Our annual Education Awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of staff and students, and their contributions to our learning community, through:
The winners will be announced during a ceremony at our Bloomsbury campus on Wednesday 4 June 2025.
Register to attend the ceremony
Congratulations and good luck to all this year’s nominees!
UCL Education Awards
Our categories continue to align with our ambitions for Education Excellence.Each of the following nominees has been awarded a UCL Education Award by their Faculty and is shortlisted for a UCL Provost Education Award. Please see below a full list of nominees for this year’s UCL Provost Education Awards:
Nominees demonstrate new, rigorous ways of working that combine education and cutting-edge research.
TEAM
Brain Sciences
Stephen Dewitt, Leun Otten, Henrik Singmann, Maarten Speekenbrink, Hannah Spikesley
INDIVIDUAL
Engineering
Dr Solomon Bawa
INDIVIDUAL
Engineering
Professor Martina Micheletti
INDIVIDUAL
Engineering
Dr Lama Hamadeh
INDIVIDUAL
Ioe
Benjamin Abrams
TEAM
Ioe
Manolis Mavrikis, Mutlu Cukurova, Kaska Porayska-Pomsta
TEAM
Laws
Professor Kimberley Trapp, Dr Megan Donaldson, Ms Céline Chausse, Mr Gal Cohen
TEAM
Life Sciences
Wendy Birch, Victoria Oldfield, Olivia Sumners, Kirk Sanders
INDIVIDUAL
Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Saman Ghaffarian
TEAM
Medical Sciences
Jesper Hansen, Andrew Williams, Ioannis Papaioannou, Nephtali Marina-Gonzalez, Angelica Blotto, Iker Sanz
INDIVIDUAL
Population Health
Dr Jo Gibbs
INDIVIDUAL
Social & Historical Sciences
Sophie Joscelyne
TEAM
Social & Historical Sciences
John Sabapathy, Andrew Barry, Paulina Serrano Tama
INDIVIDUAL
The Bartlett
Juliana Martins
TEAM
Social & Historical Sciences
JP Salter and Andrew Scott
Colleagues that support diversity and creating a sense of community for students, and between students and staff.
INDIVIDUAL
Arts & Humanities
Dr Sima Beeri
INDIVIDUAL
Brain Sciences
Sharinjeet Dhiman
TEAM
Engineering
Maya Cara, Oliver Peachey, Mark De Freitas, Laura Langley, Edyta Kostanek, Karen Stepanyan, Noelle Yip, Matthew Kennard, Yoyo Wei
INDIVIDUAL
Office of the Vice-Provost (Education & Student Experience)
Catherine Casale
INDIVIDUAL
Ioe
Zoë Gallant
INDIVIDUAL
Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science
Sarita Mamseri
INDIVIDUAL
Life Sciences
Elvira Mambetisaeva
TEAM
Life Sciences
Francesca Caccuci, Marco Beato, Larissa Herbert
INDIVIDUAL
Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Eimear Hurley
INDIVIDUAL
Medical Sciences
Dr Sarah Bennett
INDIVIDUAL
Medical Sciences
Connar Mawer
INDIVIDUAL
Office of the Vice-Provost (Strategy)
Dr Anne Preston
INDIVIDUAL
Social & Historical Sciences
Dr Dunli Li
INDIVIDUAL
Social & Historical Sciences
Frankie Chappell
INDIVIDUAL
Social & Historical Sciences
Julie Norman
INDIVIDUAL
The Bartlett
Kalliopi Fouseki
INDIVIDUAL
Brain Sciences
Dr Anish Jindal
Colleagues that have improved infrastructure or processes that enhance the teaching and learning experience.
INDIVIDUAL
Brain Sciences
Martin Dechant
INDIVIDUAL
Brain Sciences
Dr Anish Jindal
INDIVIDUAL
Brain Sciences
Dr Eva Krumhuber
INDIVIDUAL
Brain Sciences
Dr Elisabeth Li
INDIVIDUAL
Engineering
Dr Silvia Bartolucci
INDIVIDUAL
Ioe
Barbara Strong
INDIVIDUAL
Ioe
Evi Katsapi
TEAM
Ioe
BA Media APO Team - Serena Fern, Monika Ma, Cara Hackleton
TEAM
Ioe
Dr Steven Papachristou, Dr Youyou Wu, Dr Marta Francesconi, Dr Nina Polytimou, Rose Lombardo, Zahra Siddiqui, Francesca Bentivegna
TEAM
ISD / Digital Education
Digital Learning Environments team (Eliot Hoving, Kerry Vandersteen, Alistair Spark, Maggie Tarkowska, Alex Yeung, Stuart Lamour, Matthias Opitz, Nikola Bozhkov, Jason Norton)
TEAM
Laws
UCL Centre for Access to Justice team (Rachel Knowles, Sonia Kalsi, Shiva Riahi, Annika Melwani, Ian Browne, Katherine Auty, Michael Marshall, Thul Khan, Jennifer Akinola, Sarah Joy, Art Badivuku)
INDIVIDUAL
Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science
Desta Bokre
TEAM
Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science
Ellen Frost, Chris Hoyle, Bloomsbury Theatre technical team
INDIVIDUAL
Life Sciences
Arantza Barrios
INDIVIDUAL
Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Dr Tamara Alhilfi
INDIVIDUAL
Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Joseph Frost-Schenk
INDIVIDUAL
Medical Sciences
Torey White
INDIVIDUAL
Medical Sciences
Ms Gaynor Jones
INDIVIDUAL
Medical Sciences
Dr Ursula McGovern
TEAM
Medical Sciences
Matthew Brown, Sara Giampietro, Stephanie Hayes
TEAM
Office of the Vice-Provost (Strategy)
Dianna Nguyen, Tom Carson, Sara Chen, Oliver Collier, Alex Charitonides, Nurul Islam, Simon Dawes, Peter Soesan, Matthew Wilkinson, Mai Doan
INDIVIDUAL
Population Health
Denes Stefler
INDIVIDUAL
Population Health
Katie Taylor
INDIVIDUAL
Population Health
Sandra Soria Medina
TEAM
Social & Historical Sciences
Claudia Naeser, Corinna Riva, Katie Hemer
INDIVIDUAL
The Bartlett
Valentina Giordano
Practices that celebrate teaching and learning, and staff who teach and support teaching.
