Celebrating Our Teaching

University of Manchester Teaching Excellence Awards

The University of Manchester Teaching Excellence Awards are made in recognition of significant and sustained commitment to excellence in the delivery and/or support of teaching and learning at UG or PGT level. You can read more about the awards here.

In 2020/2021 Dr Holly Morse, from the Department of Religions and Theology, was awarded a Teaching Excellence Award for Inclusive Teaching.

Previous award winners from SALC include Daniel Langton (2006), Elena Polisca and Max Jones (2008), Joseph McGonagle (2009), Jerome de Groot and Guyda Armstrong (2010), Hannah Cobb (2018), Holly Morse (2021), David Butler (2022) and Christopher Godden (2023).

Faculty of Humanities Outstanding Staff Awards

The Outstanding Staff Awards for Teaching, Learning and Student Experience are run by the Faculty of Humanities with the aim of recognising excellence in teaching and student experience. Students can nominate staff members in 7 different categories, and in 2023/2024 we are very proud that 11 members of SALC staff are represented in 6 of these. They are as follows:

Outstanding Programme of the Year (Highly Recommended)

MA Library & Archive Studies
MA Translation & Interpreting Studies

Outstanding Digital Enhanced Award (Highly Recommended)

Dr David Butler, Senior Lecturer in Drama and Screen Studies

Outstanding UG Dissertation (or long essay / research project) Supervision Award (Highly Recommended)

Dr David Calder, Senior Lecturer in Theatre & Performance Studies
Dr Haig Smith, Lecturer in Early Modern Global History
Dr Maddalena Alvi, Lecturer in Modern European History

Outstanding Teaching (Lecturers and TAs) Award (Highly Recommended)

Dr Charles Miller, Senior Lecturer in Art History and Theory
Dr Martin Parham, Lecturer in Disaster Management, Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute
Dr Patrycja Strycharczuk, Lecturer in Linguistics and Quantitative Methods

Outstanding Academic Advisor Award (Highly Recommended)

Dr Haig Smith, Lecturer in Early Modern Global History
Dr Joseph McGonagle, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies in the French-speaking World
Dr Martin Parham, Lecturer in Disaster Management, Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute

Outstanding Professional Staff Award

Ushma Khadia, Careers Consultant