Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Law: Associate Dean UG Teaching and Learning
Institution: Aston University
Year: 2014
National Teaching Fellow 2014
Odette Hutchinson has teaching interests in criminal law, business ethics and learning and teaching innovation, and over the past ten years she has had a significant impact on the quality and nature of legal education at an institutional, national and international level.
Job Title:Deputy Vice Principal
Institution:
Year: 2014
National Teaching Fellow 2014
Institution at the time of Award: University of Bradford. Dr Ian Palmer began his career as a trainee engineer at Thorn EMI Electronics, during which he studied for a BSc in Electronics at the University of Sussex and an MSc at Brunel University. Ian left Thorn EMI and returned to Sussex to study for his DPhil, which focused on developing computer animation systems that would be easier to use by non-technical animators. Through his work in animation Ian became interested in its application in different media types, especially in entertainment, special effects and computer games. These areas are now the emphasis of his teaching, which focuses on the technical aspects of computer graphics.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Computing Science
Institution: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2014
National Teaching Fellow 2014
Dr Tom Crick is Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Computing & Information Systems at Cardiff Metropolitan University, having completed his PhD and post-doctoral research at the University of Bath. His underlying philosophy of scholarship is simple: to be a transformational computer science academic. Alongside his academic research, he has published widely on computer science education and sits on the editorial board of the HEA Innovation in Teaching and Learning in Information and Computer Sciences (ITALICS) journal.
Job Title:Professor of Innovation and Consumer Psychology
Institution: Bangor University
Year: 2014
National Teaching Fellow 2014
A pioneer in the field of Consumer Psychology and a key member of Bangor University's world-class School of Psychology, Professor James Intriligator brings innovation to everything he does and inspires it in others. To describe his impact, students had to invent a new award for James: at the 2012 HEA/NUS student-led teaching awards, they used the 'open' category to declare him 'Equality and Liberation Champion'.
Job Title:Interim Head of School of Sustainable Environments, Senior lecturer and Postgraduate Coordinator
Institution: Writtle College
Year: 2014
National Teaching Fellow 2014
Throughout her teaching career at Writtle College, Dr Anya Perera has demonstrated a passion for enhancing student learning in a way that inspires and facilitates adjustment to higher education (HE) study. Her overall aim is to instil confidence in learners with diverse entry profiles, and she focuses on teaching science to non-scientists and engaging her students in a challenging yet supportive environment.
Job Title:Hebron & Medlock Professor of Information Technology
Institution: University of Bath
Year: 2014
Professor James Davenport is a member of both the Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science departments at Bath: when the two split, it was impossible to decide which one he belonged to, and this interdisciplinary theme runs throughout his career. He has taught at Bath for over 30 years, as well as at Grenoble, Paris VI, Ecoles Centrale and Polytechnique in Paris, ETH Zurich, KTH Stockholm, and the West University Timisoara, in Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Numerical Analysis/Computer Science and Informatics departments.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer (Adult Nursing)
Institution: Manchester Metropolitan University
Year: 2014
National Teaching Fellow 2014
Dr Kirsten Jack's approach to learning and teaching has been heavily influenced by her work as a nurse, and she recognises the challenges faced by health care professionals in their working lives. She has a clinical background in primary health care nursing, working in various parts of the north-west during her career. She is an innovative and vibrant member of Manchester Metropolitan Universitys (MMU) highly successful Department of Nursing. Kirsten is passionate about using the arts to enhance health education. One of her most innovative projects has been an MMU-funded project called Caring Words.
Job Title:Principal Lecturer
Institution: University of Central Lancashire
Year: 2014
National Teaching Fellow 2014
Dr Ruth Pilkington began lecturing in languages and has developed the communicative and active learning characteristic of languages into the mainstay of her current work as an academic developer based in the School of Education and Social Sciences.
Job Title:Head of Languages and Linguistics
Institution: York St John University
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
Throughout her career, Rachel has had roles that have allowed her to focus on facilitating effective international communication and language learning. She worked as a teacher, and trainer of teachers, of English as an additional language for many years in Indonesia (with Voluntary Services Overseas), India, Vietnam, Japan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Music, Director of Learning and Teaching School of Arts
Institution: University of Surrey
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
"Chris is such an enthusiastic individual. He is hugely passionate about what he teaches, and he brings so much life into his lectures. He is dedicated to the University and to its students, and works incredibly hard to make sure all his students achieve and reach their full potential." (BMus student, 2012)
Job Title:Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning & Head of Academic Support, Technology and Innovation
Institution: Plymouth University
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
Professor Neil Witt began his academic career as a lecturer in marine navigation and communication systems in 1993 and has been using technology to enhance his students learning for the past 20 years. His role allows him to share his expertise in technology-enhanced learning (TEL) with colleagues across the University, partner colleges in the South West and across national and international HE sectors.
Job Title:Director of Education
Institution: King's College London
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
Professor Mark Woolford has been involved in education in dentistry since 1984. He has worked at a number of dental schools around the UK, obtaining his PhD at the University of Dundee before returning to London to take up a post at what was to become (in 2000) King's College London Dental School.
