Job Title:Head of the Centre for Leadership in Health and Social Care
Institution: Sheffield Hallam University
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Stella Jones-Devitt has a track record of raising aspirations and building the confidence of non-traditional learners and for facilitating a sense of entitlement and engagement in higher education. She is renowned for her commitment to critical thinking, co-authoring one book devoted to critical thinking in health and social care, with another one in production for developing the critical thinking approaches of higher education practitioners.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Midwifery and Women's Health
Institution: University of Worcester
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Kim Russell trained as a midwife at Worcester Royal Infirmary and worked as a clinical midwife for 14 years before moving into higher education to teach on the first Midwifery degree programme at the University. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, member of the Doctoral Midwife Research Society and past member of the Royal College of Midwives Education and Research Committee.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science
Institution: University of Sheffield
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Dr Tony Cowling discovered computing as an undergraduate at Leeds, and after studying there for his PhD he moved to Sheffield in 1973. At first he was a lecturer in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, but transferred to the Department of Computer Science when it was established in 1980. He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1999.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Interactive Media
Institution: University of Salford
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Helen Keegan's expertise lies in curriculum innovation and the development of new pedagogies through participatory media. She has led and participated in numerous research projects involving technology and learning and is a regular international speaker in the area of educational technologies, digital identity, digital culture and learning innovation.
Job Title:Professor of Bioscience Education and Academic Director, College of Medicine, Biological Sciences & Psychology
Institution: University of Leicester
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
A deep commitment to enhancing the experience of the student learning journey, at all stages, characterises Professor Jon Scott's approach to his work. This begins well before university entry through engaging students from regional schools in practical classes and then supporting the processes of transition through a mentor scheme that is now being adopted across his whole University.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Education and Research Degrees Leader, The Cass School of Education and Communities
Institution: University of East London
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
"Dr Czerniawski is an outstanding lecturer and is held in high regard by the students in his care who speak highly of his professional and supportive approach to their development as teachers". (External Examiner 2011)
Job Title:Head of Academic Staff Development
Institution: Leeds Metropolitan University
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
In his capacity as Head of Academic Staff Development, Dr David Killick also acts as course leader for the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education at Leeds Met, a role in which he is able to work with colleagues across the institution to develop and spread best practice in learning and teaching.
Job Title:Head of the Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development
Institution:
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Dr Rhona Sharpe's approach to developments in online education, from the perspective of new advancements in technology, is to highlight the voice and experience of the learner. Rhona started as a psychology lecturer but it was her own experience in 1995 on The Open University's teaching and learning online course that began her interest in online learning. She now shares her enthusiasm through a suite of courses for higher and further education staff.
Job Title:Lecturer, Department of Psychology
Institution: Lancaster University
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Dr Coral Dando is a Cognitive Psychologist, with a special interest in theoretical approaches to improving eyewitness memory in goal-directed face-to-face interview settings. Coral left school at 17 to serve as a London police officer, but returned to education in her mid 30s to complete a BSc in Psychology, immediately followed by a PhD in Cognitive Forensic Psychology (awarded 2008). During her PhD Coral was offered a teaching placement, which signaled the beginning of an ongoing love affair with teaching.
Job Title:Associate Director of the Centre for Engineering and Design Education (CEDE)
Institution: Loughborough University
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Fiona Lamb joined Loughborough University in 1996, following work with an Australian engineering consultancy firm and a degree in general engineering from the University of Oxford. Since joining Loughborough, Fiona has been totally committed to establishing, developing and leading the support and promotion of engineering education at the University, across the UK and beyond.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Education, LIVE centre
Institution: Royal Veterinary College
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Dr Ayona Silva-Fletcher first qualified as a veterinarian, followed by a PhD in Animal Nutrition at Aberdeen University and 25 years later an MA in Medical Education. She spent several years working in a wide variety of academic and research environments in the UK, Europe, and Sri Lanka, and international projects involving Denmark, Sweden, Thailand, Bangladesh, South Africa and US. It is this exposure to different disciplines, academic environments and cultural differences that has shaped her outlook on academic outreach for both students and fellow colleagues.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Health Sciences
Institution: The Open University
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Dr Basiro Davey joined The Open University (OU) in 1976 after completing a Doctorate in Tumour Immunology. During a career spanning more than 35 years, she pioneered the development of an extensive distance-learning curriculum in Health Sciences, mentored a generation of academic staff in the discipline, chaired production teams and exam boards and contributed to hundreds of original multimedia learning resources on global public health, immunology, epidemiology, communicable diseases and cancers.
