Tuesday 01-06-2021 - 11:55

This year’s Teaching Awards winners were revealed on Wednesday 26 May, live on The Union’s Twitter.

The Union’s Teaching Awards celebrate excellence in teaching at Manchester Metropolitan University. Each year, students get the chance to nominate the individuals and teams who go out of their way to make their learning experience the best it can be.

To highlight ways in which our students have been supported through the difficulties of the past year, we added two new categories to this year’s awards — Outstanding Commitment to Mental Health and Wellbeing Support and Outstanding Online Teaching During the Pandemic.

We were over the moon with the turnout for this year’s winners announcement on Twitter, following a superb 1,094 nominations across the awards.

We started the announcement of the winners with a short (super wholesome) video of some Manchester Met students explaining exactly why they nominated their teachers for a Teaching Award.

We had so many amazing nominations this year. Here’s just a few of our students explaining why they decided to nominate their teachers 😍 pic.twitter.com/uHqiNQunF4

— The Union, Manchester Metropolitan University (@TheUnionMMU) May 26, 2021

 

All seven award winners were announced, including the Outstanding Commitment to Inclusive Learning and Teaching. Some of our wonderful BAME Ambassadors told us why inclusive learning and teaching is so important in this short video:

 

Here are some of our incredible BAME Ambassadors talking about how important Inclusive Learning and Teaching is🤩 pic.twitter.com/uQ1iG81R84

— The Union, Manchester Metropolitan University (@TheUnionMMU) May 26, 2021

 

The final award of the night comprised of The Union’s Award for Outstanding Achievement. With this special award, we aimed to recognise the commitment of a group of staff who provide essential support to teaching and research. They often fulfil many other roles such as pastoral support, author articles and have been vital to the sector’s response to the pandemic. Congratulations to our winners: Manchester Met Technicians.

 

So, it’s with huge pleasure that we announce that the winners The Union Award for 2021 are:

MMU Technicians 💖 pic.twitter.com/oW7R7WNt1Z

— The Union, Manchester Metropolitan University (@TheUnionMMU) May 26, 2021

 

2021 Teaching Awards Winners:

Outstanding Commitment to Inclusive Teaching and Learning

Winner: Khadijah Diskin (HPSC)

"Khadija is an incredible tutor who has made a safe space for all students but especially for BAME students, LGBT students, and women."

 

Outstanding Commitment to Mental Health and Wellbeing Support

Winner: Dr Carly Jim (HPSC)

“During this last year of Covid, Carly has shown exceptional support to not only myself but all the students on the course.”

 

Outstanding Online Teaching during the Pandemic

Winner: Dr Kay Lalor

“Kay has adapted exceptionally to the very difficult current circumstances we are in, and has gone above and beyond to make the information for the Human Rights module accessible and enjoyable.”

 

Course of the Year

Winner: BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

“Although this isn't the year many of us had hoped for, the Physiotherapy department have continued to make the course engaging and practical based.”

 

Department of the Year

Winner: Department of Psychology

“The psychology team has been utterly fantastic. Throughout the pandemic, they have gone above and beyond to provide support, negotiate flexible arrangements for deadlines and call individual students to discuss difficulties.”

 

Teacher of the Year

Winner: Karen Duffy

“Karen epitomizes what a teacher of the year should look like. She is so nurturing, bringing the best out of us as individuals, even helping us see qualities we hadn't realised we had.”

 

The Union Award for Outstanding Achievement

Winners: Technicians 

"My technicians have not only supported me academically, they have gone out of their ways to make me comfortable and ensured my own physical and mental health is well so I can concentrate on my work."