President’s Awards for Teaching Excellence, 2011-2012

The President's Awards for Teaching Excellence recognise the outstanding efforts academic staff make to ensure NUI Galway students receive the highest quality learning experience.

In 2011-2012, the panel considered 27 individual nominations and 5 team nominations for the President’s Awards for Teaching Excellence, each demonstrating excellence.

The high standard of all the submissions was noted.

Each nomination was considered and discussed by the panel. The result of the discussion was a recommendation that 5 awards be given this year, to the following candidates, in alphabetical order:

• Dr. Ger Fleming, Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences
  
  
• Dr. Michael Lang, Business Information Systems, J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
  
  
• Dr. Bryan McCabe, Civil Engineering, School of Engineering and Informatics  
  
  
• Dr. Maria Tuohy, Biochemistry, School of Natural Sciences
  
  
• Team Award: Earth and Ocean Sciences Final Year Project Team (Lead: Dr. John Murray), School of Natural Sciences.

The awards were presented by the President at the winter conferring ceremonies in October and November 2012.

The Awards Panel consisted of senior staff in the University including the President, the Registrar, the Dean of the College of Engineering and Informatics, the Dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, the Director of Quality, the Assistant Director of CELT, another member of academic staff, the Education Officer of the Students' Union, and an external colleague, Prof. Áine Hyland (former Vice President UCC and Professor in Education).

Interviews

Dr. Bryan McCabe Civil Engineering (See interview below)		Dr. Michael Lang,  J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics (See interview below)
Dr. Gerard Fleming, Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences (See interview below)		Dr. Maria Tuohy, Biochemistry, School of Natural Sciences (see interview below)
Team Award: Earth and Ocean Sciences Final Year Project Team (Lead: Dr. John Murray), School of Natural Sciences.(see interview below)

President's Message

"Inspirational teaching has always been a key feature of the learning experience at NUI Galway.  Indeed, since these awards have been established, five of the winners have gone on to national recognition receiving Awards from National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) for the quality of their teaching.

Teaching and research are both central to the role of academic staff and excellence in teaching and in creative and scholarly work go hand in hand.  I am delighted to honour these outstanding teachers who will be presented with their Awards during the Autumn and Winter conferring ceremonies.

 I know that you will join with me in congratulating the winners and in working together to foster teaching excellence throughout our University"

 

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