WATCH: Our Distinguished Achievement Awards 2021

22 Jul 2021

Meet the winners of our awards which recognise outstanding performance across the University

For another year in succession, we are sadly unable to get together in person to celebrate this year’s Distinguished Achievement Award winners. This year, our winners are being recognised in a very different but no less important way than usual.

Now more than ever, it’s essential for us to recognise the outstanding performance of our staff and student winners from across the University so we have brought together a series of films, along with the winners’ written citations, to showcase and celebrate their talent and commitment.

Our President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, introduces the awards and urges colleagues to watch the films, read the citations and spread the word to family and friends: “I never fail to be astounded by the quality of the achievements and both the breadth and the depth of the activities in which our winners engage. Thank you to all of our winners for everything you do for our University.”

Nancy’s introduction is followed by films from members of the Senior Leadership Team who would normally present the winners and films from the winners themselves, all of which have been shot by the participants from their own homes.

Watch the President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell give her introduction.

The Registrar, Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, Mr Patrick Hackett, speaks about the Professional Services and Cultural Institutions’ team and individual winners. They are the cross faculty eLearning teams, Worldwide Development team, Jennie Blake from the University of Manchester Library, Stephanie Fisher from the Directorate for Student Experience, and Margot Power from the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE).

The Vice-President for Teaching, Learning and Students, Professor April McMahon, talks about the Teachers of the Year from each Faculty. They are Dr Ben Chapman from the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (FBMH), Dr Reka Solymosi from the Faculty of Humanities (FHUMS), and Dr Percy Van der Gryp from the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE).

April also speaks about the Undergraduate Students of the Year. They are Dukula De Alwis Jayasinghe from the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE), Kundai Gomwe from the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (FBMH) and Marcell Mapp from the Faculty of Humanities (FHUMS)

The Vice-President for Research, Professor Colette Fagan, talks about the Researchers of the Year from each of the Faculties. They are Professor David Brough from the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (FBMH), Dr Lorenzo Pellis from the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) and Professor Cecilia Wong from the Faculty of Humanities (FHUMS)

Colette also speaks about the Postgraduate Research Students of the Year. They are Dr Ben Calverley from the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (FBMH), Jack Holguin from the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE), and Karim Sidaoui from the Faculty of Humanities (FHUMS).

Read the citations

You can read the full citations at: