Announcing the 2026 Education Awards shortlist

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

• UCL Education Awards 
• Student Choice Awards 

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

The winners will be announced during a ceremony at our Bloomsbury campus on Wednesday 10 June 2026. The event is free; all UCL staff and students are welcome to register and celebrate. 

Register to attend the ceremony

UCL Education Awards 

Our categories align with our ambitions for Education Excellence. 

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

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

Innovating

• Arts & Humanities, Jo Young  
• Brain Sciences, Aneesha Singh 
• Brain Sciences, team: Christos Bechlivanidis and Constantin Rezlescu  
• Institute of Education: Nathan Thomas 
• Institute of Education, Professor Roberto Filippi 
• Laws, Professor Michael Veale  
• Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science, Kaja Marczewska  
• Life Sciences, team: Professor Duncan L. Browne, Professor Majella Lane,  
• Mathematical & Physical Sciences, Mohammad Hassannezhad 
• Medical Sciences, Hara Trouli 
• Medical Sciences, team: Nephtali Marina-Gonzalez, Molly McCabe, Adrian Slee, Nathan Davies, Emma Bull, Sarah Beech, Dongmin Shin, Min Kyuu Kim, Efstathia Papada and Professor Anastassia Kalea 
• Population Health, team: Patrizia Ferretti-Conor, McCann-Giorgia Santilli-Haiyan Zhou  
• Population Health, team: Emma Beard, Jess Bone, Fei Fei Bu 
• Population Health, Professor Paul Taylor  
• Social & Historical Sciences, William A Booth 
• Bartlett (Built Environment), Elena Besussi 

Celebrating education

• Arts & Humanities, team: Professor Elodie Douarin and Rachel Morley 
• Brain Sciences, Louise Neil 
• Engineering, team: Llewellyn Morse Anthony Grout, Ugne Kiudulaite, Harry Chapman, Shevanese Anderson 
• Engineering, Jana Small  
• Institute of Education, team: Carol Wild, Colin Willetts, Hans Svennevig, Adrian Mee, Louise Hayes, Mehrunissa Shah, David Mitchell, Michael Riley, Robin Whitburn, Camilla Smith, Nicola Bretscher, Sinead Vaughan, Kate Laurence, Alison Wiggins, Vivienne Ekwulugo, Alexis Stones, Alistair Newall, Helen Gourlay, Ruth Wheeldon  
• Laws, Professor Jane Holder  
• Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science, Anna Garnett  
• Life Sciences, Lawrence Bellamy 
• Social & Historical Sciences, team: Cathy Elliott, J-P Salter, John Wilesmith, Kalina Zhekova  
• Bartlett (Built Environment), Pui Shi Tsang 

Improving the student experience

• Arts & Humanities, team: Professor Seb Coxon and Dr Rachel Morley  
• Brain Sciences, Martin Vasilev 
• Brain Sciences, Metodi Siromahov  
• Engineering, team: Lucy Browning and Victoria Edleston  
• Engineering, Dr Andrea Grech La Rosa 
• Engineering, Dr Zareena Gani 
• Institute of Education, Ayanna Prevatt-Goldstein 
• Institute of Education, Eirini Gkouskou 
• Institute of Education, Sarah Hawley 
• Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science, Theresa Bhesania
• Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science, team: Customer Service team and Subject Liaison team, IOE Library  
• Life Sciences, team: John Malkinson, Gary Parkinson, Adenola Olayide,  
• Louise Brown, Anika Ahmad, Adam Phillips, Meg Jone 
• Life Sciences, Josephine Falade 
• Mathematical & Physical Sciences, Dr Alex Donov,  
• Medical Sciences, Amy Li 
• Medical Sciences, team:  John Hines, Izzie Jay, Michelle Galloway, James Adams, Taylor Bennie, Tom Olney 
• Medical Sciences, team: Tricia O’Dell, Satinder Ruprai, Carolyn Cohen, Carol Worsfold, Alex O’Craik 
• Population Health Sciences, Dr Yemisi Bolade-Ogunfodun 
• Population Health Sciences, Harriet Shannon 
• RIGE, team: Juste Galminaite and Mikael Tesfaye  
• Social & Historical Sciences, team: Rachel King, Professor Mark Lake, Borja Legarra Herrero, Claudia Näser, Professor Bill Sillar  
• Bartlett (Built Environment), Beth Barnett-Sanders 
• Bartlett (Built Environment), Leanne Taylor 

Enhancing belonging

• Brain Sciences, Charlotte Adam  
• Engineering, Fran Bowen Watts  
• Institute of Education, team: Elke Theissl, Lisa Borejszo, George Jeneson, Mercy Akinnifesi, Ilaria Olivieri 
• Laws, Lisa Penfold 
• Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science, Colin Penman 
• Life Sciences, Amanda Cain 
• Medical Sciences, team: Flaminia Ronca, Terun Desai, Joseph Warwick, Kate Rattley, Nathan Riding, Benjamin Tari, Guido Orgs, Paul Thawley, Evelyn Watson 
• Population Health Sciences, Paloma Garcia Paredes 
• Social & Historical Sciences, team: Tone Walford, Elena Liber, Yathukulan Yogarajah, Dieter Deswarte, Alison Macdonald  
• Social & Historical Sciences, John Filing 
• Social & Historical Sciences, team: Julie Norman and Thomas Gift 
• Bartlett (Built Environment), team: Sarah Rolph, Emmanuel Osuteye, Sara Shafiei, Iain Borden  

