Above & Beyond

Emily Hansell

Emily is a postgraduate university teacher, whilst also completing a part-time PhD, and contributing to teaching across multiple programmes. Recently she has taken on module leadership of a large (~120 students) part A module, something that she is not contracted to do, but in doing so demonstrates many of the University values. Within SSEHS Emily leads two research seminar groups and has developed a conference buddy system for new PhD students to help them feel less alienated when attending their first conference.

O Haruna

O’s approach to pastoral and welfare matters is extraordinary. Often issues in hall can be challenging, particularly those relating to welfare matters. However, O has a unique ability to engage even the most shy, nervous, and vulnerable in conversation. O created a Sub-Warden handbook, whilst this was initially for Robert Bakewell to support new team members, it was recognised by Student Services as being a highly valuable resource for other halls and has since been adapted as such. If Omeiza was a stick of sweet rock and was cut in half, you would see all the University values running through the middle – he simply embodies them all.

Dani Strickland

Dani has successfully won the only CDT to be led by Loughborough University in the latest round. She worked tirelessly to pull together academics and research themes from across the university to create the Loughborough offering as well as engaging with prominent academics at Strathclyde and Cranfield universities to create a unique programme. Dani has an enormous amount of energy and not only has she brought in the CDT, but has also inspired and encouraged her team, delivering the LoCel and Aftrak projects as well as fronting other UKRI proposals

Academic Language Support Service

The ALSS is a team that often goes under the radar of many of the staff they help. ALSS typically help students transition into university and adapt to British culture. This year, however, was the beginning of much more tailored work with the SDCA. Through producing interactive PowerPoints, analysing essay samples, co-leading drop-in sessions and offering mini-talks, ALSS ensured they were highly visible to Graphics students. As a result, students’ confidence grew, and they began attending ‘Let’s Talk Design’ sessions to further build on their successes.