ShareFifty-five new National Teaching Fellows (NTFs) are announced by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) today, alongside the fifteen team finalists for the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE).
HEA Chief Executive, Professor Stephanie Marshall, said, “A National Teaching Fellowship is the most prestigious individual award for excellence in teaching in higher education. These awards represent a fantastic achievement by all 55 new NTFs. I am sure the whole sector joins me in applauding them in their success.
“I am also delighted that we have really high-calibre finalists for the Collaborative Award, and I congratulate each and every team.
“The new NTFs and CATE finalists represent some of the very best teaching in higher education and I am sure they will inspire others as we share their innovative practice and ideas across the sector. The UK is justifiably proud of its higher education sector and its reputation is enhanced by the examples of excellent teaching highlighted by these awards.”
The new NTFs are have been selected from the three participating nations - Wales, Northern Ireland and England - and come from across mission groups and from a broad range of subject areas. The NTFs were nominated by their institutions and submissions had to show evidence of three criteria: individual excellence, raising the profile of excellence and developing excellence.
The CATE recognises outstanding contributions to teaching by teams at higher education providers. The criteria for the CATE award are: excellent practice, teamwork, and the team’s dissemination plan. Teams will need to have shown they are working in collaboration with direct student involvement in their work.
Fifteen institutions have been shortlisted for the award. Six of these institutions will be awarded grants of £15,000 to disseminate their learning. The six teams will be announced at the formal celebration event for all these awards at Church House, Westminster, London, 1November 2017.
National Teaching Fellows 2017 (Profiles of the NTFs are here)
Dr Fabio Aricò, University of East Anglia
Ms Lerverne Barber University of Worcester
Mrs Sue Beckingham Sheffield Hallam University
Mrs Toni Bewley Edge Hill University
Professor Tim Birkhead University of Sheffield
Dr Victoria Bourne Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr Kim Bower Sheffield Hallam University
Mr Dominic Bygate University of Hertfordshire
Mrs Caroline Coles De Montfort University
Mr David Comiskey Ulster University
Dr Elizabeth Dobson University of Huddersfield
Dr Sally Everett Anglia Ruskin University
Dr Suzanne Fergus University of Hertfordshire
Mrs Sarah George University of Bradford
Dr Philip Hanna Queen’s University Belfast
Dr Catherine Hayes University of Sunderland
Dr Ruth Healey University of Chester
Dr Joanna Hendy Cardiff Metropolitan University
Dr Judith Holloway University of Southampton
Professor Alison Honour Oxford Brookes University
Dr Annie Hughes Kingston University
Mrs Julie Irwin Buckinghamshire New University
Dr Ilona Johnson Cardiff University
Professor Hisham Khalil University of Plymouth
Professor Ania Korszun Queen Mary University of London
Professor Andrew Kulman Birmingham City University
Dr Megan Lawton University of Wolverhampton
Dr Jacqueline Leigh University of Salford
Dr Colin Lumsden University of Manchester
Dr Lindsay Marshall Newcastle University
Dr Elizabeth McCrum University of Reading
Dr Fiona McCullough University of Nottingham
Mr Samuel Messam Bradford College University Centre
Dr Elizabeth Miles Coventry University
Ms Jayne Mothersdale Leeds Beckett University
Dr Matthew Nicholls University of Reading
Professor Mark O’Hara Birmingham City University
Ms Ros O'Leary University of Gloucestershire
Dr Angela O'Sullivan De Montfort University
Professor Pamela Parker City, University of London
Dr James Pickering University of Leeds
Dr Samantha Pugh University of Leeds
Professor David Read University of Southampton
Dr Alex Ryan University of Gloucestershire
Dr Henrik Schoenefeldt University of Kent
Dr Michael Scott University of Warwick
Dr Gill Seyfang University of East Anglia
Dr M Hasan Shaheed Queen Mary University of London
Dr David Smith Sheffield Hallam University
Mrs Hilary Wason Kingston University
Dr Dawn Watkins University of Leicester
Professor Renate Weller Royal Veterinary College
Professor Judith Williams University of Manchester
Dr Dylan Williams University of Leicester
Mr James Wilson University of Southampton
Finalist for the CATE awards (Details about the CATE finalists are here)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Kingston University
Staffordshire University
The Open University
Ulster University
University College London
University of Bath
University of Bedfordshire
University of Bradford
University of Cumbria
University of Huddersfield
University of Kent
University of Leicester
University of Sheffield
University of South Wales
The NTF and CATE schemes are run by the HEA on behalf of the award funders: the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW), and the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland (DfE). (The Scottish Funding Council does not take part in NTFS).
There are now over 800 NTFs. Institutions can nominate up to three individuals per annum. The schemes are open to staff whose teaching or support roles enhance the student learning experience. The NTF and CATE Schemes will run again in 2018; details will follow in due course.
For further information visit www.heacademy.ac.uk/ntfs
