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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Winner: Sura Al Maiyah  
Highly Commended:  Rebecca Scott  
Highly Commended: Efi Spentzou