Top teaching highlighted with awards

Innovative and outstanding teaching throughout the University has been recognised in the latest round of teaching awards.

Dr Linda Morris, a teaching lecturer in the School of Life Sciences has won the inaugural Senate Award for Excellence in Teaching. She wins a certificate of recognition, a personal prize of £3000 and the title of Senate Award Fellow.

Winners of this year's Honorary Graduate Awards are Andrew Cobley, systems manager in the School of Computing, Sheila Henderson, from the School of Education, Social Work and Community Education for and Dr Alastair Geddes and Dr Ed Hall at the School of Social Sciences.

Dr Annalu Waller, a lecturer in the School of Computing was awarded a commendation.

Each winning submission receives a prize of £1000 and winners have the opportunity to give a presentation at a dissemination event to be held as part of a new Learning and Teaching Conference later in the year.

The Honorary Graduate Awards were established in 1994 to recognise and reward innovation in teaching.

The new Senate Award aims to acknowledge and reward individuals for outstanding achievement in teaching and supporting student learning.

Seven individuals were nominated this year with the majority of nominations coming from students.