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In a variety of award categories, our annual RATE Awards celebrate and recognise staff throughout the University, from lecturers and tutors to professional services, support staff and Faculty Officers.

Recognising and Advancing Teaching Excellence

 

The Recognising and Advancing Teaching Excellence (RATE) Award scheme was first introduced by Stirling Students' Union in 2010.

The 2024 Awards saw a celebration of the nominees, winners but also the wider community at the RATE Awards Ceremony held Tuesday 28th May 2024. 

The Awards celebrated more than 300 individual nominees and University Support Services across 15 categories, from more than 700 nominations submitted by Stirling students. The RATE Awards are entirely student-led, from nominations through to the student shortlisting panel that reviews all the nominations to decide the shortlist and winner.

More than 130 staff and students attended the event to celebrate and recognise staff and University services for their hard work. The winners of the RATE Awards can be viewed below in the full Awards presentation.

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated and shortlisted, and a huge well to all the runners-up and winners.

2024 RATE Awards

RATE 2023

On the 22nd of May 2023, in the Atrium, we welcomed over 100 attendees to celebrate and recognise staff, Faculty Officers and University Services for their hard work.

RATE 2023 Nominees

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RATE Categories

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Prior to the RATE Award taking place, the Learning and Teaching Celebration focused on discussing excellent learning and teaching, during an event co-hosted by Learning and Teaching Enhancement ahead of the Students' Union RATE Awards.

The Celebration event focused on hearing about good learning and teaching practice from students and colleagues, and we enjoyed discussing many different themes over lunch and refreshments breaks. You can find the recordings from the event on the Learning and Teaching Sharepoint, alongside hearing from some of our shortlisted nominees.

The winners of the RATE Awards can be found below with the full shortlist, including honourable mentions. You can find all the photos from the Awards Ceremony here. Congratulations, and thank you, to all of our nominees, shortlist and winners!

Student Services of the Year

 

Student Services Hub

Winner of the "Student Services of the Year" award 2023

 

Careers & Employability Service and Library and Information Services

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Accessibility & Inclusion (Disability Support)

Careers & Employability Service

Counselling & Wellbeing

Library and Information Services

Student Services Hub

Outstanding Commitment to Innovation in Blended Learning

 

Flora Rendell-Bhatti

Winner of the "Outstanding Commitment to Innovation in Blended Learning" award 2023

 

Robert Webb and Saihong Li

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Debbie Waddell

Flora Rendell-Bhatti

Catherine Bradley

Robert Webb

Saihong Li

Faculty Officer of the Year

 

Alex Graham

Winner of the "Faculty Officer of the Year" award 2023

 

Liam Wray and Sara Brandt

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Alex Graham

Gellert Turkevi-Nagy

Liam Wray

Mairi Calderwood

Sara Brandt

Faculty of the Year

 

Health Sciences and Sports

Winner of the "Faculty of the Year" award 2023

 

Arts and Humanities and Natural Sciences

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Arts and Humanities

Health Sciences and Sports

Natural Sciences

Tutor of the Year

 

Ela Hamer

Winner of the "Tutor of the Year" award 2023

 

Gary Wilson and Staci Rowlison

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Ciaran McFadden

Ela Hamer

Gary Wilson

Sally Fraser

Staci Rowlison

Research Postgraduate Supervisor of the Year

 

Tom Bradwell

Winner of the "Research Postgraduate Supervisor of the Year" award 2023

 

Andrew Smith and Anna Bobak

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Andrew Smith

Anna Bobak

Robert Webb

Saihong Li

Tom Bradwell

Excellence in Teaching in the Stirling Management School

 

Isaac Tabner

Winner of the "Excellence in Teaching in the Stirling Management School" award 2023

 

Till Stowaser and Kirstine Collins

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos

Isaac Tabner

Kirstine Collins

Sean (Alan) Somerville

Till Stowasser

Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities

 

Damian Etone

Winner of the "Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities" award 2023

 

Peter Baker and Tracy Kirk

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Damian Etone

Leslie Dodd

Peter Baker

Thomas Marsden

Tracy Kirk

Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Social Sciences

 

Damian Etone

Winner of the "Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Social Sciences" award 2023

 

Lorel Mackie and Sarah Wilson

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Ian McIntosh

Lorele Mackie

Louise McCabe

Sarah Wilson

Vikki McCall

Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport

 

Sara Rodriguez-Martin

Winner of the "Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport" award 2023

 

Ela Hamer and Thomas Di Virgilio

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Ela Hamer

Sara Rodriguez-Martin

Stephen Macdonald

Thomas Burns

Thomas Di Virgilio

Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Natural Sciences

 

Brad Duthie

Winner of the "Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Natural Sciences" award 2023

 

Jenson Lim and Carol Jasper

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Brad Duthie

Carol Jasper

Jenson Lim

Flora Rendell-Bhatti

Jason Adair

Excellence in Teaching in INTO

 

John Heuston

Winner of the "Excellence in Teaching in INTO" award 2023

 

Katy Forrest and Patrick Thomas

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

John Heuston

Katy Forrest

Oyindamola Jacks

Patrick Thomas

Richard Larkham

Professional Services and Support Staff Of the Year

 

Pauline Darnbrough

Winner of the "Professional Services and Support Staff Of the Year" award 2023

 

Chris Gibson and George Findlay

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Amy Carr

Chris Gibson

George Findlay

Lisa Watterson

Pauline Darnbrough

Outstanding Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

 

Saihong Li

Winner of the "Outstanding Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion" award 2023

 

Patricia Robertson and Peter Matthews

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Alan Law

Craig Anderson

Patricia Robertson

Peter Matthews

Saihong Li

Outstanding Commitment to Sustainability

 

Charlotte Forbes

Winner of the "Outstanding Commitment to Sustainability" award 2023

 

Isobel Anderson and Johannes Schamp

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Amy Gove-Kney

Charlotte Forbes

Craig Anderson

Isobel Anderson

Johannes Schamp

Outstanding Commitment to Accessibility and Inclusion in Blended Learning

 

Nikolaos Papadogiannis

Winner of the "Outstanding Commitment to Accessibility and Inclusion in Blended Learning" award 2023

 

Pauline Darnbrough and Carol Marshal

Honourable Mentions

 

Shortlist

Carol Marshall

David Rolinson

Nikolaos Papadogiannis

Pauline Darnbrough

Verity Flower

VP Education's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Academic Education

 

David Telford

Katie Howie Lifetime Achievement Award

 

Leigh Sparks

 
 
 
 
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