A celebration of academic excellence over the past Academic Year.
Last night we held the Annual Education Awards at the Apex hotel in Bath. The Education Awards are a chance for us to join as a community of staff and students to celebrate academic excellence over the past Academic Year. Throughout the evening, we celebrated and rewarded staff and students in the key areas of Academic Representation and peer Support, as well as within the University Teaching Awards.
Over 180 staff and students attended and enjoyed a drinks reception and meal. We were lucky to be entertained by ChaOS’s Big Band throughout the evening which was so special.
New for this year an Honorary Degree was presented to Anthony Payne for his outstanding contribution to Student Support during his time at Bath.
Amber Snary, SU Education Officer said “I am just absolutely, amazingly ecstatic about how the evening went. After months of planning, it is so strange to see it all come to fruition, and being able to reward and recognise such amazing students is always so super heart-warming. Having an honorary degree presented to Anthony, who was instrumental in developing Disability Access Plans here at Bath, was just absolutely the cherry on the top (alongside, of course, being able to do a double-act with Julian). I can’t wait for the students to hear all the amazing things said about them, and want to give another massive thank you to all those who helped organise it – you are truly stars!”
We want to give a special mention to Pen Mackintosh who was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Education at Bath (Student Award). We had three brilliant students who were highly commended in this category but Penn who also received two other awards during the evening has shown consistent commitment to Education and making the experience the best it can be for their peers.
Huge congratulations to all the wonderful nominees and winners and the staff involved in putting together a memorable event.
Photos from the event to follow.
Full list of Winners
SU POSTGRADUATE AWARDS
Doctoral Rep of the Year:
Winner: Raida Al-Zu'bi (Social & Policy Sciences)
PGT Rep of the Year:
Runner Up: Oliver Au Yeung (Education)
Winner: Sarah Binesmael (Computer Science)
PGWT Of The Year:
Winner: Clemence Bricker (Mechanical Engineering)
Doctoral Supervisor of the Year Award:
Winners: Esther Walton (Psychology)
SU PEER SUPPORT AWARDS
Outstanding Contribution to Peer Mentoring (Student Award):
Winner: Kiara Singh (Management)
Outstanding Contribution to PAL (Student Award)
Winner: Akansha Matta (Psychology)
Outstanding Contribution to Peer Support (Staff Award):
Winner: John Benardis (Computer Science)
Peer Support Team of the Year:
Winners: Psychology First Year PAL Leaders (Daniel Paul, Kevin Guo, Lucy Kelly, Charlotte Nevrkla-Wood, Emily Hawkes, Madison Nelman)
UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARDS
Mary Tasker Award:
Runner Up: Miles Wheeler (Mathematical Sciences)
Winner: Tooseef Mir (Social & Policy Sciences)
Innovation in Learning and Teaching Award:
Runner Up: James Fern (Health)
Winner: Jason Hart & Katharina Lenner (Social & Policy Science)
John Willis Award
Winner: Adam Hahn (Psychology)
Leadership in Learning and Teaching Award:
Runner Up: John Benardis (Computer Science)
Winner: Nathalia Gjersoe (Psychology)
Director of Studies Award:
Winner: Robert Grover (Architecture & Civil Engineering)
Personal Tutor of the Year Award:
Runner Up: Karin Petrini (Psychology)
Winner: Gwen Scott (Life Sciences)
Best Team in Support of Student Learning Award:
Winner: Architecture & Civil Engineering - Design Studio 6.1: Regenerative Cities Studio Team (Alexander Wright, Andrew Jarvis, Anne Claxton, Jayne Barlow, Rupert Grierson)
HONORARY DEGREE PRESENTATION
Honoris Causa Masters’ Degree - Presented to: Anthony Payne
SU EDUCATION AWARDS
Academic Rep of the Year (Management):
Winner: Vihan Tripathi (Management)
Academic Rep of the Year (HSS):
Winner: Constantinos Zachariades (Economics)
Academic Rep of the Year (Science):
Winner: Penn Mackintosh (Computer Science)
Academic Rep of the Year (Engineering & Design):
Winners: Melis Pekgoz & Siobhain Doyle (Chemical Engineering)
Best Student Representative Team:
Winners: Ricky Kahale & Laura Campbell (Management)
Outstanding Support for Academic Representation (Staff Award)
Runner Up: Maria Sarigiannidou (Economics)
Winner: Claire Martin (Management)
Best Academic Rep Impact
Winners: Computer Science – Support & Report Project (Penn Mackintosh, Hugo Whittome and Charlotte Chrysostom)
Faculty Rep of the Year:
Winner: Ahmad Alkuchikmulla (HSS)
Outstanding Contribution to Education at Bath (Student Award)
Runners Up:
Jess Lighterness (PoLIS)
Hugo Whittome & Sunmi Lawal (Computer Science)
Sofia Onate Fernandez (Management)
Winner: Penn Mackintosh (Computer Science)