48 members of the University of Sussex were awarded Student Led Teaching Awards (SLTAs) at the Annual Teaching and Learning Conference on 15 May.

Academic and professional services staff were recognised across six categories including:

• Outstanding or Innovative Teaching;
• Outstanding or Innovative Undergraduate Teaching;
• Outstanding or Innovative Postgraduate Teaching;
• Outstanding or Innovative Assessment and Feedback;
• Outstanding Support for the Learning Experience of Students;
• Outstanding Professional Services Support for the Learning Experience of Students.

The Student Led Teaching Awards are a partnership between the University of Sussex and the Students’ Union. The awards provide an opportunity for students to say thank you to a member of staff who has made a difference to their teaching and learning experience at Sussex. All students are eligible to nominate an academic or member of the professional services. Students’ Union Officers and Student Representatives are responsible for deciding which staff should receive an award based on the nominations.  

Nominations for the Student Led Teaching Awards have continued to increase each academic year, with more than double the nominations in 2017/18 since the awards began in 2013/14.

Professor Rorden Wilkinson, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Innovation), said: ‘The Student Led Teaching Awards mark an important moment in the academic year.  It is a time when our students celebrate what they have found most inspiring, and reward colleagues for their dedication and enthusiasm in making the student learning experience so rich.

"Reading the many warm comments we received with the nominations is genuinely humbling. Our students have been moved by their education, and our colleagues rightly recognised for their commitment and dedication."

Professor Wilkinson presented the awards at the Annual Teaching and Learning Conference on 15 May.

The SLTA winners for 2017/18 are outlined below:

Outstanding or Innovative Teaching

• Dr Eleftheria Lekakis, School of Media, Film and Music
• Dr Dinah Rajak, School of Global Studies
• Dr Lyndsay Mclean Hilker, School of Global Studies
• Professor James Fairhead, School of Global Studies

Outstanding or Innovative Undergraduate Teaching

• Dr Denise Decaires Narain, School of English
• Dr Jessica Allsop, School of English
• Charlotte Terrell, School of English
• Ronan McKinney, School of English
• Anne Irfan, School of History, Art History and Philosophy
• Dr Mohammad Moeini Aghkariz, School of Business, Management and Economics
• Dr Akanksha Mehta, School of Global Studies
• Dr David Ockwell, School of Global Studies
• Dr Karis Jade Petty, School of Global Studies
• Wendy Ashall, School of Global Studies
• Professor Justin Rosenberg, School of Global Studies
• Mary Lee, School of Law, Politics and Sociology
• Dr Luis Ponce Cuspinera, School of Engineering and Informatics
• Dr Ildiko Kemenes, School of Life Sciences
• Dr Jenna Macciochi, School of Life Sciences
• Dr Joanna Richardson, School of Life Sciences
• Dr Shane Lo Fan Hin, School of Life Sciences
• Professor Simon Morley, School of Life Sciences
• School of Pharmacy
• Professor Marco Peccianti, School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
• Professor Martin Yeomans, School of Psychology

Outstanding or Innovative Postgraduate Teaching

• Dr Doug Haynes, School of History, Art History and Philosophy
• Dr Paul Gilbert, School of Global Studies
• Dr Louise Newnham, School of Life Sciences
• Dr Adhip Rawal, School of Psychology
• Jennifer Mankin, School of Psychology
• Professor Andy Field, School of Psychology

Outstanding or Innovative Assessment and Feedback

• Dr Nigel Marshall, School of Education and Social Work

Outstanding Support for the Learning Experience of Students

• Dr Helen Tyson, School of English
• Dr Melanie Green, School of English
• Dr Ping Shum, School of Media, Film and Music
• Susan Robbins, Sussex Centre for Language Studies
• Steven Brieger, School of Business, Management and Economics
• Dr Rachel Burr, School of Education and Social Work
• Rowland Darby, School of Education and Social Work
• Dr Carl Griffin, School of Global Studies
• Professor Richard Vogler, School of Law, Politics and Sociology
• Harri Koivisto, School of Engineering and Informatics
• Dr Camilla Tornoe, School of Life Sciences
• Dr Geeta Hitch, School of Life Sciences
• Michael Pettit, School of Life Sciences
• Professor William Hughes, School of Life Sciences

Outstanding Professional Services Support for the Learning Experience of Students

• Naomi Harris, School of Media, Music and Music
• Stephen Kiely, Information Technology Services