The Education Awards 2024

Overview

The Education Awards recognise and celebrate excellent practice in learning and teaching. The awards are run by Elevate.

This year's Education Awards celebration event took place on Wednesday 8 May 2024. Nominations were open for staff or students who teach and those who have made significant contributions to education at the University.

View the Education Awards celebration presentation with videos produced by the nominators and lists of nominees per category.

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Staff Award Winners

Teaching Practice (seven awards: five Faculty Awards, one Extra-Faculty Award, and one overall winner)

• Arts and Humanities - Dr David Patrick, History
• Engineering - Dr Pete Mylon, Multidisciplinary Engineering Education
• Health - Jacqueline Dale, Rachael Duckworth, Julie Hutchison, Lizzie Ollivant, Karolina Piechowicz and Sally Snowden, School of Allied Health Professions
• Science - Dr Grant Hill, Chemistry
• Social Sciences - Dr Gregory Stiles, Politics and International Relations
• Extra-Faculty - Paul Barnes, Geraint Edwards, Eleanor Machin and David Read, ELTC and SpLD
• Overall - Dr Gregory Stiles, Politics and International Relations

Nominees

• Dr (Julie) Panayiota Alevizou
• Dr Alex Hague
• Dr Christopher McMillan
• Dr Claire Burdfield
• Dr Daniel Franchini
• Dr Dmitry Chernobrov
• Dr Emma Heywood, Charlotte Barras-Damms & Jesse Armstrong
• Dr Fiona Scott
• Dr Gilly Sharpe
• Dr Grant Hill
• Dr Gregory Stiles
• Dr Iain Croall
• Dr Jared Ahmad
• Dr Joanna Bates
• Dr Jonna Nyman
• Dr Kennedy Offor
• Dr Laura Connelly
• Dr Mahmoud Masoud
• Dr Mirna Jabbour
• Dr Mustafa Kavas
• Dr Nicola Dimelow
• Dr Nicole Baumgarten, Dr Carmen Ramos Villar
• Dr Özlem Arikan
• Dr Payam Soulatiantork
• Dr Pete Mylon
• Dr Qaiser Sheikh
• Dr Saeed Najafi-Tavani
• Dr Sally Zhu
• Dr Sara Ababneh
• Dr Sarah Hale
• Dr Shengfeng Li
• Dr Stanislava Naneva
• Dr Yinka Olusoga
• Emre Akbil, Dr Youcao Ren, Dr Tanzil Shafique
• Geraint Edwards; David Read, Eleanor Machin, Paul Barnes
• Gerardo Viera
• James Simpson
• Lizzie Ollivant, Sally Snowden, Rachael Duckworth, Karolina Piechowicz, Julie Hutchison, Jacqueline Dale
• Mathew Hare
• Michelle Rowlins and Mark Bradley
• Niall Connolly
• Pete Odell, Kate Campbell-Pilling
• Professor Terrence Perera
• Rachael Duckworth
• Stephan Henneberg
• Tanzil Shafique
• Yvonne Illsley

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GTA Teaching Practice (PGR students who teach)

•  Anne Williams, Physics and Astronomy

Nominees

• Anne Williams
• Benjamin Andrews
• Bethany Nutbrown
• Charlotte Clarke
• Dr Fiona Scott
• Dr Kushwanth Koya
• Elisabeth Knight, Maira Klyshbekova, Jonathan Tang
• Joe Pateman and Sara Ababneh 
• Junan He
• Kaixi (Kathy) Xu
• Lara A Scharf
• Lee Rabbetts
• Maria Sklavou
• Michail Litainas
• Ollie Chesworth
• Rawad Asfour
• Tessa Spano
• Victoria Knowles

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Leadership in Education

• Dr Adam Hodgson, School of Biosciences

Nominees

• Dr Adam Hodgson
• Dr Adrian Jowett
• Dr Andrew Heath
• Dr Bryony Black, Alison Grasmeder, Gary Pollard,
• Dr Christian Morgner
• Dr David Vessey
• Dr Frazer Jarvis
• Dr Jennifer Burr
• Dr Jessica Bradley, Dr Yinka Olusoga
• Dr Kathryn Simpson
• Dr Lien Le Monkhouse
• Dr Louise Kay 
• Dr Matt Mears
• Dr Matteo Di Benedetti
• Dr Mike Prentice
• Dr Özlem Arikan
• Dr Peta Kirk
• Dr Raja Toqeer
• Dr Richard Steadman-Jones
• Dr Sarah Brooks
• Dr Sarah Hale
• Dr Tim Herrick
• Dr Tom Anderson
• Keely Armitage, Sarah Aspey, Dr Elisabeth Garratt, Dr Michael Martin, James Peacock, Professor Ryan Powell, Stef Pukallus
• Sarah Hunter
• Stephanie Butcher
• Warren Bramley
• Will Nash

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Inclusivity, Diversity and Community in Education

