Winners of 2011 College Teaching Awards Announced 29.04.11

Adjudication of the third round of UCD College Teaching Awards took place recently.  The awards recognise and reward excellence in teaching and learning and are a key part of the university’s award and recognition initiatives for excellence in teaching which also include: President’s Teaching Award and Fellowships in Teaching & Academic Development.  This year’s College Teaching Awards drew a highly competitive field of applicants from across the 5 colleges of the university and the adjudication panel of the College Vice-Principals for Teaching & Learning and two externs Dr Brian Bowe (DIT) and Dr Ciara O Farrell (TCD) commended the overall quality of the applications.  With one Teaching Award available for each College to the value of 1,000 euro, the following awards were made:

College of Arts and Celtic Studies,
Dr Martin Brady, School of Classics

College of Business and Law
Ms Carolin Grampp, School of Business

College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Dr John O’Sullivan, School of Architecture, Landscape and Civil Engineering

College of Human Sciences
Dr Alice Feldman, School of Sociology

College of Life Sciences
Dr Patricia Fitzpatrick, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Population Science

To find out more about the winners and their teaching achievements go to the 2011 College Teaching Award Winners page.