Liam Kite, John Siderov, Rupal Lovell-Patel and Matilda O'Neill-Biba with the Vice Chancellor's Annual Award
The Department of Vision and Hearing Sciences is celebrating after winning a Vice Chancellor's Annual Award, which publicly recognises and rewards outstanding contributions made to our community.
John Siderov, Head of Department, nominated 'Team VHS' because of their outstanding achievements in 2011, including obtaining the highest NSS scores (NSS2010) in the university, excellent student progression and retention rates and outstanding employment rates of graduates.
Winning a Vice Chancellor's Annual Award comes with a certificate and £2000 prize which Dr Siderov plans to spend on a celebration event for the team.
Dr Siderov said:
"Our Team's success in this year's VC Awards was terrific recognition of the excellent successes we have had over the past 12 months. It was also a nice 'thank you' for the hard work of all involved."
Liam Kite (left) being given his 'Made the Difference' award
Liam Kite, Senior Lecturer in Vision and Hearing Sciences, had further success, being awarded a University Teaching Fellowship at the Learning and Teaching Conference. The scheme is based on the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) and is for colleagues who are judged to have provided sufficient evidence of outstanding contributions to learning and teaching and to higher education.
Liam received a certificate, entitlement to use the designation 'University Teaching Fellow', specially designed Learning and Teaching Fellow lapel pin and access to a small project grant to be used in the support of a specified project in an area of learning or teaching.
Liam also recently won a 'Made a Difference' award. Organised by the Students' Union, with the support of Anglia Learning and Teaching, the awards give current students and alumni the opportunity to nominate academic and support service staff, who they feel made a difference to them. There were 323 different members of staff nominated, with 12 members of staff, including Liam, receiving the accolade. Liam was presented with a certificate and specially designed mug.
Liam said:
"Being presented with these awards is very humbling; to think that the students appreciate what we do is fantastic. Then for that to be followed by a teaching fellowship is just mind-blowing and I don't really think it has registered yet. This is what dreams are made of for me. I am honoured to receive these awards."
Dr Keziah Latham
The team is also supporting Dr Keziah Latham, Senior Lecturer, in Vision and Hearing Sciences who has been shortlisted for an Association of Optometrists (AOP) Lecturer of the Year award. The award is given to an undergraduate lecturer who has provided the most dynamic, interesting, innovative and informative lectures or study programmes for undergraduate optometry students across all optometry programmes in the country.
Dr Latham said:
"I'd like to say thank you to whoever nominated me - it's very nice to be appreciated for something that I enjoy doing."
The winner of the (AOP) Lecturer of the Year award will be revealed during the AOP Awards black-tie dinner on October 18, during the annual National Optometric Conference (NOC).
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