This category of award was launched in 2021 and invites applications from anyone who has an example of best practice to share with colleagues across our Learning and Teaching community.

The category was created to celebrate and showcase colleagues’ excellent teaching and ingenuity whilst also building upon our community of best practice by creating a collection of case studies and resources.

Applications are considered at the Teaching Awards panel, with the ‘Highly Commended’ submissions being selected to feature on the University webpages. From those, the final winners of the Teaching Best Practice Awards are selected.

All those selected are presented with their certificate at the University’s Annual Learning and Teaching Conference and, in addition to this accolade, winners will also receive a monetary prize to be used to enhance their teaching practice.

The 2024 Teaching Best Practice Award criteria are:

  • The case study must be completed within the template that is available alongside this guidance.
  • The case study must contain evidence of the impact this practice has made upon the student learning, this may be through student feedback or through reference to the literature.
  • The case study must consider the applicability and transferability to others within your own discipline and the wider University.
  • This year the panel will be particularly interested in examples of assessment and feedback practice or methods and innovations in the curriculum.
  • Alongside the case study please attach a short (1-2 minute) video of yourself giving an overview of your experience implementing this practice. This video should be aimed at others who might be interested implementing your idea into their own practice. If successful, this video will be shared. 
  • Please include any extra resources i.e. supporting documents or videos that would help a fellow colleague implement/adapt your practice.
  • Highlight the use of Loughborough University supported systems where possible.

Application submission point

Applications for the Teaching Best Practice Awards 2024 will open on the 8th January and will close 4th March 2024.

If you have an idea that you are considering for an application please get in touch with od@lboro.ac.uk.

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Case Study Template

Click on the button below to download the template. Please note that the written portion of the case study should be no more than two A4 pages (exemplar resources are not included in this page limit.

Teaching Best Practice Case Study Template

2024 Winners

The following 2023/24 case studies were all rated as Highly Commended:

An Interactive Online course to Help Students Excel in Employer Selection Processes - Helen Jeffery, Professional Services

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Helen Jeffery, Professional Services

Using Metaphors to Scaffold Knowledge - Dr Mhairi Morris (Senior Lecturer), SSEHS

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Dr Mhairi Morris (Senior Lecturer), SSEHS

Flexible assessments: student choice of format - David John Hunter, SSEHS

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David John Hunter, SSEHS

(Module) Lead by Example: collaboration within and beyond the curriculum - Dr Kerri Akiwowo, School of Design and Creative Arts

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Dr Kerri Akiwowo, School of Design and Creative Arts

Active Learning in Action: Boosting Outcomes with Strategic Assessment, Collaborative Feedback, and Pre-Learning Activities - Dr Hossein Nevisi & Dr Gary Storey, Computer Science Department

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Dr Hossein Nevisi & Dr Gary Storey, Computer Science Department

Extending the use of unstructured data analysis technology (NVivo software) from qualitative researchers to the entire university community - Dr Susana Monserrat-Revillo, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences (SSEHS)

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Dr Susana Monserrat-Revillo, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences (SSEHS)

2023 Winners

Outreach and Education for Applied Creative Practice - Dr Catherine Rees & Mrs Jennifer Stuttle, SDCA

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Dr Catherine Rees & Mrs Jennifer Stuttle, SDCA

Improving Flipped Learning of Practical Laboratory Techniques - Mr John Warren, SSEHS

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Mr John Warren, SSEHS

Game-Informed Teaching - Dr Richard Blanchard, Dr. Tom Betts & Dr. Xiangjie Chen, Wolfson School

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Dr Richard Blanchard, Dr. Tom Betts & Dr. Xiangjie Chen, Wolfson School

External Exhibition - Phil Barber, SDCA

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Phil Barber, SDCA

Creation of an on-demand interactive tutorial for Doctoral researchers using Articulate Rise - Jen De Lillo, Christine Hallam, Laura Newman & Nathan Rush

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Jen De Lillo, Christine Hallam, Laura Newman and Nathan Rush, Library

The following 2022/23 case studies were all rated as Highly Commended:

Group work: flipping the focus - Dr Bjorn Lee Cleton

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Dr Bjorn Lee Cleton, AACME

Bringing Practice into the Classroom: Guest Speaker Talks - Dr Laura Valadez-Martinez

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Dr Laura Valadez-Martinez, SSH

Research Informed Teaching In Practice - Dr Anne-Marie Beller & Dr Claire O’Callaghan, SSH

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Dr Anne-Marie Beller & Dr Claire O’Callaghan, SSH

2022 Winners

Promoting Immersive Engagement with Core Readings - Dr. Anthony Papathomas, SSEHS

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Dr. Anthony Papathomas, SSEHS

INDAF: an App that produces Individual Assessment Feedback - Dr. Christof Leicht, SSEHS

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Dr. Christof Leicht, SSEHS

Improving student experience and engagement with group assessments and peer review - Dr. Jamie Kenyon & Dr Peter Dickenson, SSEHS

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Dr. Jamie Kenyon & Dr Peter Dickenson, SSEHS

The following 2021/22 case studies were all rated as Highly Commended:

Student podcasts as an assessment format - Dr. Gareth Wiltshire

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Gareth Wiltshire, SSEHS

Sociological Futures: Embedding careers content in to teaching provision for finalists- Dr. Katie Coveney, Dr. Iris Wigger & Dr. Thomas Thurnell-Read, SSH

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Katie Coveney, Iris Wigger & Thomas Thurnell- Read, SSH

Feedback: Developing a Community of Practice and Web of Support - Dr. Gemma Towle, Academic Language Support Service

Case study document to be added shortly.

2021 Winners

Structural feeling and conceptual design: an innovative integrated learning framework to promote creativity and engagement - Mariateresa Lombardo, Giorgio Barone, Alessandro Palmeri

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Mariateresa Lombardo, Giorgio Barone, Alessandro Palmeri, ABCE

From Fieldwork Sites to the Vegas Lights……Enriching an Environmental Research Curriculum in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic - Richard Hodgkins, SSH

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Richard Hodgkins, SSH

Locked Room Lecture Activity - Rachel Grew

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Rachel Grew, SSH

The following 2020/21 case studies were all rated as Highly Commended:

Socratic Hive - Alex Christoyannopoulos

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Alex Christoyannopoulos, SSH

Improving Student Engagement - Andy Bayley and Patrick Stacey

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Andy Bayley and Patrick Stacey, SBE

Designing Modules for the Digital Age - Ashley Fly

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Ashley Fly, AACME

Doing Distance Learning the Right Way - Christopher Kay

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Christopher Kay, SSH

Improving Peer-to-Peer Student Interaction - Chris Wilson

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Chris Wilson, SBE

Introduction of Problem Based Learning to Students of POLIS - Christos Kourtelis

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Christos Kourtelis, SSH

Applying the HTML5 Package - David Maidment

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David Maidment, SSHES

Teaching Using a Homemade Visualiser - David Sibley

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David Sibley, Science

Using 2 Computers to Deliver Group Activities and Feedback - Helen Nowell

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Helen Nowell, SDCA

Using an Online Simulation Tool - Julie Holland

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Julie Holland, SBE

"One to One" Assessment Videos - Melodee Beals

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Melodee Beals, SSH

Peer to Peer Learning - Nick Morris and Mahdi MohammadPour

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Nick Morris and Mahdi MohammadPour, Wolfson

Collapsing the curriculum - Oliver Hooper

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Oliver Hooper, SSHES

Lecture Flipping for enhanced student engagement - Simon Hogg

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Simon Hogg, AACME

Our Flipped Learning Approach - Gemma Towle

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Gemma Towle, ALSS