2024 Awards
Panel members
- Pat Carrillo (Chair)
- Chris Goodier
- Finian McCann
- Kami Rakhshanbabanari
- Kuldeep Singh Sodha
- Lewis Darwin
- Victoria Marshall
- Yasir Ali
Outstanding Academic Achievement
Awarded to an individual member or team of Research, Teaching and Enterprise staff or a University Teacher for outstanding academic achievement throughout the year.
Winner:  Alister Smith
Highly Commended: Taimaz Larimian 
Outstanding Academic Support
Awarded to an individual member or team of support staff (administrative or technical) for outstanding contribution to the School through academic support.Â
Winner:  Matthew Biddulph 
Highly Commended:  Karen Betts 
Research Excellence (Academic Staff)
Awarded to an individual academic for outstanding achievement or contribution to project success, funding outputs or external recognition.
Winner: Taimaz Larimian 
Highly Commended: Chris Keylock 
Highly Commended: Richard Buswell  
Research Excellence (Research Staff)
Awarded to an individual member of Research Staff for outstanding achievement or contribution to project success, funding outputs or external recognition
Winner: Matthew Li 
Highly Commended: Vincenzo Rossi 
Early Career Achievement
Awarded to a member of academic staff in the first five years of their academic career for outstanding achievement in any aspect of Research, Teaching or Enterprise.
Winner:  Cagri Sanliturk 
Highly Commended:  Kudirat Ayinla 
Doctoral Researcher Excellence
Awarded for outstanding achievement in research for a doctoral researcher.Â
Winner: Haoyang Qin 
Highly Commended: Mahla Tayefi Nasrabadi 
Doctoral Researcher Culture and Environment Award
Awarded for outstanding achievement in improving the research culture and environment for the doctoral student body.
Winner: Kuldeep Singh Sodha 
Highly Commended: Frozan Dizaye 
The Mentor Award
Awarded to any member of staff, from any of job group, who has excelled at nurturing, encouraging and supporting a colleague or more junior member of staff.Â
Winner: Chris Gorse 
Highly Commended: Taimaz Larimian 
The “Extra Mile†(Support Staff)
Awarded to an individual or group of support staff who has ‘gone the extra mile’ in bringing about positive change in the School through any aspect of their role. This award particularly includes collegiality and all aspects of equity, diversity and inclusion.Â
Winner:  Architecture admissions team of Karen Holmes ably supported by Martin Mejia-Tamariz 
Highly Commended:   Karen Chadwick 
The “Extra Mile†(Academic Staff)
Awarded to an individual or group of academic staff who has ‘gone the extra mile’ in bringing about positive change in the School through any aspect of their role. This award particularly includes collegiality and all aspects of equity, diversity and inclusion.Â
Winner: Sura Al Maiyah 
Highly Commended:  Rebecca Scott 
Highly Commended: Efi Spentzou