (ACES, Department of Media Arts & Communication)

Philomen (aka Philo) HOLLAND (ACES, Department of Media Arts & Communication)

Nigel JONES (SBS, Department of Management)

Nichola (aka Nikki) JORDAN MAHY (HWB, Department of Biosciences)

John JOYCE (SBS, Department Of Finance Acct & Business Systems)

Kevin MCDERMOTT (D&S, Department of Humanities)

Timothy PARKER (ACES, Department of Engineering & Mathematics)

Martin ROBERTS (SBS, Department Finance Acct & Business Systems)

Neil SISSONS (D&S Department of Humanities)

Jennifer SLOAN (D&S, Department of Law And Criminology)

Jane TATTERSALL (SBS, Department of Service Sector Management)

Claire TAYLOR (SBS, Department of Management)

Sarah WILLIAMS (D&S, Department of Teacher Education)

(23 Awards)

 

Outstanding Student Support Awards 2015

Andrew BROMLEY (SLS)

Bob SKELTON (D&S)

Rachael WIGGLESWORTH (HWB)

(3 Awards)

 

Inspirational Research Supervisor Awards 2015

Geff GREEN (ACES)

Alice BELL (D&S)

Pauline REEVES (HWB)

Murray CLARK (SBS)

Karen DUNN (D&S)

(5 Awards)

 

Vice-Chancellor’s Award Winners

Andrew BROMLEY (SLS) Awards 2015, 2013, 2012

Jenny COCKILL (SBS) Awards 2015, 2014, 2013,

Douglas FRASER (D&S) Awards  2015, 2013, 2012

Philo HOLLAND (ACES)  Awards 2015, 2012, 2011

John JOYCE (SBS) Awards 2015, 2014, 2012

 

Directorate Nominations and Award Winners

Outstanding Student Support Award Winners and Nominees

Andrew BROMLEY (SLS, Student Support Services, International Student Support)

Liz ESCADALE  (SLS, Student Support Services, Sheffield Regional Assessment Centre)

Disabled Student Support Team (SLS, Student Support Services, Disabled student support)

Faculty nominations and award winners will be published in separate posts on this blog.

2015 awards – update

Background to this year’s awards

At the end of Semester 1  students completing the Student Barometer were asked to name an inspirational teacher and/or someone who had made a similar contribution outside the classroom experience and explain how the individual had made a difference. A separate survey was made available for level 6 students.  Students were asked to nominate Research Supervisors  through the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES).

Inspirational Teaching and Outstanding Student Support Nominations

A total of 4929 nominations were received nominating 1777 individual staff / groups of staff for either an inspirational teaching award or outstanding student support across the four faculties, and directorates. This is a significant increase on last year where the number was 3500.

The selection process for the Inspirational Teaching Awards has followed the same methodology as previous years. Each faculty convened a panel to consider their nominations and used the criteria below to assess the impact the nominees have had on their students and made 15 Faculty Awards who were nominated for a University Inspirational Teaching Award. Similarly 3 staff were made a Faculty Award for Outstanding Student Support and nominated for a University Award. The University Panel sat on the 5th May chaired by myself along with our external Prof Mick Healey (PFHEA, NTF), Prof Mike Bramhall (Assistant Dean Academic Development Faculty of ACES, PFHEA and NTF), Emily Conor (Sheffield Hallam Students Union President), Prof Colin Beard (NTF and Teaching Fellow in Sheffield Business School) and Juliet Hinrichsen (Head of Academic Professional Development, LEAD).

Criteria

Inspirational Teaching Award

1.Fostering enthusiasm for their subject and inspiring student engagement with learning

2. Raising academic attainment by challenging students to achieve their full potential

3. Transformational impact on students in their transition in, through and out of their programme of study.

Outstanding Student Support

1. Supporting students and enabling them to achieve

2. Impact on student retention and progression

3.Providing exceptional support above and beyond what might normally be expected

Inspirational Research Supervisors

A total of 192 staff were also nominated by students for an Inspirational Research Supervisor Award which were considered by a panel chaired by Dr Doug Cleaver.