Winners of the NAIRTL National Awards for Excellence in Teaching (Higher Education) announced!

 Fifteen Higher Education staff representing six different Higher Education Institutions will be recognised at the NAIRTL National Awards for Excellence in Teaching in Dublin Castle on 17 September 2012. This is the fifth year of this prestigious initiative and features the largest number of recipients to date.

 The National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) was established in 2007, and its vision is one where research and teaching go hand in hand. Previous recipients of the National Award for Excellence in Teaching include senior and junior staff members from thirteen different Higher Education Institutions in Ireland.

The NAIRTL Awards recognise higher education teachers who demonstrate outstanding dedication to their teaching and have made an exceptional impact on student learning. This year’s winners are no exception and were chosen from thirty-one detailed submissions from fourteen different HEIs across Ireland. The 2012 winners represent disciplines as diverse as Business, Chemistry, Geography, the Humanities, Paediatrics, and Physical Sciences, and were nominated by senior staff in their institution to go forward for the highly competitive award.

 The individual award winners include:

·         Dr John Morrissey, Geography Department, National University of Ireland, Galway

·         Professor Kevin Nolan, School of Postgraduate Studies, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

·         Dr Martin Fellenz, School of Business, Trinity College Dublin

·         Dr Paul van Kampen, School of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University

·         Professor Tony Ryan, Cork University Maternity Hospital, University College Cork

The team nomination includes:

·          Fergus Timmons, Dr Kevin Sludds, Sinead Barrins, Fiola Colgan-Carey, Dr Marcus Hopkins, Paula Kenny, Dr Liam Leonard, Jessica Mannion, Maresa McGee, Sinead Meade, Department of Humanities, Institute of Technology, Sligo

Regardless of disciplinary background, these teachers show a common purpose and mastery of teaching. This award ceremony recognises their subject based expertise as well as their passion and interest in cultivating the potential in their students.

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