Dr Jeremy Airey receives Vice-Chancellor Award

Posted on 22 July 2019

The Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Awards, introduced in 2006, reward excellence in learning and teaching.

At Graduation on 20 July 2019, as well as our new graduates being awarded their degrees, Dr Jeremy Airey received a Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award.

The award recognises:

Sustained excellence across a range of teaching/support activities
A creative approach to teaching and/or learning support, focused on student learning needs
Impact on colleagues as well as students

The selection panel noted Jeremy's innovative approach to teaching, promotion of student engagement, and contribution across undergraduate, PGCE and teaching leadership roles. Jeremy joins an illustrious line of Department of Education colleagues who have received this award in previous years.

The department were also successful in receiving nominations for seven colleagues across different programmes and categories in this years YUSU Excellence Awards. These are student led, and some colleagues received nominations in more than one category. Roulin Hu, for the second year running, was shortlisted for the award of GTA of the Year, having been 'Highly Commended' in 2018 and this year we are pleased to report Roulin was successful in winning.

Congratulations to Jeremy and Roulin and to all those who received nominations.