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Learning and Teaching Oscars 2011

The second annual Student Union Learning and Teaching Oscars took place recently.

This was a prestigious event attended by around 80 guests made up of the University Senior Management team, academic and support staff from across all the schools, guests from sector agencies such as the Higher Education Academy and NUS Scotland and of course, students.

The Learning and Teaching Oscars are entirely student led and look to recognise and reward best practise in education delivery.

This year the Union received over 850 nominations from students about their staff members, a large increase on the number of nominations received last year, clearly showing the value that students place in these awards.

The shortlists and winners of the Learning and Teaching Oscars 2011 were:

Guiding Hand Award
Martin Youngson - School of Mathematics and Computer Science
Marilyn Higgins - School of the Built Environment
George Streftaris - School of Mathematics and Computer Science
Nicola McGuigan - School of Life Sciences

The Winner of the Guiding Hand Award 2011 was Martin Youngson

Master/Mistress of Vision Award
Kate Clements - School of Management and Languages
Carmen Torres - School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Grant Wright - School of the Built Environment
Bjarne Holmes - School of Life Sciences

The Winner of the Master/Mistress of Vision Award 2011 was Bjarne Holmes

Support Staff Award
Sandra Darling - School of Textiles and Design
Samantha Euridge - School of the Built Environment
Drew Kellet - School of Textiles and Design
Christina Graham - School of Engineering and Physical Sciences

The Winner of the Support Staff Award 2011 was Drew Kellet

Refreshing Award
Santhosh Abraham - School of Management and Languages
John McCarter - School of the Built Environment
Janathan Sherratt - School of Mathematics and Computer Science
David Townsend - School of Engineering and Physical Sciences

The Winner of the Refreshing Award 2011 was John McCarter

Switched On Award
Yvonne McLaren - School of Management and Languages
Cath Fenton - School of Textiles and Design
Alan Forster - School of the Built Environment
Xiongwei Ni - School of Engineering and Physical Sciences

The Winner of the Switched On Award 2011 was Yvonne McLaren

Thinkers Award
Robert Graham - School of Management and Languages
Malcolm Chrisp - School of the Built Environment
Jennie Hansen - School of Mathematics and Computer Science
Ian McInnes - School of Textiles and Design

The Winner of the Thinkers Award 2011 was Malcolm Chrisp

Class Rep Team of the Year
The winners of the Class Rep Team of the Year are from Civil Engineering. They are Christina Holmgruen, Keith Wilson, Heather Plummer and Daniel McKendrick, supported by their School Officer Fraser Drew.

For more information on the awards themselves, please visit www.hwunion.com/ltoscars