National Teaching Fellowship award ceremony

• Date: 28-09-2009

Fifty of the best lecturers and learning support staff in higher education in England and Northern Ireland were recognised for their excellence at an awards ceremony at Middle Temple Hall, London on 23 September 2009.

The 2009 National Teaching Fellowships, awarded by the Higher Education Academy, were presented by Dr John Selby, Director (Education and Participation) HEFCE, and Professor Shirley Pearce, Chair of the advisory panel for the awards.

The 50 award winners for 2009, chosen from 203 nominations submitted by higher education institutions, will each receive awards of £10,000 to support learning and teaching activities.  The new Fellows come from universities, HE colleges and conservatoires throughout England and Northern Ireland.

Joining this year’s awards winners was Professor Gill Marshall from the University of Cumbria, a winner from 2007.