Job Title:Senior Teaching Fellow, eLearning Coordinator
Institution: University of Surrey
Year: 2020
Dr Chris Trace is a vet who is using his combined passions for Veterinary Medicine, Technology and Education to enhance the experience that veterinary students receive, in order to make them the best vets that they can be.
Job Title:Senior University Teacher, Faculty Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (Arts & Humanities)
Institution: University of Sheffield
Year: 2020
Rachel van Duyvenbode is an American literature specialist focusing on narratives of race and whiteness. She is the founder of Sheffield SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) Project on Inclusive Curriculum, a sector-leading EDI staff development programme, and Faculty Director of EDI (Arts and Humanities) leading transformational EDI practices improving student experience.
Job Title:Associate Professor
Institution: University of Nottingham
Year: 2020
Sarah Westwater-Wood qualified as a clinical paediatric physiotherapist. Moving into higher education, Sarah’s approach in leading innovative teaching practice and whole-unit change centres upon the principle that it is all about people, their experience not only of processes but of informing, understanding and having a meaningful influence upon the shape of them.
Job Title:Associate Professor Learning Innovation
Institution: University of Lincoln
Year: 2020
Tracey White is a work based learning practitioner. Passionate about enabling and empowering adult learning, she focuses on innovation in learning, teaching and assessment providing high quality educational experiences which are accessible for all. She loves inspiring colleagues and learners in the art of what is possible.
Job Title:Senior Educational Developer
Institution: University of Bradford
Year: 2020
Ruth Whitfield is a Senior Educational Developer who is highly respected by colleagues at all levels across the University of Bradford and beyond. Her skill and passion for supporting colleagues to enhance their practice as professional educators and improve the outcomes of student learning has been evident throughout her long career.
Job Title:Programme Leader for Sports Therapy
Institution: University of East London
Year: 2020
NTFS Ally, supporting applications from: College based HE providers, Disabled colleagues, Part-time colleagues, Professional services colleagues, Staff from a minority ethnic background
Earle Abrahamson is an award-winning educator passionate about inspiring students and enabling them to achieve their full potential. He is a strong advocate for widening participation and access in higher education. He has pioneered student engagement through his award-winning and internationally recognised peer mentoring programme that develops students holistically.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Sustainability Academic Lead for Employability
Institution: Anglia Ruskin University
Year: 2020
Art and education have the power to transform lives and make a difference in the world. For 20 years, Dr Beatriz Acevedo has worked in higher education, and her mission is to activate the creative talents of students, educators and communities to empower them to live beautifully and in a sustainable manner.
Job Title:Clinical Senior Lecturer
Institution: The University of Manchester
Year: 2020
Dr Senathirajah Ariyaratnam is an internationally renowned teacher with special interests in developing innovative curriculum, student-led course models, exploring service learning based pedagogies to integrate social responsibility in mainstream teaching and learning and globalising the innovations.
Job Title:Professor of Nursing and Intellectual Disabilities
Institution: Ulster University
Year: 2020
Professor Owen Barr’s work focuses on educating health professionals and developing national standards for nurse education to support people with learning disabilities when they access general healthcare services. For over 30 years he has co-produced learning opportunities and resources through working collaboratively with people with learning disabilities and their families.
Job Title:Director of Teaching, Learning and Student Experience
Institution: University of Huddersfield
Year: 2020
Dr Georgina Blakeley is an outstanding and inspiring pedagogic leader who has influenced colleagues nationally and internationally, achieving recognition through the 2019 European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities. This accolade testifies to her leadership in transforming students’ learning through inclusive pedagogy and support.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Early Years Education and Practice
Institution: University of South Wales
Year: 2020
As Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Early Years (EY) Education and Practice at USW, Pavla Boulton has researched, developed and cascaded locally and nationally a step-change curriculum, that, with empowerment, wellbeing and students-as-partners at its heart, is having transformational impact on her learners, their employment successes and EY education in Wales.
Job Title:Head of Professional and Academic Development
Institution: University of Bedfordshire
Year: 2020
NTFS Ally, supporting applications from: Disabled colleagues, Professional services colleagues
Dr Steve Briggs is Head of Professional and Academic Development at the University of Bedfordshire and Co-Chair of the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE). He is a PFHEA and a Chartered Psychologist. His main impact centres on professional development opportunities available to Learning Development Practitioners in the UK.