• Emma Hughes, School of Biosciences

Nominees

• Dr Andrea Jimenez
• Dr Andrey Rosowsky
• Dr Aneesh Barai
• Dr Anita Ratcliffe
• Dr Antonios Ktenidis
• Dr Bariş Çelik
• Catherine Skelcher
• Charlotte Wright
• Dr Christian Morgner
• Dan Hammett and the Geography field classes team
• Dr Ellie Harrison
• Dr Emma Hughes
• Dr Erika Hansson
• Gemma Gibson and Matthew Jacobs
• James Chamberlain
• Jenny Eells, Polly Mosley and Anna Jones
• Jenny Hughes, Dawn Fletcher and Dr Heather Driscoll
• Kate Peysner
• Lara Lawrence
• Dr Laura Corns
• Dr Laura Dean
• Dr Lauren White, Dr Will Mason and Dr Vicky Grant
• Lisa Bradley
• Dr Meesha Warmington
• Minna Shkul
• Dr Nick Murgatroyd and Laurie Wilson
• Professor Rachel van Duyvenbode
• Rebecca Saunby
• Dr Rola Saad
• Dr Sam Purchase
• Sarah Plumb
• Sophie Banbury
• Dr Tara Baldacchino
• Tianyi Wang

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Peer Teaching and Mentoring

• Lucy Farquhar, Engineering

Nominees

• Abigail Parrish
• Dr Dani Madrid-Morales
• Dr Emma Hughes
• Dr Jane McKeown
• Dr Julie Hyde
• Dr Lada Price
• Lopa Husain
• Lucy Farquhar
• Dr Mahmoud Masoud
• Dr Merve Mollaahmetoglu
• Dr Mohammed Nassar
• Professor Nicholas Turner
• Dr Ryan Bramley
• Professor Tony Ryan

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Doctoral Supervision

• Dr Lisa Stampnitzky, Politics and International Relations

Nominees

• Dr Adrien Chauvet
• Dr Aneesh Barai and Dr Ryan Bramley
• Dr Anna Topakas
• Dr Antonios Ktenidis
• Dr Caroline Oates and Dr (Julie) Panayiota Alevizou
• Dr Christian Morgner
• Professor Dan Goodley
• Dr David Littlewood
• Dr Edward Yates
• Professor Hossein Olya
• Dr Katherine Ebury
• Dr Lisa Stampnitzky
• Dr Olga Cam
• Dr Özlem Arikan
• Professor Pauline Dibben, Professor Paul Latreille
• Professor Stephen Matcher
• Dr Tanzil Shafique
• Dr Tim Herrick

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Personal and Academic Tutoring

• Dr Kitty Nichols, Sheffield Methods Institute

Nominees

• Dr Carole Bain
• Dr Christopher McMillan
• Dr Cristian Vasquez
• Dr Emma Hughes 
• Dr Jenny Burnham
• Dr Jonathan Jordan
• Dr Kitty Nichols
• Dr Lauren Powell
• Dr Penelope Watt (Chair), Blair Bayliss, Stephanie Betts, Jane Clark, Lucy Deakin, Dr Neil Dummigan, Vivien Farrand, Ellen Higson, Sheraz Hussain, Lizzie Ibbotson, Dr Jessica Lomas, Dr Matt Mears, Sarah Mirfield, Professor David Mowbray, Dr Mohammed Nassar, Dr Ben Partridge, Kate Richardson, Radmila Schelle-Hall
• Dr Rola Saad
• Dr Sarah Hale
• Dr Yinka Olusoga
• Linda Wilkinson
• Lizzie Ollivant
• Lyndsey Stanton
• Rachael Duckworth
• Warren Bramley

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Supporting Education

• Lucy Deakin, School of Biosciences

Nominees

• Aarti Sehgal, Rhian Whitehead-Wright, Oliver Allchin, Amy Haworth and Caterina Sciamanna
• Alley Bridge-York
• Andrew Elliott
• Andrew Stainton
• Barbara Harrison
• Cassie Charles
• Dan Tudhope
• David Barrand
• Debbie Osborne
• Edward Browncross
• Emma Ryszka, Barbara Mainland, Susan Cramp and Hazel Murray
• Hazel Murray, Emma Ryszka and Sue Cramp
• Helen Boucher
• Isobel Fillingham
• Dr James Brackley
• Jane Lowe and Helen Penkethman
• Jane Mallinson, Kate Dudgeon, Debra Schofield, Sanne van der Schee, Denise Richards and Kirsty Wallace
• Jo Eve, Shikun Lin, Sarah Aspey, James Peacock, Steph Harley, Josie Smith, Natalie Barks, Emily Rahtz, Isobel Fillingham, Hannah Sawiski and Keely Armitage
• Joshua Richards
• Kathryn Sharpe
• Kerry Swain, Jamie Rodgers, Anna Hardy and Fiona Murray
• Liz Fotherby, Liz Carl and Diane Inkersole
• Lucy Deakin
• Dr Mark Yarrow
• Nico Black, Tom Jones and Chris Mowat
• Dr Peggy Haughton, Grace Jones, Julie Milner, Hayley Pearson, Ursula McGuone, Lizzie Ibbotson, Charlotte Brown, Leigh Hewitt and Tom Bland
• Dr Ryan Bramley
• Sarah Moga, Nicola Moore, Kate Atkinson, Bethan Stonehouse and Gail Smallwood
• Sarah Plumb
• Sarah Sanderson
• Stacey Jaouane
• Dr Tim Herrick

