HEFi Awards for Educational Enhancement and Innovation reward and recognise staff from across the University who provide, and contribute to, an inspirational student experience.
HEFi is delighted to announce the winners of the 2018/19 Education Enhancement and Innovation Awards. Eight awards have been given across four categories.
They raise the profile of such activity throughout the University, through the nominations and award-giving process. The awards are complementary to the VC/Guild of students Outstanding Teaching Awards. All staff, academic and professional, are eligible for nomination.
The judging for the 2018/19 Awards has now taken place and a full list of the winners can be found below. There will are eight awards across four themes, which are detailed below.
The winner of each award will receive £1,000 (or an equal share, if the award is made to a team). There will be a celebratory awards event held on February 6th 2019, to which all the winners are invited.
Learn more about the themes, which recognise the range of education-related activity:
Educational Innovation
This award recognises those individuals or teams who demonstrate a commitment to embedding the enhancement of educational practice and innovation within their own discipline and beyond (e.g. in a School/Department, College or at University level). This year we would particularly welcome nominations for leadership at programme level.
- Winner: Degree Apprenticeship Public Management Team: Rummi Bassi, Karin Bottom, Stephen Jeffares, Catherine Mangan and Louise Reardon - School of Government, Institute of Local Government Studies and CoSS E-learning, CoSS
For creating UoB’s first Degree Apprenticeship (DA) in Public Management and Leadership, which demonstrates innovation in curriculum design and use of learning technologies, and also strongly supports the delivery of the ambitions set out in Curriculum 2020.
- Winner: Fred O’Loughlin - Professional Services
For his work as Project Officer for the institutional rollout of an e-portfolio tool (PebblePad).
- Highly Commended: Lee Gregory - School of Social Policy, CoSS
For innovative approaches to teaching and assessment in the year two Poverty, Class and Inequality module.
Educational Leadership
This award recognises those who have demonstrated innovation in curriculum design, assessment and feedback methods or use of learning technologies and development of digital literacies. We are particularly interested in receiving nominations for staff innovating in the curriculum in ways that will support Curriculum 2020 and the shape of the new academic year.
- Winner: Chris Tselepis - Institute of Clinical Sciences / Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, MDS)
For his work as Director of the undergraduate Biomedical Science programme.
- Winner: John Snaith - School of Chemistry, EPS
For his work as Head of Education for Chemistry.
- Highly Commended: Mala Patel - Collaborative Teaching Laboratory, EPS
For her leadership in bringing the University's new Collaborative Teaching Laboratory (CTL) on stream and for leading and inspiring the new technician team to deliver an excellent student experience in the new facilities.
Research-intensive Learning and Teaching
The winner(s) of this award will be individuals or teams whose teaching is informed by engagement with research and whose research is informed by engagement with teaching, providing students with an opportunity to become part of an intellectually stretching, research-rich, multi-disciplinary learning community.
- Winner: Art History, Curating and Visual Studies Team - School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music, CAL
For their work ensuring that from Year 1 undergraduate to MA level, the curriculum in Art History, Curating and Visual Studies is not just driven by staff research, but also educates students to a very high standard in the processes and practices of research.
Supporting Student Learning
Excellence in this category can be demonstrated in a variety of ways including supporting a diverse range of learning needs, embedding inclusive practice and taking a student centred approach. Examples of effective approaches to personal tutoring that could be shared across the institution would be welcomed.
- Winner: Emily Carroll - Birmingham Law School, CAL
For her contribution across a range of learning and teaching activities supporting student learning within Birmingham Law school (BLS).
- Winner: Geography Tutorial Team: Lloyd Jenkins, John Round, Paul Richardson, Yueming Zhang, Jim Reali, Joe Berry and Rob Jones - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Professional Services
For their commitment to the improvement of student outcomes through the redesign of the Year 1 Geography Tutorial module.
- Highly Commended: EDACS MA Film and Television Team: Richard Langley, Jemma Penny, Nina Jones - School of English, Drama and American and Canadian Studies, CAL
For delivering an enrichment in the educational opportunities for students on the MA in Film and Television programme.
Photos of the 2018/19 HEFi Awards Dinner