INDIVIDUAL
Arts & Humanities
Elodie Douarin
TEAM
Brain Sciences
Dr Madisson Brown, Dr Hannah Cooper, Dr Lucy Handscomb
INDIVIDUAL
Engineering
Pierre-Jean Hanard
TEAM
Ioe
Charlotte Newman, Anu Haden and James Woodman
TEAM
Life Sciences
Dr Suzanne Ruddy, Dr Amanda Cain, Dr Renee Vancraenenbroeck, Dr Charmian Dawson, Dr Toryn Poolman, Dr Eleni Makrinou, Dr Kate Bowers, Alex Seow
TEAM
Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Tracey Clarke, Victoria Hilborne, Katherine Holt, Samson Khene, River Riley, Brandon Roda, Andrew Wills
INDIVIDUAL
Population Health
Johan Thygesen
Examples of engaging and impactful partnerships between students and staff.
TEAM
Arts & Humanities
Abbi Shaw, Jesper Hansen
TEAM
Brain Sciences
Dr Miles Tufft, Molly McCabe, Jon Mella
INDIVIDUAL
Engineering
Priya Chauhan
INDIVIDUAL
Life Sciences
Dr Louise Cramer
INDIVIDUAL
Life Sciences
Izzy Bishop
TEAM
Life Sciences
Vivien Klein, Daniel Ward
TEAM
Medical Sciences
Dr Zahra Mohri, Professor Nephtali Marina-Gonzalez, Ms Michelle Stainbrook
TEAM
Population Health
Angela Meade, Deepti Nayak
INDIVIDUAL
Social & Historical Sciences
Dr Manuel Vogt
INDIVIDUAL
The Bartlett
Lorenzo Lotti
Colleagues that are adapting our education so it continues to support graduates to develop the knowledge and skills required to become leaders of tomorrow who can change the world for the better.
INDIVIDUAL
Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science Jo Baines
INDIVIDUAL
Statistical Science
Stephanie Dickinson
INDIVIDUAL
Mathematical & Physical Sciences Dr Amy Unsworth
INDIVIDUAL
Institute of Archaeology
Professor Alice Stevenson
Student Choice Awards
The Student Choice Awards are a way for students to thank an amazing member of staff and let them know that their hard work makes a difference.This year the Student’s Union received 1120 nominations covering 556 individual members of staff. Thank you to everyone who submitted a nomination.
Please see below a full list of nominees for this year’s Student Choice Awards:
Members of staff who are committed to listening to, and working with, students and their representatives to improve and change education in their module, course or department.
Leanne Taylor
Faculty of the Built Environment
Tim D Pritchard
Faculty of Brain Sciences
Katherine Cashell
Faculty of Brain Sciences
Members of staff who aren’t in a teaching role, recognised for making a huge difference to learning with their help, patience and care.
Cicely Abdy Collins
Estates Division
Lynne F Chave
Faculty of Laws
Robert W Heller
Faculty of the Built Environment
Members of staff who educate about the latest, cutting-edge knowledge, or who enable taught students to create knowledge by conducting their own research.
Paola Oliveri
Faculty of Life Sciences
Vijay Chudasama
Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Sarah N Garfinkel
Faculty of Brain Sciences
Nauro Ferreira Campos
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Members of staff who work to make sure curriculum or research recognises marginalised scholars, and shines a light on diverse perspectives.
Victoria Showunmi
Ioe, Faculty of Education & Society
John P Filling
Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
Katie A McFall
Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Tom Western
Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
Members of staff who provide constructive, useful feedback on assessment and learning, helping students to progress and succeed.
Roganie Govender
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Peter W Snow
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Kurinchi S Gurusamy
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Sarah N Garfinkel
Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Members of staff who deliver exceptional teaching, using innovative and engaging methods to hold students’ interest and help you to learn.
Arthur Ian Legend Davis
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Ryan S S Francis,
Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Damian Phelan,
Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
Vijay Chudasama
Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Members of staff who help postgraduate research students to succeed, with a balance of providing support and fostering independence.
Samuel W S Tang
Faculty of the Built Environment
Andrew H Bevan,
Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
Matt J Fisher
Faculty of Laws
Dina Mehmedbegovic-Smith
Ioe, Faculty of Education & Society
Members of staff who are leading the way on embedding sustainability into the curriculum and shaping our future climate leaders.
Sam C Randalls
Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
Sasha C St John
Office of Pro-Provost (London)
Andy Markwick
Ioe, Faculty of Education & Society
Andreas W Schafer
Faculty of the Built Environment
Members of staff who have provided students with excellent support or academic guidance.
Catarina Correia
Ioe, Faculty of Education & Society
Yasmin A Garcia
Faculty of the Built Environment
Robin Jacob
Faculty of Laws
Angela Cooper
Ioe, Faculty of Education & Society
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