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Alison Hicks, a lecturer in the LIS programme, has been awarded the 2018 UCL Student Choice Award for Exceptional Feedback. Alison was shortlisted from over 100 candidates for providing feedback that has been described a s "timely, detailed, specific and clear", as well as highly tailored and containing the right amount of humour. Students have welcomed her feedback as extremely constructive and encouraging of reflection, including ample suggestions for further reading that have expanded their horizons. Beyond feedback on course assessments, one student also describes Alison's feedback and support in applying for a student award for a conference as "[giving] me confidence in my abilities and motivating me to apply".
Anne Welsh of our LIS programme was also shortlisted for Excellent Personal Tutoring.
Details: http://studentsunionucl.org/articles/these-are-staff-shortlisted-for-student-choice-awards