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Digital Experience

• Dr Will Hentley, School of Biosciences

Nominees

• Andrew Elliott
• Ashley Towers, Matt Sarstedt
• Gui Pozzer
• Dr Harry Day
• Iain Thompson
• Jesrine Clarke-Darrington
• Lindsay Pantry
• Loo Yeo
• Luke Miller
• Dr Will Hentley

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Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

• John Sampson, School of Architecture

Nominees

• Dr John Miller
• Dr Panos Lazari
• Dr SJ Cooper-Knock
• John Sampson

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Employability

• Emma Shaw, Landscape Architecture

Nominees

• Amy Woolley, Eleanor Murphy, Jemma Planche, Dr Berna Keskin, and Louise Hall
• Andrew Stainton
• Claire Brooke, Galina Balikhin, Matthew Watts, Bob Lieu, and Alex Plank
• Dr Antonios Ktenidis, Dr Themesa Neckles, Jenny Butcher, and Helen Hewitt
• Dr Emily Whitehouse
• Dr Emma Morgan, Dr Gideon Salter, and Dr Harriet Smith
• Dr Kathryn Simpson
• Dr Nicola Buckland
• Dr Patrícia Nabuco Martuscelli
• Dr Richard Steadman-Jones and Dr Amber Regis
• Dr Rob Barthorpe
• Dr Rola Saad
• Dr Sarah Crede
• Dr Siobhan McAndrew, Dr Ella Whiteley, and Dr Christine Huebner
• Dr Tara Baldacchino
• Emma Shaw
• Gavin Simpson-Smillie, and James Zeller
• Leo Care
• Louise Hall
• Neil McSweeney
• Professor Caitlin Buck
• Tracy Horton, Isabel Eustace, and Sarah Hunter
• Yvonne Illsley

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Staff and student award

Student-staff Partnership and Co-production in Education

• Alison Romaine, Grace Cleary, and Shona Tulloch, 2022-23 SU Officers
• Dr Lauren White and Dr Will Mason, Sheffield Methods Institute

Nominees

• Kane Dibb, Matty Phillips and Sophie Ward
• Katherine Fennelly
• Lauren White, Dr Will Mason, Alison Romaine, Grace Cleary and Shona Tulloch
• Dr Wendy Michallat, Sarah Armour, Dr Lucy Dyson, Aneli Godden-Wood,
• Alex Mcwilliam-Cervera, Daria Slaby and Tom Watson

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Student awards

Inclusivity, Diversity and Community in Education

• Nathalia Allen-Hernandez and Manjeevan Singh, School of Medicine and Population Health

Nominees

• Maisie Clarke, Jay Pasricha, Fae Cockcroft, Anna Martin and Lou Bruce
• Manjeevan Singh and Nathalia Allen-Hernandez
• Mohammad Askari
• Shohail Ismail

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Peer Teaching and Mentoring

• Julian Jung, School of Biosciences

Nominees

• Amal Alnajar
• Isaac Carter
• John Atanasios
• Julian Jung
• Kane Dibb
• Mengzi Li

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Student Academic Representation

• Bishal Mishra, School of Medicine and Population Health

Nominees

• Ghada Sasi
• Feroz Mohammad
• Ya Jing Anett Lai
• Tom J Ryan
• Nicholas Michau
• Milo Bullock
• Laura Craig
• Aryada Sarang Hegde Dessai
• Bishal Mishra
• Nicholas Michau
• Astghik Baghinyan
• Folademilade Oyeleke
• Emily Newman
• Rabiul Islam

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How the nominations were judged

To select the overall winner for each category, the awards panel focused on:

• The extent to which the nominated practice was relevant to the award category
• The extent to which the nominee demonstrates pedagogical excellence in their practice
• The extent of impact that the nominee has had on student learning and education within the criteria for the award category. This impact could be direct (immediate impact on student learning) or indirect (supporting others or developing systems to have an impact on student on learning). It could also be wide (impact on a whole cohort) or more personal (impact on an individual student or small group of students)
• The extent to which the practice described in the nomination could be considered best practice and would be beneficial for others in similar positions to learn from

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Sharing good practice

Colleagues whose good practice was highlighted through the nomination process will be invited to share their work through Elevate. Depending on the nomination, this could include written case studies, blog posts, and showcase or networking events.

Find out more about how Elevate shares good practice (Staff hub login required)