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Dott. Enza Siciliano Verruccio with Miranda Roberts
School of Humanities
Nominees: Dr Ruth Salter, Dr Jacqui Turner, Professor Patrick Major, Graham Moore, Dr Elizabeth Maeve Barnes, Dr Charlotte Newey, Amie Bolissian, Abbie Tibbott
Winner: Dr Ruth Salter
“Ruth has been an absolutely excellent support for me throughout my time at university studying history She has taken time out of her evenings and days to meet with me to discuss my ideas Additionally, her help on the history society that I am President of, and her outstanding hosting of visit days has inspired me to go into academia.”
Institute of Education
Nominees: Barbara King, Marion Brown, Jane Machin, Dr Maria Kambouri, Pamela Cottrell, Suzy Tutchell, Nick Davies, Dr Alison Silby, Scarlett Murphy, Cecilia Muldoon
Winner: Marion Brown
“Marion is always there to check in with how we are and makes every member of the course genuinely cared about. She has worked consistently through our course while staff changes have meant that she has effectively been working two jobs and also answers all emails in and outside working hours. She’s just so supportive.”
International Study & Language Institute
Nominees: Daniel Devane, Brian Turner, Suzanne Smith, Dr Dawn Clarke, Sarah Harford
Winner: Daniel Devane
“Daniel is a great tutor and he is able to communicate in clear and understandable terms to the students I am nominating him for his unique attribute of making sure the message is passed across clearly to the class ”
School of Law
Nominees: Professor Thérèse Callus, Dr Rachel Horton, Professor James Devenney, Dr Basak Bak, Dr Annika
Newnham, Sharon Sinclair-Graham, Professor Rosemary Auchmuty, Dr Mathilde Pavis, Amanda Millmore, Dr Nowrin
Tamana, Dr Frances Hamilton, Dr Mary Synge
Winner: Amanda Millmore
“She is just the most amazing lecturer I’ve had. Anything Amanda teaches, I understand it in an instant and her kind and informative approach is the reason why I believe her to be my favourite lecturer I know many of my peers would agree and find that she has been the most helpful because without her I would not have enjoyed Law as much as I do now.”
School of Literature & Languages
Nominees: Professor Clare Furneaux, Cong Xia Li, Professor Cindy Becker, Dott. Enza Siciliano Verruccio, Dr Lucy Bending, Kazumi Hiramatsu-Kidd, Dr Marjorie Gehrhardt, Dr Melani
Schroeter, Dr Maria Reyes Baztan, Suzanne Smith, Dr Nigora Nasirova, Óscar García García, Ugo Marsili, Robert McCluskey, Wendy Hillier, Celine Biart, Dr Claire Ross, Shelley Harris, Dr Marine Orain, Yuko Tochii, Virginia Dimitroff, Dr Catriona
McAllister, Dr Younis Lahwej, Dr Sophie Payne, Debra Page
Winner: Óscar García García
“I have been blown away on multiple occasions by someone not only an expert in the field they teach but also on how Spanish is learnt and perceived by English students. His utmost enthusiasm for the subject matches his will to help his students and I have never come across a more friendly and kind teacher who I strongly believe deserves this award.”
School of Mathematics, Physical & Computational Sciences
Nominees: Dr Muhammad Shahzad, Dr M. Arifur Rahman, Dr Karen Poulter, Dr Calvin Smith, Claire Newbold
Winner: Dr Calvin Smith
“The best lecturer I have had in all my three years of study Willing to help at any point without making you feel stupid or dumb. Light-hearted and happy at all times and it is a joy to be in his classroom (even if the module is hard)!”
School of Politics, Economics & International Relations
Nominees: Dr Amanda Hall, Dr Graham O'Dwyer, Dr Fangya Xu, Dr Shixuan Wang, Daniel Devane, Dr Kenton White, Dr Mark Guzman
Winner: Dr Amanda Hall
“Amanda has had a very positive impact on my education this year, particularly with the engaging methods she employs in seminars that have allowed for deep and productive discussion on some very difficult topics. Her detailed and effective feedback has been massively beneficial not just within her modules but on my wider degree as a whole ”