Fourth annual Teesside University Celebrating Excellence & Service Awards

Staff were honoured at a special awards evening to celebrate the excellence and service demonstrated by colleagues throughout the year.

The event brought together the annual presentations for long service and academic achievement, with a set of special awards which recognise the outstanding contributions made by nominated colleagues from across the University.

All staff were invited to nominate a colleague, or colleagues, in several categories, including individual and team or project awards.

The aim was to recognise those staff members or team who have gone that extra mile or are always happy to help, or those who deserve credit for the creative or tenacious way they take on a challenge.

Finalists from each category were invited join the recipients of long service awards and academic achievement awards at a celebration dinner, during which the winners of each category were announced.

Awards were presented to:

Most innovative teaching practice: Dr Sophie Nicholls, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing/Distance Learning, School of Arts & Media

Best student support service: Errol Theunissen, Student Adviser, Student Services

Research performance of the year: Professor Georgios Antonopoulos, Professor of Criminology, School of Social Sciences, Business & Law

Enterprise project of the year: Dr Pattanathu Rahman, Senior Lecturer in Chemical/Process Engineering/Process Biotechnology, School of Science & Engineering

Team of the year: Ellie Skene, Alison Moore, Gemma Greco, Cheryl Turner, School of Social Sciences, Business & Law administration team

Outstanding leadership: Morven Morley, Manager (Networks), ITACS

Unsung hero: Jackie McKenna, Working Cleaning Team Leader, Campus Services

Outstanding contribution to the community: Joseph Wildeman, Paul Hebron (CELTA) Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, School of Social Sciences, Business & Law

Best idea: Helen Louise Young, Student Adviser (Mental Health and Autism), Student Services

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