The winner of the 2017 Student Academic Choice Award for Best Teaching for Postgraduates was Dr Peter Fitch, of the Department of Earth Science and Engineering.

What students said:

"Pete is like no other teacher I have ever had. When I made the transition from undergraduate physics to postgraduate petroleum engineering, I was sceptical about the lack of personal tutor and doubted whether the teaching would be as engaging as I had before. Peter Fitch has cast any doubt I had about the teaching to one side and has shown every attribute of an excellent teacher."

"He has an open door for pastoral and academic problems"

"Pete clearly has a passion for his subject, he lives, and breathes petrophysics. He has a novel approach that combines top quality training to industry standard but also hits the excellent academic standards one would expect at Imperial college. He is enthusiastic, energetic yet calm and assured in his teaching. He dedicates class time to exercise so that every single student is clear about the objectives of his course. His mentimeter class quizzes are an example of the meticulous pre-class prep. His supplementary notes are detailed yet to the point and slideshows exhibit clarity in expression and detailed figures."

"While He could really have been nominated for many awards, his teaching does go above and beyond any other on this taught postgraduate course. He always has a full lecture theatre and every students full attention. As this course is taught in blocks, i.e. 6 hours per day, 5 days per week, you could easily forgive someone for losing track of the lecture, with Pete however, this I dare say is never the case."