Bradford Teaching Fellows & excellence awards
The University of Bradford is committed to recognising and celebrating the fantastic work of staff who consistently provide students with innovative and exceptional learning experiences.
Individuals and teams across the University have been recognised for their achievements in institutional and national teaching excellence awards.
AdvanceHE Teaching Excellence Awards
The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) and the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) showcase the outstanding impact of individuals and teams who teach or support learning in UK higher education, recognising their success and providing a platform to share the learning from their practice.
National Teaching Fellowship: The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme recognises, rewards and celebrates individuals who are judged to have made an outstanding impact on the student learning experience, and offers winners the opportunity to join an active community of excellence. The University is able to submit up to 3 nominations each year, and has a successful track record of developing National Teaching Fellows.
Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence: This national award aims to celebrate collaborative work in teaching and learning and looks to capture the creative and innovative practice that positively impacts on the student experience. The University is able to nominate one team for a CATE award each year.
Fellowships and nominees
Winners:
Gemma Quinn (National Teaching Fellowship 2023)
Sarah George (National Teaching Fellowship 2017)
Simon Tweddell (National Teaching Fellowship 2015)
Nominees:
Winners and nominees
2019 winner and 2018 nominee:
Physiotherapy Team, Faculty of Health Studies
2017 winner:
Pharmacy Curriculum Team, Faculty of Life Sciences
2016 nominee:
Midwifery & Reproductive Health Team, Faculty of Health Studies
Former colleagues awarded NTF while at Bradford
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Maryann Hardy (National Teaching Fellowship 2022)
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Ruth Whitfield (National Teaching Fellowship 2020)
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Julia Pansini-Murrell (National Teaching Fellow 2016)
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Claire Surr (National Teaching Fellow 2014)
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Ian Palmer (National Teaching Fellow 2014)
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Jackie Haigh (National Teaching Fellow 2013)
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Chris Dearnley (National Teaching Fellow 2012)
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Peter Hopkinson (National Teaching Fellow 2010)
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Becka Colley (National Teaching Fellow 2010)
Bradford Teaching Fellow (BTF)
Presented to individuals and teams for their inspirational teaching and judged according to the AdvanceHE Teaching Excellence Award criteria.
As well as celebrating the positive impact they have on the learning experiences and achievements of our students, the awards support colleagues to progress their journey towards institutional nomination for a national teaching award or to progress to further Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
Bradford Teaching Fellow awards succeed the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Teaching Excellence, the Baroness Lockwood Awards for Distinguished Teaching and the Chancellor's Awards for Distinguished Teaching. Fellows who continue to work at the University are listed below.
Awarded Bradford Teaching Fellow status
2023 Fellow:
- Dr Sobia Kauser, Biomedical Science
2021 Fellow:
- Dr Claire Peyton, Chemistry
Received the Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award
2019 recipient:
- Dr Ben Jennings, Archaeology
- For pioneering and innovative use of mixed-media to enable and support student learning of complex concepts.
2018 recipients:
- Dr Keren Bielby-Clarke, Cancer Therapeutics
- For integrating technology in interdisciplinary teaching and inspiring and influencing the practice of others
- For integrating technology in interdisciplinary teaching and inspiring and influencing the practice of others
- Dr Gemma Quinn, Pharmacy
- For using team based learning (TBL) and e-portfolios to support active learning, and engaging regionally and nationally to improve patient safety
- For using team based learning (TBL) and e-portfolios to support active learning, and engaging regionally and nationally to improve patient safety
- Physiotherapy & Sport Rehabilitation Team
- For engaging students in programme development, ongoing activities, and developing employability skills through innovative co-teaching approaches.
2017 recipients:
- Professor PB Anand, International Development
- For a sustained record of excellent teaching placing student experience at the heart of learning with clear evidence of transformational attainment among postgraduate international students
- For a sustained record of excellent teaching placing student experience at the heart of learning with clear evidence of transformational attainment among postgraduate international students
- Midwifery & Reproductive Health Team
- For an innovative and student centred approach using problem-based learning (PBL) to raise engagement in midwifery education.
Received the Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award
2016 recipients:
- Dr Fiona Macaulay, Peace Studies
- For embedding gender analysis and participatory reflective discussions within the curriculum
2015 recipients:
- Ruth Lefever, Learning Teaching and Student Experience
- For the development of the Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Scheme, its positive impact and potential for development graduate attribute/employability skills, and for providing the University with a positive example of good practice in student engagement.
- For the development of the Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Scheme, its positive impact and potential for development graduate attribute/employability skills, and for providing the University with a positive example of good practice in student engagement.
- Dr Steve Dockrill and Dr Julie Bond, Archaeology
- For research-led approaches to teaching Archaeology engaging students in authentic, real-world learning and developing graduate attributes and employability skills.
2014 recipients:
- Michael Allhouse, Bradford University Students’ Union
- Digitised Diseases Team
- STEM at Bradford Team
- Developing Academic Good Practice Team
- MPharmacy Curriculum Team
Received the Baroness Lockwood Award for Distinguished Teaching
2010 recipients:
- Professor Tim Gough, Engineering
- For renewing the teaching and practice of Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics and Scientific Principles with enthusiasm, innovative approaches to technology and improvements driven by student feedback
- For renewing the teaching and practice of Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics and Scientific Principles with enthusiasm, innovative approaches to technology and improvements driven by student feedback
- Stuart Walker, Disability Services
- For excellence in supporting disabled students across the University through a collaborative and research-led approach to evaluating and deploying assistive technologies
- For excellence in supporting disabled students across the University through a collaborative and research-led approach to evaluating and deploying assistive technologies
- Dr Zahid Hussain, Management
- For excellence in supporting students with different learning needs in the rapidly changing field of Operations and Information Management
2009 recipients:
- Dr Jill Thompson, Archaeology
- For effectively applying experiential problem-based learning approaches within Archaeology, Geography & Environmental Science and her extensive impact on student learning
- For effectively applying experiential problem-based learning approaches within Archaeology, Geography & Environmental Science and her extensive impact on student learning
- Dr Mark Van Hoorebeek, Law
- For establishing national expertise at the forefront of using e-learning technologies and for integrating social media and student response systems in Legal Education
Received the Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching
2001 recipients
- PB Anand, International Development
- For active engagement and research-informed teaching at Masters’ level of Environmental Economics, Policy and Project Planning
- Rob Janaway, Archaeology
- For embedding practical teaching of Forensic Archaeology and ancient textiles in the curriculum
- David Elliott, Optometry
- For a significant contribution to developing professionally informed clinical training in Optometry at Bradford and throughout the UK
1999 recipient
- Richard Bowen, Chemistry
- For excellent practice in interactively teaching Organic Chemistry reaction mechanisms
1998 recipient
- John Purvis, Pharmacy
- For the development of a wide range of appropriate and stimulating learning methods in postgraduate and continuing professional Pharmacy Practice education