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National Teaching Fellows

The National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) Scheme celebrates and recognises individuals who have made an outstanding impact on student outcomes and the teaching profession in higher education. Meet the National Teaching Fellows below.
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National Teaching Fellows

Job Title:Director, King's Learning Institute
Institution: King's College London
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
Professor Paul Blackmore joined King's College London in 2007 having worked previously at the University of Warwick and Coventry University. Paul teaches on a Masters in Academic Practice and a Masters in Clinical Education programme and is also a PhD supervisor.
Job Title:Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender, and Pro-Vice-Master Learning and Teaching
Institution: Birkbeck, University of London
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
Professor Sue Jackson left school at 15 and began her educational journey with an 'A' level at her local further education college, soon after the birth of her first child. After the birth of her second child she made the step into higher education as a mature student at the Open University, and went on to take a Masters in women's studies, then a PhD in women and education.
Job Title:Associate Director of Information Services
Institution: Staffordshire University
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
Mr David Parkes is a librarian and learning technologist by profession, with over 20 years experience in higher education, incorporating progressive responsibility in leadership and management.
Job Title:Reader
Institution: Nottingham Trent University
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
Dr Helen Boulton began her teaching career in further education, moving into secondary education as Head of ICT and Business Studies in 1990. In 2000 she joined Nottingham Trent University, was promoted to Learning and Teaching Co-ordinator in the School of Education in 2006, and to Reader in 2009. She is course leader for the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education and has been strand leader for the PGCE Information Communications Technology.
Job Title:Professor of Educational Practice
Institution: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
In her current role Professor Joy Jarvis draws on learning from her experience in a range of educational contexts. She worked as a teacher and advisory teacher in the field of deaf education and subsequently led the teacher of the deaf course at the University of Hertfordshire.
Job Title:Programme Leader
Institution: University of Salford
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
Darren Raven's teaching practice involves developing vocationally-situated challenges that explore the concept of education as a liminal space, engendering a transformative exchange between learners, tutors and creative industry practitioners. His design projects require students to explore and apply design research methods to gain insight, inform process and underpin the development of practical skills.
Job Title:Professor of Education and Director of Studies
Institution: University of Leicester
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
Professor Hilary Burgess' approach to learning and teaching has been influenced by her early career as a primary school teacher and her roles in teacher training that have included leading a large Primary PGCE programme and mentor training for primary and secondary school teachers.
Job Title:Professor of Nursing and Head of Department
Institution: University of Huddersfield
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
Professor Philip Keeley commenced the role of Professor of Nursing and Head of Department of Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield in June 2015 and has a wide experience of fulfilling leadership roles in higher education.
Job Title:Professor of English
Institution: Birmingham City University
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
Professor David Roberts has taught at Birmingham City University for 11 years following appointments at universities in the UK and Japan. He completed his first degree at Bristol University and his DPhil at Worcester College Oxford. He has been a Head of School for ten years and combines his current post as Dean of Faculty with a strong commitment to teaching and research.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Primary and Early Years Education
Institution: University of the West of England
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
Jane Carter originally trained in law but soon became interested in teaching through volunteer work with children in inner-city Bristol. Her teaching career has including primary classroom teaching, local authority literacy consultancy, in service training and deputy headship of a primary school. Jane now leads her Universitys English team on the Initial Teacher Education programmes.
Job Title:Reader in Second Language Acquisition
Institution: Lancaster University
Year: 2013
National Teaching fellow 2013
Ever since gaining her degree in teaching English as a foreign language in Hungary in 1994, Dr Judit Kormos' approach has been to inspire students and equip them with the skills to enable them to become independent life-long learners.
Job Title:Head of School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences
Institution: Newcastle University
Year: 2013
National Teaching Fellow 2013
Professor Sue Robson, Head of School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University. As well as her current role at Newcastle University, Professor Sue Robson is a member of the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching (CfLAT) and leads the Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (HE) Research Group. Her current research focuses on the internationalisation of HE and the implications for teaching, learning and the student experience.