Ceremony 2015

Welcome!

Issy CookeCity University London Students’ UnionVP Education

David BoltonCity University London,Deputy Vice Chancellor

Pam Parker,City University LondonAssociate Director (Learning, Enhancement and Development)

This Year

• 526 nominations received:– 368 Staff Nominations– 156 Programme Representative

nominations.

• Nominations were Received for:– 111 Academic Staff– 19 non Academic Staff– 33 Programme Representatives

Research Supervision

Shortlist

Chris Atkin (SMCSE)Julianna Challenor (SASS)

Madeline Cruice (SHS)Clive Holtham (Cass)Sophie Willis (SHS)

One student said…

The winner:

“was totally passionate and engaged in my research, keeping me grounded, focused and deep diving all the elements of my area of interest…I always felt able to approach [them], knowing that [they] would always listen, question my thinking and approach to help me extend my knowledge domain and make my research as meaningful as possible. To be able to have had the access to someone who has incredible 'real world', 'academic' and creative passion was a real blessing”

Research Supervisor Winner

Clive Holtham, Cass Business School

Personal Tutoring

Shortlist

Paul Bland (SHS)Ricardo Khine (SHS)

Danielle Lyssimachou (Cass)Azizur Rahman (SMCSE)Christopher Ryan (Law)

One student said…

The Winners’…

“…office door is always open and [they are] usually there most days of the week for a quick chat. If not, sending [them] a quick e mail will also get you a quick response. Therefore, it can be said that [they are] in-tune with what students require and… always on hand to resolve any issues for students”.

Personal Tutoring Winner

Christopher RyanCity Law School

Assessment & Feedback

Shortlist

Chris Atkin (SMCSE)Ricardo Khine (SHS)

Danielle Lyssimachou (Cass) Jayne Morgan (SHS)Sophie Willis (SHS)

One student said…

The Winner…

“always provides extremely detailed feedback for all assessments which is very helpful for us, the students. In the feedback (which is many pages long) [they] always provide references to similar examples in the textbooks or lecture slides and … always explain everything in a lot of detail to ensure that it is clear by everyone. [They are] also the first one to add feedback on whatever assessment. [Their] feedback is very punctual and helpful, which indicates how much time [they] spend in preparing it and how focused and passionate [they are]”

Assessment & Feedback Winner

Danielle LyssimachouCass Business School

Student Support

Shortlist

Thalia Anagnostopoulou (Careers)Leon Cuthbertson (Cass)Victoria Didilica (Careers)

Eleanor Trezise (Sports & Leisure)Mona Vadher (Careers)

One student said…

The Winner is…

“The driving force behind, excellent social events, networking events, charity events and raising the standards of these events. In doing so [they] raised the standards of student experience”

Student Support Winner

Leon CuthbertsonCass Business School

Teaching in Schools:School of Arts & Social

ScienceShortlist

Aylish O’Driscoll Marie Poirier

Deborah RafalinSusan StraussRichard Ward

One student said…

The Winner is…

“one of the most genuine, engaged and articulate lecturers on the course. [They are] able to empathise

with us as trainees, practitioners, researchers and human beings. [Their] obvious cleverness is inspiring rather than intimidating and [their] lectures are well

prepared and referenced”

School of Arts & Social Sciences Winner

Deborah RafalinDepartment of Psychology

Teaching in Schools: School of Health Science

Shortlist

Paul BlandSarah Greenwood

Ricardo KhineRachael-Anne Knight

Jayne Morgan

One Nominator Said…

The Winner:

“caters to everybody's level of understanding and teaches with passion capturing everyone’s attention… teaches in a way that listened to our needs rather then throwing us all in at the deepend… was a great support for exam preparation and offered personal learning support”.

School of Health Science Winner

Sarah GreenwoodDepartment of Nursing

Teaching in Schools: City Law School

Shortlist

Grietje BaarsElliot Schatzberger

David SeymourJohn StantonSimone Start

One student said…

The Winner

As a teacher, [is] outstanding in every respect… total enthusiasm for [the] subject, which [they] communicate in a clear, structured, cogent manner, sensitively tailored to the group and individuals… an intuitive understanding of the needs of students, and is extremely good at balancing the pure academic teaching with practical advice … in an examination context and in practice as a professional”

City Law School Winner

Elliot SchatzbergerGDL Visiting Lecturer

Teaching in Schools:Cass Business School

Shortlist

Simon HayleyHugh Hutcheson

Habib LesevicDanielle Lyssimachou

Ben Rickayzen

One student said…

The winner is…

“Definitely one of the very best lecturers in my year who has consistently delivered at a very high level over the year. [They] definitely put a lot of effort in ensuring the students fully understand the very challenging concepts being taught. In my opinion, [they] deserve some recognition for [their] great efforts”.

Cass Business School Winner

Simon HayleyLecturer in Finance

Teaching in Schools:Mathematics, Computing Sciences & Engineering

Shortlist

Chris AtkinNeil Maiden

Azizur RahmanPhilip SpeareFrederic Surre

One student said…

The Winner was:

“incredibly passionate about the subject, [and] createdpractical engaging sessions to inspire creative thinking…For me, this mode of tuition surpassed anything that I had previously experienced in education. It brought the subject alive and inspired people to the point where we dedicated so much of our free time to build on our knowledge and apply it to 'real world‘ situations. I got so much from this module and that is entirely down to [their] creative approach to the moduleand… incredibly positive and passionate engagement with all students”

Mathematics, Computing Science & Engineering

Winner

Neil MaidenSystems Engineering

Sustained Achievement

The Winner is:

“an engaging, thoughtful, relatable individual… brings a unique perspective and huge wealth of knowledge from years of experience… that make the subject material easier to understand and very interesting”

Sustained Achievement Winner

Paul HahnCass Business School

Overall Achievement Staff Award

The Winner:

“demonstrates her passion for accounting simply through everything. When she talks, you see her confidence, showing that she knows the subject well. The way she communicates it, combining very theoretical knowledge with examples that are funny and easy to remember shows her love for it that translate”

Overall Achievement Winner

Daniella LyssimachouCass Business School

Programme Representative Awards

Programme Representative Awards

BRONZE Awards

Avantika DassaniKatarzyna ToniakUmar Shafiq Malik

Faris Noaman

Programme Representative Awards

SILVER Awards

Sanna SalamTanzyla Khan-TareenAbitha Amirthaligam

Programme Representative Awards

GOLD Awards

Trudi BaileyTran Toan Dang

Julie Linge-Smith

The Programme Rep of the Year…

“has done a fantastic job working hard as our rep for the duration of our postgraduate course. She has helped bring about change by always encouraging the cohort to provide regular feedback and passing it on to the relevant persons”

“always takes our concerns seriously and represents them to those running the course. Nothing is too big or too small for her to take on. She has a 'never give up' attitude and pushes hard to encourage us to give feedback”

“has always fought hard for things that might not seemimportant to the university, but that matter to us”

Programme Rep of the Year

Trudi BaileySchool of Health Sciences

Congratulations to everybody nominated, shortlisted and who won an award!

Thank you all for your work improving the experience of students at City University London!