Teaching Excellence Awards

This award recognises the lecturer who is a forward thinking inspiring leader and expert, expanding their teaching beyond lectures and tutorials by utilising technology or interactive activities.

This category highlights the most enthusiastic teaching staff who shows incredible passion for their subject area, as well as bringing their course to life. They are passionate and engaged and can clearly communicate to students to share their knowledge and enthusiasm.

This award recognises teaching staff who stands out, it can be someone who is colourful, fun, engaging and unforgettable in their way of being or their approach to teaching.

This category highlights team effort, a skillfull collaboration between lecturers, assistants, techs etc. that enchances the learning experience.

This award recognises the hard work of non-teaching staff who support students outside of teaching. From registering programme reps to responding to students' queries, our departments wouldn't be the same without the amazing support staff!

This could be a member of non-teaching staff from your department such as the admin team, disability coordinator, technical staff, members of university services like the library, careers service, disability and wellbeing and more! We have so many fantastic staff who support student learning without directly teaching so if there's someone who comes to mind who has been fantastic but isn't teaching staff nominate them here!

If you don't know the staff members name please still nominate them with all the information you have and we will try our best to find out who they are.

This category highlights teaching and non-teaching staff who recognise the feedback, and work with StrathReps to improve learning environment. They are responsive and view their role as a collaboration between staff and students.

Teaching assistants and tutors play a big role in supporting students in their learning. This award shows the appreciation for teaching assistants and tutors who show exceptional dedication and commitment to ensuring their students receive the best academic learning and guidance.

This category highlights those that have achieved significant sustainability-related outcomes, on-campus or within their community, using minimal and/or limited resources. These could be practical changes or through less tangible changes like increasing knowledge of sustainability, supporting community activism or improving attitudes towards sustainable development.

This award recognises an individual or a team to demonstrate:

• Evidence of encouraging inclusive participation and eliminating discrimination
• Evidence of the impact of work/initiative on promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
• Commitment to the values of equality, diversity and inclusion beyond the expectations of their job role/project
• Examples of innovation in response to an equality and diversity issue