Impactful student partnership

• Arts & Humanities, Dr Francois Sicard  
• Brain Sciences, team: Professor Suzanne Beeke, Anna Casey, Sarah Hayward, Simone Ojei, Dr Lucy Pepper, Kate Shobbrook, Kea Young  
• Engineering, team: Professor Ivana Drobnjak, Professor Lewis Grifin, Dr Dariush Hosseini, Dr Louis Parlant, Professor James Brotherston, Professor Madaline Carr, Dr Sahan Bulathwela, Dr Carlo Ciliberto, Professor Fabio Zanasi, Professor Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh, Dr Quang Loc Le, Professor Igor Gaponov, Professor Elaine Pimentel, Professor Daniel Alexander, Professor Liz Jones,  Chibuzo Amatoby, Jo Stiles, Clair Parkin, Nick Smith, Josh Friend, David Howells, Martin Nolan, Samantha Bottomley, Dave Twisleton, Kiran Ahmed 
• Life Sciences, Hazel Smith  
• Medical Sciences, Professor Vitor Teixeira  
• Population Health Sciences, Dr Erika Molteni  
• Social & Historical Sciences, team: Ramin Nassehi, Paula Moore 
• Bethan Worth, Dina Asdaghi  
• Bartlett (Built Environment), team: Amanda Pearce, Hanna Baumann, Mara Torres Pinedo 
• Bartlett (Built Environment), team: Rebecca Ogbonna, Galila Khougali 

Student Choice Awards 

A total of 818 nominations were received across the nine award categories, for 479 individual members of staff. Please visit the Students' Union’s website for more information.  

Active Student Partnership

The award for Active Student Partnership gives students the opportunity to thank a member of staff who’s committed to listening to and working with students and their representatives to improve and change education at UCL.

• Grant Mills, Faculty of the Built Environment  
• Mark Herbster, Faculty of Engineering Sciences
• Sarah Matthews, Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences 
• Zoe Gawthorne, Faculty of Life Sciences   

Diverse & Inclusive Education

The award for Diverse & Inclusive Education allows student to recognise staff who work to make sure their curriculum or research recognises marginalised scholars, and shines a light on diverse perspectives. 

• Ayeshah Émon, Faculty of Population Health Sciences 
• Georgia Pavlopoulou, Faculty of Brain Sciences 
• Tone Walford, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences 

Excellent Personal Tutoring 

The award for Excellent Personal Tutoring gives students the opportunity to thank a member of staff who is always there to provide them with pastoral support or academic guidance. 

• Angela Cooper, IOE, Faculty of Education & Society 
• Asma Zubairi, IOE, Faculty of Education & Society 
• Ayeshah Émon, Faculty of Population Health Sciences 
• Gisele Dias, IOE, Faculty of Education & Society 

Exceptional Feedback

This award gives students the chance to thank members of staff who provide constructive, useful feedback on their assessment and learning, helping them to progress and succeed. 

• Danielle D'Lima, Faculty of Brain Sciences 
• Francois Sicard, Faculty of Arts and Humanities 
• Jackie Thomas, Faculty of Laws

Inspiring Teaching Delivery

The award for Inspiring Teaching Delivery allows students to thank a member of staff who delivers exceptional teaching, using innovative and engaging methods to hold their interest and help them to learn.

• Lisa Monetti, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences 
• Peter Bolgár, Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences 
• Rachel Rees, Faculty of Brain Sciences 
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Outstanding Research Supervision

The award for Outstanding Research Supervision is for staff who help postgraduate research students to succeed, balancing providing support and fostering independence. 

• Rebecca Watts, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences 
• Sarah Matthews, Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences 
• Vincent Muczynski, Faculty of Medical Sciences 
• Zeynep Gurtin, Faculty of Population Health Sciences 

Sustainable Education

The award for Sustainable Education is for staff who is leading the way on embedding sustainability into the curriculum and shaping our future climate leaders. 

• Isobel Mackay, Faculty of Engineering Sciences
• Andrea Gautier and Mina Vasalou, IOE, Faculty of Education & Society 
• Zhihuan Li, Faculty of Population Health Sciences

Amazing Support Staff

The award for Amazing Support Staff allows students to thank a member of staff who may not be in a teaching role, but still makes a huge difference to their learning with their help, patience and care. 

• Gemma Terry, Student Support and Wellbeing  
• Helen Knight, Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences 
• Ivona Klemensova, Faculty of Engineering Sciences
• Judy Medrington, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences 

Brilliant Research-Based Education

This award is for students to thank a member of staff who educates them about the latest, cutting-edge knowledge, or who enables taught students to create knowledge by conducting their own research. 

• Andrew Holliman, IOE, Faculty of Education & Society 
• Chengxu Zhou, Faculty of Engineering Sciences
• Stefano Miraglia, Faculty of the Built Environment