Welcome to the winning nominees page
The Bristol Teaching Awards (BTAs) recognise and celebrate individual staff and teams (both academic and professional services) who have made an outstanding contribution to teaching, the provision of support for students, and/or enhance the student learning experience. The awards are based on staff and student nominations. Over 1000 nominations were received in this year’s awards. Many congratulations to all of those who were nominated and were shortlisted.
Find out more about the Bristol Teaching Awards scheme and the nominations criteria for each award on the Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching website.
We are delighted to confirm the 2023 winners.
Inspiring and Innovative Teaching Award

This award is for individual staff members who inspire students through their teaching. One award will be made per faculty.
Faculty of Arts
Michael Malay
Lecturer, Department of English

Faculty of Engineering
Jemma Rowlandson
Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Health Sciences
Nilu Ahmed
Senior Lecturer, Bristol Dental School

Faculty of Life Sciences
Andrew Doherty
Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Faculty of Science
Rachel Tunnicliffe
Lecturer and Senior Research Associate, School of Chemistry

Faculty of Social Sciences and Law
Marios Kremantzis
Lecturer, School of Management

Inspiring and Innovative Teaching Award – PGRs who teach
Edoardo Tozzi
Graduate Teacher Level 2, School of Management

Inspiring and Innovative Team Teaching Award

This award is for a team of staff who inspire students through their collaborative teaching. One award will be made.
Clinical Demonstrator Team
Bristol Veterinary School

Outstanding Personal Tutoring Award

This award is for individual staff members who provide personal tutoring. One award will be made.
Daniel Morse
Lecturer, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Outstanding Research Supervision Award

This award is for individual staff members or teams who undertake research supervision. One award will be made.
Stephen Montgomery
Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences

Outstanding Support Award

This award is for individual staff members from Professional Services or a technical team who provide support for teaching and learning and/or pastoral support. One award will be made.
Willow Gibson
Specialist Technician, Faculty of Engineering

Outstanding Support Team Award

This award is for a team of staff from Professional Services or a technical team who provides support for teaching and learning and/or pastoral support. One award will be made.
Student Administration Team
School of Biochemistry

Vice Chancellor’s Award for Education

For this additional award the Vice-Chancellor chooses the winner from the 12 award winners. The award recognises the winner’s exceptional contribution to education and enhancement of the student experience at the University
Jemma Rowlandson
Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering

View the 2023 shortlisted individuals and teams on the Bristol Teaching Awards 2023 shortlist blog post.