Dr Richard Winsley awarded 'Lecturer of the Year' at Teaching Awards

The brilliance of lecturers and support staff at the University of Exeter was recognised at an inaugural Teaching Awards ceremony on 5th May. The Teaching Awards, developed by Students’ Guild Education Officer Llywelyn Morris, are the first time students at the University of Exeter have been able to formally recognise outstanding teaching and support.

The competition which drew nearly 2000 nominations which were received for five awards categories: Feedback-er of the Year; Innovative Teacher of the Year; Lecturer of the Year; Support Staff Member of the Year; and Tutor of the Year.  Llywelyn Morris said, ‘The Teaching Awards recognise, celebrate and promote excellent teaching. They are about giving students a chance to acknowledge best practice, and saying ‘thank you’ to staff who go above and beyond what is expected of them.’

Students were asked to explain their nominations and these were put forward to student academic representatives who submitted their subject’s leading lights to a panel who came up with shortlists of ten for each category.

Comments made by students about staff members during the nomination process were overwhelmingly positive. One student nominating Dr Richard Winsley from the School of Health and Sport Science said of him: “As a student, you want to learn from the best and his combination of incredible knowledge, positive attitude and caring nature bring all the greatest attributes of an educator to one embodiment of teaching greatness.”

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