Education Awards

7 May 2025

This year’s Education Awards will be held on 7 May, celebrating the contributions of staff and students improving the Queen Mary learning experience.

The Education Awards include Course Rep Awards, awarded to Course Reps who have made a huge difference to students and their courses, Student Council Awards, awarded to members of the Student Council that have delivered an impact to the students that they represent, and Teaching Awards, awarded to teaching and support staff that have made an outstanding contribution to the student experience.

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Course Rep Awards

HSS Course Rep of the Year

Criteria

This award is for an outstanding Course Rep from Humanities and Social Sciences, who goes above and beyond the call of duty to make life better for the students on their course. This award is nominated by students and staff. All Course and Subject Reps from HSS are Eligible for this award.

Shortlist

Anastasia Goglidze
Diya Mary Selastin
Sameer Siddiqui

S&E Course Rep of the Year

Criteria

This award is for an outstanding Course Rep from Science and Engineering, who goes above and beyond the call of duty to make life better for the students on their course. This award is nominated by students and staff. All Course and Subject Reps from S&E are Eligible for this award.

Shortlist

Maximilian Kemper
Judy Kingswolf-Yamakawa
Amina Nur

SMD Course Rep of the Year

Criteria

This award is for an outstanding Course Rep from Medicine and Dentistry, who goes above and beyond the call of duty to make life better for the students on their course. This award is nominated by students and staff. All Course and Subject Reps from SMD are Eligible for this award.

Shortlist

Amir Al Sammack
Catt-Bri Bartholomew
Elizey Mirza and Ardila Widjono

Course Rep Academic Impact Award

Criteria

This award is for an individual or group of Course Reps who have campaigned on or achieved significant change to the academic experience, including but not limited to championing sustainability within academia, improving assessment and feedback, championing innovation within online learning and challenging unsuitable facilities.

Shortlist

Oluwafemi Esho
Diya Mary Selastin
Eshwinder Singh

Course Rep Collaboration Award

Criteria

This award is for two or more Course Reps who have worked together to create change. These can be a group of course reps for one course, or collaboration between two or more courses.

Shortlist

Arteen Aryanpour, Ivan David Slavov, Kulsum Yusuf Miyanjee, Rohail Muhammad Moazzam, Osama Mamun Ibrahim Abu-Tair
Ahana Banerjee, Mahalia Paes , Khushi Ahlawat
Diya Mary Selastin and Daniel Tapia

PGR Subject Rep of the Year

Criteria

This award is for an outstanding PGR Subject Rep from any faculty, research area or subject, who goes the extra mile to improve the experience for their peers. This award is nominated by students and staff. All Postgraduate Research Subject Reps are Eligible for this award.

Shortlist

Jordan Marajh
Yuli Sutoto Negroho
Ana Roda Sanchez

Student Council Awards

School Rep of the Year

Criteria

This award is for an elected student who has gone above and beyond in their role to ensure students in their School are effectively represented and receive an exceptional student experience. Eligible Student Council Officers include School Representatives from HSS and S&E, including the Clinical Representative, Pre-clinical Representative, Allied Courses Representative and Dental Faculty Representative from the SMD.

Shortlist

Shane Dunne
Shirin Sadat Massroor and Billal Abdulraheem Swaleh
Tatiana Sevyan

Student Councillor of the Year

Criteria

This award is for an elected member of Student Council who has gone above and beyond in their elected role to champion the needs of students at Queen Mary. All Student Council positions are eligible for this award.

Shortlist

Mx. Adam Khan
Diya Mary Selastin
Tatiana Sevyan

Best Representation and Feedback

Criteria

Shortlist

Amina Nur
Shreya Senthil Sathya
Tatiana Sevyan

Student Council Campaign of the Year

Criteria

This award is for two or more members of Student Council for organising and running a campaign that has had a significant positive impact on a large group of students.

Shortlist

Joshua Brookes

Student Council Collaboration Award

Criteria

This award is for two or more members of Student Council for organising and running a campaign that has had a significant positive impact on a large group of students.

Shortlist

Shirin Sadat Massroor and Billal Abdulraheem Swaleh
Diya Mary Selastin and Shreya Senthil Sathya

Teaching Awards

Assessment & Feedback Champion

Criteria

This award is for a member of academic or assessment staff who sets the benchmark in assessment and feedback. They provide detailed and helpful feedback in a timely manner and create an environment to ensure students achieve their best possible outcomes.

Shortlist

Gail Evans
Ruth Fletcher
Dimitri Van Den Meerssche

PGR Supervisor of the Year Award

Criteria

This award is for a supervisor who has gone above and beyond to offer outstanding support to one or more postgraduate research students.

Shortlist

Katy Clough
Zhe Li
Navid Nabijou

Academic Advice Champion

Criteria

This award is for an Academic Advisor or Personal Tutor who has provided you with excellent academic and/or pastoral support.

Shortlist

Elspeth Alstead
James Busfield
Zhe Li

Student Voice Champion

Criteria

This award is for a member of academic or support staff who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to student representation. Nominations for this award may only be made by Course Reps and School Reps.

Shortlist

Shreyaa Bhaat
Jennifer Randall and Chandres Tejura

Postgraduate Teaching Champion

Criteria

This award is for postgraduate students who deliver teaching, not those who teach postgraduates. This award is for outstanding teaching or support from a postgraduate teaching assistant, demonstrator or advisor.

Shortlist

Ellen Allde
Zhihuan Li
Zankai Wang

Innovative Teaching and Technology Award

Criteria

This award is for a member of Academic or Careers and Enterprise staff, who has championed employability skills in the curriculum, or the student learning environment. Championing Employability includes organising skills sessions, incorporating skills development into classes, organising authentic assessments or promoting work-based networking to help students become employable!

Shortlist

Sebastian Del Bano Rollin
Nicola Georgiou
Zhe Li

Sustainability Champion

Criteria

This award is to celebrate a member of teaching or academic staff who has incorporated sustainability into their teaching or activities for students this year. Examples of relevant sustainability topics include but are not limited to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Shortlist

Lujain Alsadder
Ishani Chandrasekara
Rehan Shah

Support Staff Member of the Year

Criteria

This award is for that hard-working member of staff working hard behind the scenes, whose work has a real impact on the quality of your life at Queen Mary. Staff from all professional and support services are eligible, and departments include but are not limited to Advice and Counselling Service, Chaplaincy Service, Disability and Dyslexia Service, Student Health Service, Careers and Enterprise, Security, Library and Academic Skills and IT services.

Shortlist

Rachel Hacking
Jazz Kandola
Heather Tilley

Teacher of the Year

Criteria

This award is for an outstanding all-round teacher who is enthusiastic about their subject, shows commitment to getting the best out of their students and who's teaching always leaves them wanting more.

Shortlist

Ruth Fletcher
Zhe Li
Pasquale Malacaria