Dr Philip Carey

National Teaching Fellow 2015 Dr Philip Carey's role in the Faculty of Education, Health and Community is to encourage excellence in teaching practice across a diverse range of subject areas in health and social care, education, leisure and sport.' In a career of over 20 years in higher education, Phil has consistently put the student experience at the heart of his practice. 'As a teacher, he is widely recognised for his enthusiasm, humour and intellectual ability; described by a former student as one of those memorable teachers who have a positive impact on your learning and life. In his educational leadership role, Phil has championed reward and recognition for good teaching. He pioneered professional recognition as a performance indicator for learning and teaching and has worked to make certain that this extends beyond academic staff to include colleagues in the support roles and students who undertake teaching activity. Phil has great energy and works tirelessly with his colleagues to encourage them to develop their evidence-base for practice and disseminate their work across the University and beyond. He also shows exceptional commitment to ensuring that both staff and students contributions to teaching excellence are recognised. Indeed, as a result of his efforts, his Faculty is noted throughout the University as a leading force in educational practice. Of this, the drive for enhanced student - staff partnership in educational and civic endeavours is particularly prominent. Phil cares deeply about students and has long understood the positive contribution that they can have on University decision-making. Acknowledging the limited research-base for this, Phil has developed a growing national profile for his work on student engagement. He is, in fact, one of the few authors to have published work related to student representation, which has been cited in national and international publications and policy documents. His vision for authentic and wholesale student engagement has been recognised by his University. As a result, Phil is currently leading on the development of new and improved engagement mechanisms across the University of over 20,000 students.