Friday 25-05-2018 - 09:30

The winners of this year’s Teaching Awards were revealed at a glittering awards ceremony last night (24 May) in The Union.

The eighth annual Teaching Awards took place in the Hall, which was once again transformed and the red carpet rolled out to host the awards ceremony.

Education Officer, Luca Raimo and Vice President Cheshire, Amie Atkinson compeered the night in front of an audience of over 120 people, all gathered to celebrate outstanding and inspiring teaching at Manchester Met.

To open the evening, Vice-Chancellor, Professor Malcolm Press spoke to guests about working collaboratively to ensure students received the best experience at university.

A total of eleven awards were presented, including The Union Award for Outstanding Achievement, Outstanding Teaching for Employability and Outstanding Feedback.

Dr Leanne Rimmer won the much-anticipated Teacher of the Year award, and the Department of the Year award was handed to the Department of Nursing.

The shortlists were comprised of individuals, teams, courses and departments, all nominated by students at Manchester Met. With a total of 765 nominations, a panel comprising of students, Student Officers and representatives from Manchester Met’s Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching judged entries anonymously.

Find out more about the Teaching Awards. 

 

The winners:

The Union Award for Outstanding Achievement – Peggy Cooke 

Outstanding Innovation in Teaching – Dr Carmen Herrero (Arts and Humanities)

Outstanding Feedback – Nino Loladze (Business and Law)

Best Personal Tutor – Joe Barber (Education)

Best Undergraduate Supervisor – Kay Hurst (HPSC)

Best Postgraduate Supervisor – Professor Rebecca Lawthom (HPSC)

Department of the Year – Department of Nursing (HPSC)

Outstanding Teaching for Employability – Barry Harwood (Business and Law)

Outstanding Teaching for Sustainability – Tom Finbow (Cheshire)

Course of the Year – BSc (Hons) Mathematics (Science and Engineering)

Teacher of the Year – Dr Leanne Rimmer (HPSC)

 

The winners of the Teaching Awards 2018