Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
And the winners are ...
This year's winners of the Achieving Excellence Awards were:
Inspiring Teacher of the Year: Helen Fawkner, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
Innovative E-Learning Teaching Project of the Year: Mark Hillier, Martin Neal & Chris Spoor, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
Course Leader of the Year: Jayne-Louise Watkins, Faculty of Business & Law
Emerging Researcher of the Year: Caroline Horton & Duncan Sharp, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
Outstanding Researcher of the Year: Jim McKenna, Carnegie Faculty
Excellence in Customer Service Delivery: Matt Sykes Hooban, Faculty of Arts, Environment & Technology, & Student Financial Advisers (John Tate, Andrea Simpson & Mobina Begum), Student Services
Team Colleague: Glyn Cash, Estates, & Joyce Connolly, Communications & Marketing
Team Leader: Alison Jones, Registrar & Secretary's Office, & Phil Pawson, Estates
Corporate Social Responsibility: Mandir Xherija, CARES
See below for a full list of shortlisted nominees and an explanation of the award categories.
A number of staff who have achieved 25 years of service with our University were also honoured with long service awards: they are:
Adrian Appleyard
Mike Ash
Robert Bajorek
Christine Ballard
Jane Barber
David Braham
May Brocksom
Janet Brook
Pamela Carter
Mark De Groot
Paul Dix
Wayne Fowler
Roslyn Geldart
Shelagh Haigh
Philip Harrison
John Hawker
Michael Joslin
Wolfgang Keinhorst
David Kennedy
Berni Little
Katrina Loftus
Elizabeth Milburn
Janie Newton
Annemarie Piso
Ewa Pyrah
Stuart Rhodes
Gary Rush
Martin Rushton
Ebrahim Shaghouei
Ajay Singh
Martyn Vickers
The nomination categories and shortlisted nominees were:
Corporate Social Responsibility
An individual or team who have demonstrated our commitment to being an ethical and inclusive place to work and study through engagement with the local or wider community, education for sustainable development or improved environmental performance.
Mandir Xherija, CARES
Paul Hollowbread, CARES
Team IKEA, Faculty of Business & Law
Course Leader of the Year
An individual who has demonstrated effective leadership, organisational and teamworking skills to ensure that their course attracts, retains and engages students and meets the highest quality standards.
Jayne-Louise Watkins, Faculty of Business & Law
Kate Grafton, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences (highly commended)
Louisa Riches, Faculty of Business & Law
Stephen Robson, Carnegie Faculty
Emerging Researcher
An individual who has demonstrated that they have begun to establish a national reputation for their research work (through research outputs, income generation and/or evidence of esteem) and are on a path towards demonstrating international excellence in their discipline.
Caroline Horton, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
Duncan Sharp, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
John O'Hara, Carnegie Faculty
Excellence in Customer Service Delivery
An individual or team who have demonstrated outstanding commitment and professionalism in delivering a high quality service to our staff, students or partners.
Matt Sykes Hooban, Faculty of Arts, Environment & Technology
Student Financial Advisers, Student Services
Tracey Crow, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences (highly commended)
Emma Foster, CARES (highly commended)
Innovative E-Learning Teaching Project
An individual or module or course team who have enhanced the quality of the student experience through the integration of e-learning opportunities into the module or course.
Mark Hillier, Martin Neal & Chris Spoor, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
Inspiring Teacher of the Year
An individual who has demonstrated their commitment to enriching the learning experience through creative and stimulating teaching, learning and assessment methods. This category is open to nominations from both staff and students.
Helen Fawkner, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
Therese Shepherd, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
Vicky Thirlaway, Faculty of Business & Law
Rhys Turner-Moore, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
Outstanding Researcher
An individual who has demonstrated outstanding research excellence over the course of the past year as well as a commitment to developing, mentoring and collaborating with emerging researchers.
Jim McKenna, Carnegie Faculty
William Sun, Faculty of Business & Law (highly commended)
Alan White, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
Team Colleague
An individual who has demonstrated effective team working skills in the way that they support and communicate with colleagues and work with others to achieve shared goals.
Glyn Cash, Estates
Joyce Connolly, Communications & Marketing
Rachel Hartley, Faculty of Arts, Environment & Technology
Team Leader
An individual who has managed and motivated team colleagues to develop their potential and work together with purpose and professionalism to achieve high standards.
Alison Jones, Registrar & Secretary's Office
Phil Pawson, Estates
Nicola Hall, Carnegie Faculty