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The Education Awards 2023 - shortlist announced

19 April 2023

Kicking off UCL Education Conference 2023, UCL's President and Provost, Dr Michael Spence announced that the 2023 shortlist has been published.

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Each of the following nominees has been awarded a UCL Education Award by their Faculty and shortlisted for a UCL Provost Education Award.

The annual Education Awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of staff and students, and their contributions to our learning community, through:

These awards recognise staff making outstanding contributions to the learning experience and success of our students.

Each of the following nominees has been awarded a UCL Education Award by their Faculty and shortlisted for a UCL Provost Education Award.

The winners will be announced in an in-person ceremony on Wednesday 7 June 2023. 

You can now view the full awards schedule and book your free ticket to the award's ceremony. 

Please see below a full list of nominees for this year's UCL Education Awards:

UCL Education Awards 

Assessment and Feedback

Individual nominees:

  • Matthew Fisher, Laws    
  • Andrew Williams, Medical Sciences
  • Dr Marcella Ucci, The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment  
  • De Carrie Ryan, Social and Historical Sciences
  • Valentina Amuso, Social and Historical Sciences
  • Nicole Brown, Arts & Humanities
  • Marta Jenkala, Arts & Humanities
  • Dr Daniel Boswell, Arts & Humanities
  • Ranjita Dhital, Arts & Humanities
  • Mohammad Shamsudduha, Mathematical and Physical Sciences    
  • Russell Evans, Mathematical and Physical Sciences    
  • Beatriz Navarro Lameda, Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Team nominees:

  • Dr Laura Crane and Dr Anna Melissa Romualdez, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society
  • Elena Panagiotopoulou and Ruth Roberts, Brain Sciences    
  • Jose Delgado, Saman Ghaffarian, Yasmine Sabri, Joanna Faure Walker, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Bayes Ahmed, Gianluca Pescaroli, Rozana Himaz, Punam Yadav, John Spittles, Marieke Guy, Mathematical and Physical Sciences    

 

Openness and Inclusion

Individual nominees:

  • Dr Andrea Fredericksen, UCL VP RIGE    
  • Dr Christina Smith, Brain Sciences    
  • Drew Pessoa, The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment     
  • Mairéad McAuley, Arts & Humanities
  • Prof Georgina Brewis, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society

Team nominees:

  • Special Collections/Library Skills Team: Jo Baines (Academic Liaison Librarian/Archivist, Special Collections); Erika Delbecque (Head of Rare Books, Special Collections); Vanessa Freedman (Subject Liaison Librarian for Hebrew and Jewish Studies); Kathryn Hannan (IOE Archivist, Special Collections); Liz Lawes (Subject Liaison Librarian for Fine Art, History of Art, and Film Studies); Katy Makin (UCL Archivist, Special Collections); Colin Penman (Head of Records, Special Collections); Tabitha Tuckett (Rare Books and Academic Liaison Librarian, Special Collections), UCL VP RIGE
  • Dr Elettra Carbone and Ms Christine Sas, Arts & Humanities
  • Dr Simon Lock, Dr Noemi Tousignant, Dr Michel Wahome, Phyllis Illari and Giuseppe La Rosa, Dr Erman Sözüdoğru and Dr Jenny Bulstrode, Dr Charlotte L Sleigh, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Digitally Enriched Learning

Individual nominees:

  • Dr Ioannis Papaioannou, Medical Sciences    
  • Zahra Mohri, Medical Sciences    
  • Mariana Pereira, Brain Sciences    
  • Charmian Dawson, Life Sciences    
  • Dr Katherine Twamley, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society 

Team nominees:

  • Serena Luchenski, Denes Stefler, Emma Beard, Aradhna Kaushal, Ayeshah Emon, Masuma Mishu, Matt O`Rourke, Dionysios Dimakopoulos, Sean Gainford, Richard Jardine, Rahima Khanum, Rebecca Payne and Rebeca Eaton, Population Health Sciences 
Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (PGTAs)

Individual nominees:

  • Lizzy Holt, Arts & Humanities
  • Joshua Entsminger, The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment       
  • Damian Phelan, SHS    
  • Juliana Gomez-Quintero, Engineering    
  • Martin Lo, Engineering    
  • Harikesan Baskaran, Engineering    
  • Antonio d’Alfonso del Sordo, Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Team nominees: 

  • Bin Guo, Shira Lider Salomon, Melike Aslan Unlu, Havva Gorkem Altunbas, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society 
  • Carmen Cusack, Lucia Marinas Del Rey, Jennyfer Parnasse, Ali Al-Rashed, Maria Martins, Elisabetta Caon, Claudio Del Fatti, Auxtine Micalet, Alyssa Thomas Decruz, Anna-Dimitra Kataki, Tope Oyelade, Danai Kati, Medical Sciences    
Student Partnership

Individual nominees:

  • Dr Danielle Sanderson, The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment     
  • Dr Kate Roll, The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment  
  • Nephtali Marina-Gonzalez, Medical Sciences    
  • Janice Kiugu, Life Sciences    
  • Chris Hoyle, UCL VP RIGE  

