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OTHER AWARDS AND SUCCESSES
Dr Alex Baker
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Alex won the Royal Society of Chemistry
Early Career Prize for Excellence
in Higher Education and the British
Science Association (BSA) Physical
Sciences and Mathematics Award.
Dr Neha Gupta
Assistant Professor,
Warwick Business School
Gained SFHEA recognition.
Dr Bo Kelestyn
Assistant Professor (Teaching Tack),
Warwick Business School
Bo won the Rising Stars Award in the
Education and Academia Category.
Dr Helen Nolan
Associate Professor,
Warwick Medical School
Helen was awarded the Association
for the Study of Medical Education
(ASME) and General Medical Council’s
(GMC) “Excellent Medical Education” Award in the
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion category for her
application; “Trauma-informed UK medical education
and practice for inclusion and wellbeing – a Delphi
approach to identifying priorities”
This national prize awarded jointly by ASME and the
GMC is intended to fund high-quality medical education
research, development and innovation.
Helen is PI on this multi-institutional project along with
colleagues from University of Manchester, King’s College
London and Queen Mary University of London which
will explore curricular priorities for developing traumainformed medical education in the UK.
Dr Tom Ritchie
Associate Professor – Reader
(Teaching Focused), Chemistry
Tom was awarded a US–UK Fulbright
Scholar Award, based in North Carolina
at Elon University, an international
ship to conduct collaborative research and teaching
exchange, fostering transatlantic partnerships in higher
education innovation and student-centred pedagogical
approaches. He was a Social Inclusion Staff Award
Winner for ‘Innovation Through Diversity’, recognising
the ‘We are Chemistry’ programme’s approach to equal
partnership, which demonstrates how genuine student
collaboration and inclusive practices drive innovation and
transform systems in higher education. A Royal Society
of Chemistry Inclusion & Diversity Prize granted national
recognition to the ‘We are Chemistry’ programme’s
transformative approach to inclusion and diversity,
which has created over 200 activities and over 20,000
engagements that integrate students’ experience into
the curriculum, demonstrating how student partnership
drives real change in chemistry education. Tom’s WATE:
Science, Engineering, and Medicine Faculty Award
recognises his work in developing an ‘educational
ecosystem’ in which students thrive as genuine partners
in co-creating content, redesigning assessments,
and leading innovations. Tom has established a joint
Warwick–Elon Higher Education Innovation Fund to
support ongoing transatlantic collaboration. He also
received the Lord Butterworth Award, recognising
outstanding early-career impact in learning and teaching,
and an Advance HE CATE Award, granting national
recognition for the student–staff partnership approach
behind the award-winning ‘We are Chemistry’ programme
and the Warwick Building Belonging Framework project.
Dr Matthew Voice
Assistant Professor (Teaching
Focused), Applied Linguistics
Matt won a departmental Student
Support Award this year. This
recognises ‘dedication and
commitment to teaching and learning’ and was awarded
based on a vote by SSLC student representatives.
WOW AWARD
The work of the WIHEA team was also recognised
this year with a WoW award. It was a lovely surprise to
be nominated by the community, and we were thrilled
to accept this award. The work behind the scenes is
done by a small team and student project officers. The
opportunities offered by WIHEA enables Fellows to drive
change at departmental, institutional, and (inter)national
level, ensuring that WIHEA remains at the forefront
of educational innovation. The team was recognised
for supporting the amazing community and creating a
supportive, welcoming and personalised atmosphere.
Our nominator said: “I’ve never met a team that is so
nice, so willing to help and to support, and the fondness
that its Warwick community has for it speaks volumes.
That is why the team should be recognised for its
work - in its quest to uplift excellence in education,
it consistently demonstrates excellence itself.”
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