Humanities Outstanding Staff Awards 2024/25

Online learning is increasingly important. Is there somebody who has particularly engaged you through an effective use of technology? 

This award recognises staff who have used innovative teaching techniques, assessment tasks or learning materials to support learning and engagement or helped students to enhance their digital skills.

• Nominate for the Outstanding Digital Enhanced Teaching Award

Your lecturers, programme support teams and others may have played a key role in improving your employability skills and knowledge within your programme, and your teaching and learning experience.

Has your lecturer effectively incorporated employability – be it in the forms of skills, knowledge, or guidance – into your programme or course unit? 

 Do you feel better geared up for the world of employment through the support received from your lecturer? If so, nominate your chosen person for the Teaching and Employability award.

• Nominate for the Outstanding Teaching and Employability Award

Is there a member of staff who helps to run your programme or works in student support and has positively contributed to your experience as a student? 

The Professional Services award celebrates the non-academic staff who provide help and support with a positive attitude and who have demonstrated exceptional care or assistance towards students. 

They may have helped you or fellow students through a difficult academic or pastoral situation or gone ‘the extra mile’ to ensure an issue with your course has been effectively resolved.

• Nominate for the Outstanding Professional Services Staff Award

Has your programme exceeded your expectations? Are the team that teach and organise your programme inspiring, motivating and innovative? 

Have they fostered your love for your subject and encouraged you to aim high, to challenge and believe in yourself? Have you been well supported by the people who look after your programme (academic, technical and professional services colleagues)?

If you think that the people who organise and teach your programme have made it one worth talking about, then nominate it as one of the Faculty’s programmes of the year.

• Nominate for the Outstanding Programme of the Year Award

This award celebrates supervisors who have had a significant, positive impact on undergraduate (UG) students’ experience of planning, researching and writing a dissertation.

Has your UG dissertation supervisor provided exceptional advice and support to develop your skills as an independent researcher?

Have they challenged and inspired you in your independent thinking and learning, encouraging you to develop your own lines of enquiry and think critically about your work? If so, make sure to recognise them by nominating them for the Outstanding Undergraduate Dissertation award.

• Nominate for the Outstanding UG Dissertation (or long essay/research project) Supervisor Award

Has your academic advisor provided an outstanding level of advice and guidance during your studies?

Do they help students thrive by building strong relationships with their advisees and supporting, motivating, and encouraging them?

Maybe they have helped you develop your academic skills, made the transition from school to university easier or given you great guidance on academic and practical matters related to your studies.

We want to know about academic advisors who have gone the ‘extra mile’, providing support and guidance that has had a positive impact on your development.

• Nominate for the Outstanding Academic Advisor Award

This award recognises supervisors who have had a significant, positive impact on postgraduate taught (PGT) students’ experience of planning, researching and writing a dissertation. 

Has your PGT dissertation supervisor provided exceptional advice and support to develop your skills as an independent researcher? 

Have they challenged and inspired you in your independent thinking and learning, encouraging you to develop your own lines of enquiry and think critically about your work? If so, click the link below to nominate them for the Outstanding PGT Dissertation Supervisor Award.  

Please note that this award is not for PhD supervisors and any such submissions will not be considered.

• Nominate for the Outstanding PGT Dissertation Supervisor Award

Has your lecturer or teaching assistant inspired you to learn and do your best?

Do they engage and challenge you in a supportive manner, motivating you to learn?

This award recognises teaching staff who have consistently provided a well-organised course that is taught effectively and supported through high-quality assessment and feedback.

• Nominate for the Outstanding Teaching (Lecturers and TAs) Award