The awards celebrate the achievements of experienced staff through the opportunity to gain both a UCL Arena Fellowship and the corresponding HEA Fellowship in one of four categories: Associate Fellowship, Fellowship, Senior Fellowship, and Principal Fellowship.
From the UCL Arena Fellowship panels in July 2021 the following Brain Sciences Faculty staff were successful:
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
- Emma Beecham (Division of Psychiatry)
- Elizabeth Corker (Division of Psychology & Language Sciences)
- Alice Liefgreen (Division of Psychology & Language Sciences)
- Anisa Morsi (Division of Psychology & Language Sciences)
- Jelena Sakure (Division of Psychology & Language Sciences)
- Christina Toomey (Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Ruhma Asif Aboobakar (Division of Psychology & Language Sciences)
- Jennifer Grassly (Division of Psychology & Language Sciences)
- Benjamin Hayes (Division of Psychology & Language Sciences)
- Dipesh Patel (Institute of Ophthalmology)
- Lucy Anderson (Ear Institute)
- Bhavisha Parmar (Ear Institute)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
- Jen Agustus (Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
- Jay Varia (Institute of Ophthalmology)
UCL Arena runs four award panels throughout the academic year and has a large number of applicants from across UCL at all levels of fellowship.
Professor Alan Thompson, Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences said: “Congratulations to all of our Faculty staff who have been recognised with Fellowships of the Higher Education Academy. The commitment of our staff to providing high-quality education is an inspiration to others and exemplifies the importance the Faculty places on providing outstanding education to our students.”