Team nominees:​​​​​​

  • Vanessa Otti, Dr Neil Clough, Professor Faye Gishen, Professor Michele Russell, Ms Rashmi Mathew, Brain Sciences    
  • Mrs Evi Katsapi, Dr Andrew Holliman, Dr Nicola Abbott, Mrs Hayley Cook, Miss Barbara Strong, Dr Keri Wong, Dr Steven Papachristou, Dr Marta Francesconi, Dr Amy Harrison, Dr Emily Midouhas, Dr Panos Rentzelas, Dr Nina Polytimou, Dr Liz Halstead, Dr YouYou Wu, Dr Liory Fern Pollack, Dr Zoe Gallant, Prof. Roberto Filippi, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society 
Sustainability

Individual nominees:

  • Fergus Green, Social and Historical Sciences 
  • Dr Adesh Sundaresan, Medical Sciences

​​​​Team nominees:

  • Gabriel Brook-Sulman, Tom Weston, Paolo Taticchi, Jim Berry, Engineering Sciences 
  • Janet Davies, Leigh Flaxman, David Mitchell, Marian Mulcahy, Emma Newall, Joy Perry, Alexis Stones, Tessa Willy, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society 
Student Support

Individual nominees:

  • Claire Moseley, Population Health Sciences 
  • Elke Theissl, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society 
  • Judy Medrington, Social and Historical Sciences 
  • Sharon Cooney, The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment  
  • Dr Emma Kelley, Medical Sciences    
  • Dr Elizabeth Lomas, Arts & Humanities
  • Karen Leport, MAPS     

Team nominees:

  • Mohammod Hussain and Claude Lynch, The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment  
  • Beth Hills, Seema Walker, Pinkie Wong, Nabil Vohra, Marietta Bamidi, Mark Tilse, Katie Bretherick, Engineering Sciences
  • Dr. William Booth, Dr. Aaron Hiltner, Social and Historical Sciences
  • Amalia Mihailescu, Kristina Labanauskaite, Pani Fanai-Danesh  - The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
  • Penny Longman, Rebecca Ademolake, Glyn Jones, Mary Ojo, Aleks Terzova, Calum Leckie,Careers Extra team, VPESE
Supporting Students' Employability

Individual nominees:

  • Declan Lyons, Life Sciences    
  • Nikki Baxter, UCL Career VPESE    
  • Prof. Dean Mohamedally, Engineering
  • Dr Melanie Garson, Social and Historical Sciences 
  • Matt Somerville, IOE

Team nominees:

  • Prof Ian Bates and Prof Lawrencia Brown, Life Sciences 
  • Adrian Slee, Anastasia Kalea, Fausto Andreola, Angela Tam, Agnieszka Jaworowska, Efstathia Papada, Simon Eaton, Adrian Brown, Paul Robinson , Medical Sciences
  • Dr. Inken von Borzyskowski & Dr. Kalina Zhekova, Social and Historical Sciences 
  • Lorenzo Todorow, Tom Weston, Grace Gaywood, Kate Gault, Engineering Sciences

Student Choice Awards

The Student Choice Awards give students the chance to thank members of staff who have inspired and supported them during their time at UCL, letting these staff members know that their hard work makes a difference.

There are 9 different award categories, covering a variety of areas and enabling a wide range of both teaching and non-teaching staff to be nominated.

Please see below a full list of nominees for this year's Student Choice Awards: 

This year the Student's Union received 936 nominations covering over 478 individual members of staff. You can view the full list shorlist here. 

Active Student Partnership
  • Emma Sumner, Institute of Education
  • Jean-Christoph Mauduit, Faculty of Population Health Sciences
  • Kate Roll, Faculty of the Built Environment
Amazing Support Staff 
  • Andrew Batchelor, Faculty of Life Sciences
  • George Burridge, Faculty of Population Health Sciences
  • Kathryn Ball, Faculty of Life Sciences
  • Saiid Omar, Central Services
Brilliant Research-based Education
  • Ad Neelman, Faculty of Brain Sciences
  • Janos Kriston-Vizi, Faculty of Life Sciences
  • Louise Cramer, Faculty of Life Sciences
  • Peter Thisted Dinesen, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
Diverse & Inclusive Education 
  • Jennifer Rode, Institute of Education
  • Kristen Kreider, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
  • Laila Kadiwal, Institute of Education
  • Samantha Keyes, Central Services
Excellent Personal Tutoring
  • Angela Cooper, Institute of Education
  • Jess Bailey, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
  • Robin Jacob, Faculty of Laws
  • Emma Tobin, Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Exceptional Feedback
  • Chris Howard, Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
  • Joana Jacob Ramalho, School of European Languages, Culture and Society
  • Matt Fisher, Faculty of Laws
  • Wilton Lodge, Institute of Education
Inspiring Teaching Delivery 
  • •    Damian Phelan, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences 
    •    Danielle D'Lima, Faculty of Brain Sciences
    •    Rashmi Mathew, Faculty of Brain Sciences
    •    Steven Papachristou, Institute of Education
Outstanding Research Supervison
  • David Gems, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
  • Enrico Mariconti, Faculty of Engineering Sciences
  • Matt Fisher, Faculty of Laws
  • Paul Groves, Faculty of Engineering Sciences
Sustainable Education
  • Chris Howard, Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
  • Mina Vasalou, Institute of Education

Congratulations and good luck to all this year's nominees!