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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:Senior Lecturer in Photographic Arts
Institution:
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Heather Barnett is Course Lecturer on the MA Art and Science at Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London) and a practising artist with a long-standing career working at the intersections of art and science. Her pedagogic interests focus on methods for cross- and trans-disciplinary learning, which is collaborative, student-centred and inquiry led. With an interest in the environmental conditions and emergent processes related to learning, she seeks to address the biological, social and phenomenological factors which influence educational agency and autonomy.
Job Title:Associate Professor of Education
Institution: Plymouth University
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Dr Suanne Gibson's specialist areas of teaching and research are disability, special educational needs (SEN) and critical pedagogy. She tutors and lectures undergraduate, masters and PhD students and has published widely in the area of SEN and teaching and learning in higher education.
Job Title:Deputy Head of School, Professional Head of Physiotherapy Health Professions , Principal Lecturer in Practice Education
Institution: University of Brighton
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Dr Jane Morris' role extends across the three health professions of physiotherapy, podiatry and occupational therapy. Her extensive experience and deep interest in practice education led to the development and leadership of courses for practice-based educators, such as the interprofessional Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education. Through such systems Jane has created extensive support procedures for health professional students in practice settings.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer Education Studies
Institution: University of Wolverhampton
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
As well as his work with undergraduates, Dr Brendan Bartram teaches MA Education to international students and coordinates an international dual degree in Education Studies and English, run in conjunction with the Hogeschool van Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Public Policy
Institution: De Montfort University
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Chris Goldsmith teaches and supervises across undergraduate and postgraduate Politics and International Relations programmes at DMU, delivering popular modules on the cold war, US interventions since Vietnam and international security.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience
Institution: University of Leeds
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Dr Neil Morris' research background as a neuroscientist is in neurophysiology and his current research interests are in educational technology and blended learning. Neil has conducted a number of research studies investigating the impact of technology on students learning experiences. Most recently, he published a study investigating the potential usefulness of tablet devices for enhancing undergraduate students learning opportunities.
Job Title:Professor of Outdoor Learning and Play, Director of the PGCert Healthcare Education Programme, Institute of Education
Institution: University of Reading
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Helen Bilton started her career qualifying as a teacher, becoming a deputy head before moving into higher education. Her interest in the teaching and learning environment has always been at the forefront of her teaching and research and this expertise has been transferred from working with young children to working with adults. Her passion for student development and commitment to supporting each individual to achieve their potential are the attributes for which she is most renowned among her students and colleagues.
Job Title:PGCE Programme Director
Institution:
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Following a varied career as Head of Languages in schools in inner London and Surrey, Anna Lise Gordon moved to an advisory role for an Education Authority, working with a large number of primary and secondary schools in relation to modern language (ML) curriculum development.
Job Title:Senior Clinical Lecturer/Hon Associate Specialist, School of Dentistry
Institution: Cardiff University
Year: 2012
National Teaching Fellow 2012
Dr Sheila Oliver's career has progressed from specialist practise in Oral Surgery and Special Care dentistry to the provision of internationally esteemed dental education. She supports students beginning their dental course through to graduation and into postgraduate life. She inducts students to the course, emphasising holistic care using a range of pedagogy including clinical simulation.
Job Title:Dean of Learning and Teaching Development
Institution: University of the Arts London
Year: 2011
National Teaching Fellow 2011
Institution at the time of award: University of the Arts London. Dr Shan Wareing became PVC for Student Experience & Education at London South Bank University in May 2015. Prior to this, Shanhad been Dean of Learning and Teaching Development at the University of the Arts London since 2005, leading teams of colleagues in the development and delivery of the Universitys learning and teaching strategy, professional development in learning and teaching, e-learning and, recently, student enterprise and employability.
Job Title:Learning and Teaching Associate
Institution:
Year: 2011
National Teaching Fellow 2011
Ruth Dineen is a passionate believer in the transformative power of education and considers teaching the best job in the world. She has extensive experience in higher education, primarily enthusing about the joys of typography with undergraduate and masters' students, and also running creative problem-solving workshops for PhD students from humanities and science backgrounds.
Job Title:Subject Leader of the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Physical Education Course
Institution: University of Exeter
Year: 2011
National Teaching Fellow 2011
Will Katene began teaching in the mid 1980s and has extensive experience in teaching physical education (PE) to secondary school pupils and lecturing in PE, Sport Sciences and education to students at undergraduate and postgraduate level.