Job Title:Director of Evolve Centre for E-Learning Research and Development & Centre for the Development of Learning and Teaching
Institution: University of Cumbria
Year: 2009
National Teaching Fellow 2009
Cheri Logan was born in Cumbria, went to school in Carlisle and then studied at the Universities of Lancaster and Manchester. She began her teaching career in higher and further education in Carlisle, subsequently working long-term for Cumbria Institute of the Arts and the Open University.
Job Title:Principal Lecturer in Social Work and Teaching Development Fellow, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Institution: Coventry University
Year: 2009
National Teaching Fellow 2009
Dr Gurnam Singh started working at Coventry University in 1993, prior to which he worked for Bradford Social Services as a professional Social Worker. Gurnam says his approach to teaching and learning has been intensely fashioned by his own educational experiences and social background. He grew up in a large migrant family in one of the poorest areas of the UK. Yet, despite the many drawbacks, he managed to be the first in his family to go to university.
Job Title:Professor of Bioscience
Institution: University of Sunderland
Year: 2009
National Teaching Fellow 2009
Mark Davies is Professor of Bioscience in the Department of Pharmacy, Health and Well-being at the University of Sunderland, where his approach to student learning is two-fold. First, he emphasises the practical and participative aspects to make learning fun. Second, he gives students the skills that allow them to become self-sufficient learners. To do these Mark draws heavily on his own dual career as an educator and a research scientist.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Higher Education
Institution: King's College London
Year: 2009
National Teaching Fellow 2009
Sharon Markless began teaching in Higher Education in 1990, joining Kings' Learning Institute as a Lecturer in Higher Education in 2002. In Kings' College Sharon has developed a Post Graduate Diploma and Masters in Academic Practice that attract academics from different disciplines. As her students are busy fellow academics Sharon has to ensure that the programmes are sufficiently interesting, enjoyable and developmental to keep people motivated and engaged over two to four years.
Job Title:Senior Lecturer in Humanities
Institution: University of Gloucestershire
Year: 2009
National Teaching Fellow 2009
Arran Stibbe is a senior lecturer in Humanities and a fellow of the Centre for Active Learning. He says that his teaching philosophy can be summed up in ten words 'The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery' (Mark van Doren). Yet developing this art has taken a journey of his own discovery, into realms of active learning, inclusive classroom interaction and assessment for learning, and the journey is ongoing.
Job Title:Principal Lecturer/ Blended Learning Teacher
Institution: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2008
National Teaching Fellow 2008
A lecturer for more than 30 years, Trevor Barker has been a principal lecturer and University Fellow in Teaching and Learning in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hertfordshire for the last ten years. As a professional practitioner, he prides himself in his ability to employ a range of strategies in order to motivate and help learners to engage deeply in their own personal learning agendas.
Job Title:Professor in Agricultural Systems and Education, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences
Institution: University of Reading
Year: 2008
National Teaching Fellow 2008
Dr Julian Park is a Senior Lecturer and the Faculty of Life Sciences Director of Teaching and Learning at the University of Reading. After completing his first degree in agriculture at Newcastle University, Julian set up his own business in agricultural contracting which he ran for five years before starting to teach in further education colleges. He then completed a PhD at Cranfield University as a mature student before joining the University of Reading.
Job Title:Director of the MA Applied Translation Studies and Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies
Institution: University of Leeds
Year: 2008
NTFS Ally, supporting applications from: College based HE providers, Disabled colleagues
Since becoming an NTF, Jo has moved from Leeds to UEA to Heriot-Watt, and been promoted to Professor and Head of Department.
Job Title:Associate Professor/Theme Leader: Ethnic Diversity and Spiritual Health
Institution: University of Nottingham
Year: 2008
National Teaching Fellow 2008
Dr Aru Narayanasamy is an Associate Professor in the University of Nottingham's School of Nursing and is renowned for his passion for the subject. Indeed, feedback from his students for his approach to teaching on ethnic diversity and spirituality epitomises his excellence in teaching. One student commented: "This lecturer's obvious passion for his subject inspired enthusiasm and a desire to learn more about the subject".
Job Title:Professor of Computational Mechanics, Director of the Centre for Modelling and Simulation
Institution: University of Manchester
Year: 2008
National Teaching Fellow 2008
Professor John Yates completed his four year term as Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield in the summer of 2008. During this time, he was also the Director of the White Rose Centre for Excellence in the Teaching and Learning of Enterprise (WR CETLE), working closely with his fellow Directors, Pauline Kneale at Leeds and Tony Ward at York.
Job Title:Senior Staff Development Officer and Higher Education Consultant
Institution: University of Leeds
Year: 2008
National Teaching Fellow 2008
Dr Kate Exley is Senior Staff Development Officer at the University of Leeds and a Consultant in Higher Education who has provided teaching development sessions at more than 50 universities. She began her academic career in the Genetics Department, University of Nottingham, where she discovered her love and flare for teaching.
Job Title:Professor of Inquiry Methods
Institution: University of Teesside
Year: 2008
National Teaching Fellow 2008 Institution at the time of award: Teesside University. Professor Briony Oates was Professor of Inquiry Methods in the School of Computing, University of Teesside until she retired from that post in September 2016. She remains active in her learning and teaching and research interests and is always keen to hear about new opportunities.Her work is located at the centre of the teaching-research nexus: she is an active researcher, and also a teacher who is committed to helping others experience the thrills and spills of carrying out research.
