SACAs 2015

The third Student Academic Choice Awards Ceremony was held on 11 May 2015, bringing together over 130 staff and students in a celebration of teaching and supervision excellence.

808 nominations - the biggest SACAs ever

The SACAs honour academic and support staff who have demonstrated excellence and innovation. A massive 808 nominations were received - almost 40% more than for the 2014 SACAs - making 2015 by far the biggest year yet.

Eight awards were won on the night, with six people shortlisted for each award. Every SACA shortlistee and winner was selected by student panels, consisting exclusively of Officer Trustees and Academic Representatives. The student panels selected staff members according to their focus on quality teaching, supervision and support.

Congratulations to all those who were nominated, shortlisted and selected as winners!

 

 

And the nominees are...     

Best Feedback

Dr Panagiotis Angeloudis
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Professor Barbara Bain
Department of Medicine
Jason Bennett
Department of Medicine
Jeremy Fernando
Imperial College Business School
Dr Paul Mitcheson
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Dr Soraia Pimenta
Mechanical Engineering

 

Best Innovation

Professor John de Mello
Chemistry
Dr David Dye
Materials
Dr Joshua Edel
Chemistry
Dr Elizabeth Hauke
Horizons & Science Communication
Dr Andrew Horsfield
Materials
Professor Sebastian van Strien
Mathematics

 

Best Teaching for Undergraduates

Dr Steven Cook
Life Sciences
Professor Amparo Galindo
Chemical Engineering
Dr Steve Koury
Medicine
Liam Madden
Bioengineering
Dr Timothy Simpson
Life Sciences
Professor Ramon Vilar
Chemistry

 

Best Graduate Teaching Assistant

Giulia Ferretti
Chemical Engineering
Niall Jackson
Chemistry
Paul Judge
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Andris Piebalgs
Chemical Engineering
Claudia Schulz
Computing
Sara Tallett-Williams
Civil & Environmental Engineering
 

Best Support Staff

Fiona Bibby
Department of Medicine
Lisa Cheung
Physics
Dr Tom Ellis
Bioengineering
Inkeri Hibbins
Mathematics
Anup Jethwa
Northwick Park
Dr Andreas Kogelbauer
Chemical Engineering

 

Best Tutoring

Dr Nick Brooks
Chemistry
Dr Tom Ellis
Bioengineering
Dr Colin Hale
Chemical Engineering
Martin Holloway
Bioengineering
Dr Sohag Saleh
School of Medicine
Professor Pietro Spanu
Life Sciences

 

Best Teaching for Postgraduates

Dr Filippos Filippidis
School of Public Health
Professor Jonathan Haskel
Imperial College Business School
Dr Michael Jones
Department of Medicine
Gareth Mitchell
Science Communication
Dr Ambrus Pal
Mathematics
Dr Edward Segal
Mathematics
 

Best Supervision

Dr Christopher Cordier
Chemistry
Dr Luca di Mare
Mechanical Engineering
Professor EJ Milner-Gulland
Life Sciences
Dr John Pinney
Life Sciences
Professor Alan Spivey
Chemistry
Dr Robert Vollum
Civil & Environmental Engineering