Prof Claire McGourlay (School of Social Sciences) for 'Educational leadership' and 'Inclusive education'

Claire receives a Teaching Excellence Award for her sustained work and impact in educational leadership and inclusive education, all informed by her passion for student-focused and student-empowered learning. Her submission detailed her significant contributions to the integration of clinical legal education into Law at the university such as the Justice Hub, thereby enabling all students to learn and develop skills in diverse ways. Claire's creation of new modules with varied assessments, which have received highly positive feedback from past and present students, evidences her commitment to inclusive teaching, learning and assessment. Her leadership on Humanities New Academics Programme (HNAP) and her role as Humanities Leadership in Education Awards Programme (LEAP) champion exemplifies her dedication to supporting fellow staff members to incorporate effective teaching practices, while she works to raise the profile of teaching excellence on a national and international level through presenting at conferences around the world, and through her involvement in the global Innocence Project movement.