2013 was the first year of the SACAs - our first ever awards for academics and support staff, nominated and chosen entirely by students.
The awards were designed to celebrate and reward good teaching and emphasise teaching as a skill of equal worth and value as research. We also wanted to build a community in which students, academics and staff all feel ownership of the development and delivery of their course.
A chance for students to say 'thank-you'
There were eight awards in total, covering all faculties, departments and campuses. Specific prizes were given to those who supervise doctoral students, teach master’s students, and work in professional roles within College. The awards aren't designed to be a popularity contest but a recognition of innovation, skill, engagement and energy that students have received from academics.
Over 500 nominations were received - an excellent number for our first ever SACAs - and student panels shortlisted the below nominees. There were six shortlistees per award, and the winners were announced at the inaugural SACAs ceremony, in the Queen's Tower Rooms on 21 May 2013. The list of winners can be found below.
And the nominees are...
Best Feedback Dr Rebecca Bell Earth Science & Engineering Dr Simon Bland Physics Prof. Sue Grimes Civil and Environmental Engineering Prof. Bassam Izzuddin Civil and Environmental Engineering Dr Rafael Palacios Nieto Aeronautics Prof. Christopher Swan Civil and Environmental Engineering
Best Innovation Prof. Stephen Curry Cell & Molecular Biology Dr Zen Makuch Centre for Environmental Policy Prof. Martin McCall Physics Dr Andrew McKinley Chemistry Dr Jane Saffell Department of Medicine Prof. Guang-Zhong Yang Computing
Best Teaching for Undergraduates Dr Alastair Donaldson Computing Dr Kristel Fobelets Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dr Paul Mitcheson Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dr Silvestre Pinho Aeronautics Dr Sohag Saleh Faculty of Medicine Prof. Peter Torok Physics
Best Graduate Teaching Assistant Faris Abou-Saleh Computing Pongsathorn Dechatiwongse Chemical Engineering Juan Kuntz Bioengineering Elena Louca Mathematics Freya Summersgill Civil and Environmental Engineering Alan Zucconi Computing | Best Support Staff Victor Boddy Electrical and Electronic Engineering Anna Hikel Civil and Environmental Engineering Martin Holloway Bioengineering DeeJay Kistnah Chemistry Rachael Waddington Department of Surgery & Cancer Jo Williams Faculty of Medicine Centre
Best Tutoring Dr Lorraine Craig Earth Science & Engineering Prof. Louise Donnelly National Heart & Lung Institute Dr Tim Evans Physics Dr Lucy Hicks Department of Medicine Dr Sohag Saleh Faculty of Medicine Dr Andrew Walton Mathematics
Best Teaching for Postgraduates Dr Paola Criscuolo Business School Dr Marc Gunter School of Public Health Prof. Peter Harrison Computing Prof. Andrew Purvis Division of Ecology and Evolution Prof. Elio Riboli School of Public Health Dr Ana Maria Ruiz-Teran Civil and Environmental Engineering
Best Supervision Dr Joachim Hamm Physics Prof. Jane Mitchell National Heart & Lung Institute Dr Kieran O'Dea Department of Surgery & Cancer Dr Rafael Palacios Nieto Aeronautics Prof. Mark Sephton Earth Science & Engineering Prof. Michael Warner Earth Science & Engineering |
And the winners are...
Best Teaching for Undergraduates
Dr Alastair Donaldson, Computing
Best Innovation
Dr Jane Saffell, Department of Medicine
Best Graduate Teaching Assistant
Alan Zucconi, Computing
Best Teaching for Postgraduates
Professor Andrew Purvis, Division of Ecology and Evolution
Best Tutoring
Dr Sohag Saleh, Medicine
Best Feedback
Dr Rebecca Bell, Earth Science & Engineering
Best Support Staff
Anna Hikel, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Best Supervision
Dr Rafael Palacios Nieto, Aeronautics
