Job Title:Senior Lecturer
Institution: Newcastle University
Year: 2019
Combining enthusiasm for her subject discipline, dedication to student support and creativity in educational practice, Dr Lindsey Ferrie makes a significant difference to student outcomes. As a compelling, interactive and forward-thinking leader in her profession, she is creating and ensuring conduits of teaching support and innovation exist locally and nationally.
Job Title:Director of the Health Professions Education Unit, Professor of Medical Education
Institution: University of York
Year: 2019
Professor Gabrielle Finn is Director of the Health Professions Education Unit at Hull York Medical School, University of York. Through research, scholarship and engaging teaching, she advocates the creation of collaborative learning networks to support diverse groups of learners, as well as pioneering new pedagogic approaches such as ultraviolet body-painting.
Job Title:Associate Director of Learning and Teaching (Workplace Learning and Degree Apprenticeships)
Institution: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2019
NTFS Ally, supporting applications from: College based HE providers, Disabled colleagues, Part-time colleagues, Professional services colleagues, Staff from a minority ethnic background
Since being awarded her NTF in 2019, Sarah has supported a successful CATE application and played a key part in an institution-wide curriculum transformation project.
Job Title:Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise
Institution: University of the West of England
Year: 2019
Professor Catherine Hobbs is a mathematician and Principal Fellow, and currently an Associate Dean at UWE Bristol. She has pioneered the use of inquiry-based teaching and learning approaches at The University of the West of England, such as 'flipped' classroom, as well as the use of technology-enhanced learning. She uses her national roles within professional bodies to share practice.
Job Title:Head of Medical Education
Institution: University of Warwick
Year: 2019
Professor Colin Macdougall's contribution to enhancing medical education at the University of Warwick, as well as nationally and internationally, is highly significant both in terms of its depth and breadth. Throughout his career he has been at the forefront of reimagining and enhancing the learner experience in academic and clinical contexts, and his contribution to the development of apprenticeship pedagogy in clinical contexts has been deeply influential both at Warwick and beyond.
Job Title:Professor of Biology Education
Institution: The University of Edinburgh
Year: 2019
Professor Heather McQueen is an award-winning advocate of student-centred learning and research-led teaching, and supports colleagues to take a scholarly approach towards helping students flourish. Her teaching innovations have led to published research on aspects of collaborative online learning, Facebook groups and good scholarship, active learning and personalised, constructive learning in lectures.
Job Title:Professor of Communication and Digital Media
Institution: University of Westminster
Year: 2019
Professor Graham Meikle is Professor of Communication and Digital Media at the University of Westminster. He is a Research Professor, course leader for a Master’s degree, teaches a core first-year undergraduate module, and supervises PhD students. Graham is a Senior Fellow and has published seven books.
Job Title:Lecturer
Institution: University of Hull
Year: 2019
Dr Katharine Hubbard is a Lecturer in Biology at the University of Hull, a Senior Fellow, who has won multiple teaching awards. Katharine’s passions are for student-centred education, inclusive and effective teaching of laboratory skills, and for raising the profile of education-focused academic careers.
Job Title:Associate Professor
Institution: De Montfort University
Year: 2019
NTFS Ally, supporting applications from: College based HE providers, Disabled colleagues
Leisa loves collaborating with NTFs (and aspiring) on innovative, immersive and inclusive resources utilising novel technologies. During the Covid pandemic, with 2 other forensic science NTFs, they co-created an international Criminal Justice network to support practitioners, HE and FE colleagues with online learning. Having delivered HE in FE, Leisa champions FE colleagues, to celebrate their unique perspective, in enriching the NTF community. Additionally, Leisa is proud to be neurodiverse and supports colleagues with disabilities.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer Strategy and Marketing Co-Director for Student Experience
Institution: Royal Holloway, University of London
Year: 2019
As a clear and willing communicator, Justin O’Brien ensures learning from him comes naturally. His practitioner informed, experiential and performative teaching style creates effective and highly memorable learning encounters. His out-of-the-box creativity seeks to inspire independent learners to push themselves far beyond the confines of the classroom curriculum.
Job Title:Professor of Psychology
Institution: Ulster University
Year: 2018
Melanie is a Professor of Psychology and Head of school at Ulster University with over 26 years' experience of teaching in Higher Education. Engaging students through partnership is critical to her teaching philosophy. She has introduced a variety of interactive pedagogic approaches with a particular focus on peer mentoring.
Job Title:Associate Professor Drama and Performance
Institution: London South Bank University
Year: 2018
Transformation through education has been the guiding principle which has under-pinned Gill Foster's career as an actor, director and teacher of drama and theatre. Witnessing the transformative impact of education in her fathers life inspired Gill to dedicate her own working life to providing others with similar life-changing opportunities.
