The Faculty of Science and Engineering celebrated another year of success at the 2026 Students’ Union Academic Awards, with FSE staff and students recognised across a range of categories for their outstanding contributions to teaching, student voice, academic community and student support.
FSE’s Mentoring Excellence Team has recently been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Award celebrating their outstanding support for Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs). Find out more about the origins of the programme and its impact.
Developed initially for postgraduate researchers, the Responsible Research and Innovation module challenges students to think differently about their research, its wider impact and their role as responsible scientists. Read on to find out what inspired Alison to develop the unit, how students responded to learning beyond their disciplinary comfort zones and what the recognition means […]
Dr Amir Rahbarimanesh shares how empathy, clarity, and student-led adaptation are at the heart of his award-winning approach to assessment and feedback. Discover how he’s supporting students across Engineering Project Management.
FSE celebrated a night of success and recognition at the 2025 Students’ Union Academic Awards, with outstanding staff and students honoured across multiple categories for their dedication, innovation, and impact.
Charlene Gallery is a Reader in Digital Fashion Innovation, Employability Lead and Inclusive Pedagogy Specialist in the Department of Materials. She leads the Student Knowledge Exchange (SKE) team that won the Inclusive Education award at the 2024 Teaching Excellence Awards for the SKE project – a project that addresses professional attainment (PA) gaps for international […]
Tom Rodgers is a Reader in Chemical Engineering Education in the Department of Chemical Engineering. At the 2024 Teaching Excellence Awards he won the award for Educational Leadership and Flexible Learning and Digital Delivery. Here Tom tells us how he has focused on developing rich-media resources to allow students to learn at their own pace, developing strategies for group problem solving, peer marking, and in-class discussions.
Lisa Taylor is a Senior Lecturer Fashion Business and Technology Department of Materials. She led the Fashion Education and Inclusive Learning Innovators (FEILI) team that won the Inclusive Education and Flexible Learning and Digital Delivery award at the 2024 Teaching Excellence Awards for their Digital Learning Technologies Project: a Creative Combination to Augment Applied Learning. Here she tells us more about the project and what the future might hold.
On Monday, 29 April, the Students’ Union held their annual academic awards. These awards celebrate the magnificent work of staff and students at the University and FSE colleagues were delighted to receive awards in several categories. These included: Congratulations to everyone who was recognised at the awards.
Colleagues across our Faculty regularly demonstrate innovative and inclusive teaching practice, going the extra mile to ensure our students’ learning experience is the very best it can be. Whether you know a colleague who does great work or want to celebrate your own teaching practice, the University has several awards dedicated to recognising excellence in teaching and learning.
