Celebrating our Star Awards winners

The success, impact, and commitment of colleagues across Teesside University have been celebrated at a prestigious annual awards ceremony.

The Team Teesside Star Awards, for the academic year 2022-2023, took place on Wednesday 17 May.

It saw colleagues recognised in a wide range of categories, from outstanding teaching and research excellence, to unsung hero and team of the year.

The Star Awards celebrate colleagues across the University who have provided exceptional performance, lead by example, or worked to deliver an excellent student experience.

There were more than 600 nominations this year, across all nine categories, and all finalists were invited to the awards ceremony, where the winners were announced and presented with their awards by Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Professor Paul Croney, OBE.

In addition to the Star Awards, the University also celebrated the incredible hard work and commitment of colleagues who have completed 25 years of service within the last calendar year, as well as those who have recently achieved significant personal accolades such as Teaching Fellowships or Professorships.

Professor Croney said: “Team Teesside is all about our people and how we work together, support one another, and strive to achieve excellence in everything we do.

“It is always a privilege to present the Star Awards, and also to celebrate those colleagues who have completed such long and dedicated service to our University.

“We strive to provide an outstanding student experience and we would not be able to do that without the commitment, enthusiasm and creativity of colleagues who perform exceptional work across a wide variety of different roles.

“I would like to express my thanks once again for everything you do to make our University such a special place to work and study.”

Our Star Award winners are:

Innovation, Enterprise, and Engagement
David Pratt, Head of Place, Partnerships and Business Support, Research and Enterprise Office (retired)

Outstanding Teaching
Dr Jonathan Robinson, Senior Lecturer in Research Methods, School of Health & Life Sciences

Research Excellence
Alcohol and Public Health Team (Team ALPHA), School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Law

Outstanding Student Support Service
Maisie Craven, Teesside University Students’ Union

Living our Values
School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies Administration Team

Outstanding Leadership
Beverley Boden, Head of Department (Finance, Performance & Marketing), Teesside University International Business School

Unsung Hero
Sean Douthwaite, Technician - Cell Culture/HTA, National Horizons Centre

Fantastic Feedback
Dr Quan Bing Eric Li, Associate Professor (Research), School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies

Team of the Year
Graduation Team, multiple departments

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