Dr Jenny Marie awarded UCL’s first National Teaching Fellowship

Dr Jenny Marie has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in recognition of her outstanding work developing staff-student partnerships to enhance education at UCL. The  National Teaching Fellowship scheme  celebrates and recognises individuals who have made an outstanding impact on student outcomes and the teaching profession in higher education. Dr Marie, who is Principal Teaching Fellow in the Arena Centre for Research-based Education, is the first person at UCL to receive the prestigious award. Since the award was first given in 2000, there are now more than 815 National Teaching Fellows, with up to 55 individuals receiving the award each year. Dr Marie has worked in academic development since 2005 and led UCL's flagship student/staff partnership programme, UCL ChangeMakers, since 2015. In her time leading the programme, she has developed it from a small pilot of student-initiated projects into a large, strategic programme at UCL. Professor Anthony Smith, Vice-Provost (Education and Student Affairs) said: "This recognition is richly deserved.