Awards for learning and teaching

This page contains details of various awards made for learning and teaching.

Law Teacher of the Year

Law Teacher of the Year – or LTOTY – is the premier award recognising law teachers’ learning and teaching activities. Previous winners:

• 2010 – Rebecca Huxley-Binns (Nottingham Trent University)
• 2009 – Gary Watt (University of Warwick)
• 2008 – Fernando Barrio (London Metropolitan University) and Alastair Hudson (Queen Mary, University of London)
• 2006 – Warren Barr (University of Liverpool)
• 2005 – April Stroud (Southampton Insitute)
• 2004 – Jackie Hankins (Redborne Upper School)

Law Lecturer of the Year

The Law Awards of Scotland include a law lecturer of the year category. Previous winners:

• 2009 – Moira MacMillan (Glasgow Caledonian University)
• 2008 – Robert Rennie (University of Glasgow)

National Teaching Fellowship Scheme

The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) was set up in to raise the status of learning and teaching in higher education. The NTFS Individual Awards recognise and reward excellence in teaching.

National Teaching Fellows in law:

• 2009 – Paul Raffield (University of Warwick) and Penny Wiggins (University of Hertfordshire) Find out more about their work in our news story – more about Paul | more about Penny.
• 2008 – Alastair Hudson (Queen Mary, University of London)
• 2005 – Philip Plowden (Northumbria University) – read Philip’s plans for his project
• 2004 – Nicola Aries (Kingston University) – read After the shock has passed… Nicola’s account of her project
• 2004 – Nigel Duncan (City University) – read Nigel’s account of his project
• 2002 – Nick Jackson (University of Kent) – Getting access describes Nick’s project
• 2001 – David Grantham (Coventry University) – read The pleasures of age, an article on David’s project
• 2001 – Ruth Soetendorp (Bournemouth University ) – Ruth’s paper Was it necessary to go all the way to Australia? describes her NTFS funded experiences teaching intellectual property law overseas

Academy Senior Fellows

The Higher Education Academy confers Senior Fellow status in recognition of outstanding achievement and contribution to teaching and learning. The following law teachers became Senior Fellows in May 2008:

• Mark Israel (Flinders University, Australia) – Mark was a UKCLE Associate from 2005-07, developing a Guide to good ethical practice in empirical research and briefing us on current developments in legal education in Austrlia – read the Academy profile (PDF format)
• Paul Maharg (University of Strathclyde) – Paul is a regular presenter at UKCLE events and has contributed many e-learning resources to the site, as well as leading the SIMPLE project – read the Academy profile (PDF format)

Last Modified: 6 July 2010