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Teaching Excellence Awards

Find out who won at the 2026 Teaching Excellence Awards!

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What are TEAs?

Teaching Excellence Awards (TEAs) are Strathclyde's student-led teaching awards that are hosted by the Vice President Education, to recognise the best of Strathclyde's teaching and university staff. Being student-led means it is solely students who nominate, shortlist and pick the winners. Union staff oversee the process to make sure everything runs smoothly and to ensure fairness, but they aren't involved in the decision making.

2026 Winners

Best Non-Teaching/Support Staff

Winner: Susan Jackson

Shortlisted:

  • Margaret Robinson
  • Natalie Wilson
  • Rachel Pooley
  • Stephanie Shewan
  • Susan Jackson

Best PGR Supervisor

Winner: Chris Robertson

Shortlisted:

  • Alan Huang
  • Anna Spadavecchia
  • Catherine Eschle
  • Chris Robertson
  • Edoardo Patelli
  • Shona Hilton

Best Teaching Assistant or Tutor

Winner: Sara Szoboszlai

Shortlisted:

  • Emma Tye
  • James Nightingale
  • Jan Jasinski
  • Sara Szoboszlai
  • Yi Zhan
     

Student Voice Champion Award

Winner: Helina Marshall

Shortlisted:

  • Ahmad Ayub
  • Christine Switzer
  • Dermot Fitzsimons
  • Helina Marshall
  • Jordan Kistler
  • Penny Haddrill

Changemaker Award

Winner: Lucrezia Casulli

Shortlisted:

  • Craig McLaughlin
  • Lucrezia Casulli
  • Nicola Cogan
  • Robert Collins
  • Robert Drummond
  • Rosanne English

Innovative Teaching Award

Winner: Claire Timmins

Shortlisted:

  • Claire Timmins
  • Conor McBride
  • Sarah Day
  • Susan McCool
  • Teresita Sevilla

Above and Beyond Teaching Award

Winner: Rogelia Pastor-Castro

Shortlisted:

  • Alan Kemp
  • Brian McMillan
  • James Leak
  • Mahdi Doostmohammadi
  • Rogelia Pastor-Castro
  • Vanesa Sabala

Best in HaSS

Winner: Alan Huang

Shortlisted:

  • Alan Huang
  • Alice Chapman-Kelly
  • Robert Collins
  • Rogelia Pastor Castro
  • Timothy Eschle
  • Vanesa Sabala

Best in Science

Winner: Alan Kemp

Shortlisted:

  • Alan Kemp
  • Brian McMillan
  • Christine Dufes
  • James Nightingale
  • Pernille Sorensen
  • Robert Drummond

Best in Engineering

Winner: Robert Hamilton

Shortlisted:

  • Amr Ali
  • Edoardo Patelli
  • James Leak
  • Michael Murray
  • Robert Hamilton
  • Sarah Day

Best in Business

Winner: Natalie Wilson

Shortlisted:

  • Anna Spadavecchia
  • Ian Moir
  • Lucrezia Casulli
  • Natalie Wilson
  • Sara Szoboszlai

Best Overall

Winner: James Leak

  • Alan Huang
  • Alan Kemp
  • Amr Ali
  • James Leak
  • Natalie Wilson
  • Peter Scott
  • Rogelia Pastor-Castro

Special Recognition

Winner: Peter Scott

Previous Winners and Longlists

The full longlists and winners from past years can be found below:

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