Ben Parslew is a lecturer in the school of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, and this is part of our series of blog posts by Teaching Excellence Award winners 2021. Ben led a winning team for the Drone from Home project:Usually, Aerospace Engineering...
Category: Awards
Teacher of the Year 2021 (FSE): What makes a good lecturer?
Percy van der Gryp started work at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science (CEAS) in November 2018 as a Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, having worked previously at Stellenbosch University and North-West University in South Africa. Percy was...
Teacher of the Year 2021 (Humanities) Part 2: open source communities
Dr Réka Solymosi is a Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Methods within the School of Social Sciences, an Honorary Lecturer at University College London, and a member of the Software Sustainability Institute. She joined the University in 2016 after a period working as a...
Teacher of the Year 2021 (Humanities): an evidence-based approach
Dr Réka Solymosi is a Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Methods within the School of Social Sciences, an Honorary Lecturer at University College London, and a member of the Software Sustainability Institute. She joined the University in 2016 after a period working as a...
Teaching Innovation: “I am always willing to try new things”
Patricia Perlman-Dee (CFA, SFHEA) is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS, Faculty of Humanities). Her career in HE was preceded by 11 years working in large financial corporations with a wide range of financial markets,...
The Highlight of My Year – The AdvanceHE Teaching Excellence Awards
Patricia Clift Martin has worked at the University of Manchester since 2002, following graduation from the University of Leeds with a Masters (by Research) in decision making models. Since 2002 she has worked on a wide range of internally and externally funded...
What can inclusion look like in practice?
Dr Holly Morse is a Lecturer in Bible, Gender and Culture (School of Arts, Languages and Cultures). She joined the University in 2016, shortly after her doctoral thesis was published by Oxford University Press as part of the Oxford Theology and Religion Monograph...
Communication and community – utilising the Year Manager system
Rachel Parker-Strak is a Senior Lecturer in Fashion Buying and Merchandising in Materials, School of Natural Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering). In 2021 her Fashion Business and Technology (FBT) Support and Community Team won a University Teaching...
Social media as a pedagogic tool
Dr Christos Begkos is an Assistant Professor in Management Accounting (Alliance Manchester Business School) and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Back in September, Christos received a Teaching Excellence Award for his novel use of social media...
Recognising the power of academic advising and diversity in the curriculum
Dr Doron Cohen is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Psychology and Mental Health (School of Health Sciences, FBMH). In the words of one of his students, “He is the Widening Participation Lead for Psychology and is totally committed to ensuring that irrespective of...