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The winners are: Dr Helen Beer (°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Hebrew & Jewish Studies), Claire Colomb (°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Bartlett School of Planning), Dr Rob Miller (°×С½ãÂÛ̳ School of Library, Information & Archive Studies), Dr Ray Noble (°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Obstetrics & Gynaecology and °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Physiology), Professor Thilo Rehren (°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Archaeology), Dr Andrea Sella (°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Chemistry), Dr Caroline Selai (°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Institute of Neurology) and Dr Jennifer Van Heerde (°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Political Science).

A joint award was also made to Charmian Dawson, Professor Elizabeth Shephard and Dr Andrea Townsend Nicholson for their collective work in °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.

The awards celebrate excellence in teaching and serve to showcase the pedagogic expertise and leadership of our staff. They also demonstrate °×С½ãÂÛ̳'s commitment to continuous innovation in the teaching it offers its students.

A call for nominations from heads of departments and deans produced a strong field of applications: testament to the commitment and strengths of those nominated, as well as clear evidence of the quality of teaching at °×С½ãÂÛ̳.

Submissions were judged on the basis of the nominee's:

• contribution to curriculum innovation and development
• contribution to the wider student experience, such as the skills or internationalisation agendas
• contribution to °×С½ãÂÛ̳'s strategic commitment to educate for 'global citizenship', social responsibility, leadership
• engagement in the development of interdisciplinary programmes
• innovation in support for learning
• development of the use of new technologies in teaching and learning.

Professor Michael Worton, Vice-Provost (Academic & International) and the chair of the selection panel, said: "The panel was enormously impressed by the quality of all the nominations for the inaugural Provost's Teaching Awards. The range of teaching activities involves the often highly original use of both traditional methods and new technologies, and the commitment to inspire and encourage students to achieve ever more in their learning is clear evidence of why °×С½ãÂÛ̳ is renowned for the quality of its teaching. All the nominees and, of course, especially the award winners deserve our warmest congratulations. I look forward already to reading next year's nominations."

The awards panel comprised: Professor Worton; Professor Vince Emery, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Pro-Provost for South Asia and the Middle East; Professor Jane Dacre (°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Academic Centre for Medical Education); Bob Allan, Senior Tutor; Dr David Green (°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Psychology); and Brigitte Picot, Director of the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Centre for the Advancement of Learning & Teaching. Winners will be formally recognised at an awards ceremony in July 2007.

To find out more about the awards, use the link at the bottom of this article.

• Link: Provost's Teaching Awards