A toast to teaching

Teaching throughout the College of Humanities and Social Science has been celebrated at the EUSA Teaching Awards.

Nine of the fourteen awards were presented to Professors from the College at the event which is voted for solely by students.

Lecturers in Law, Languages and Politics were among those to be acknowledged at the fifth annual award ceremony. Professors throughout the University were praised for their inventive teaching methods and the support they offer students in all stages of learning.

Three for three

The Law School won all three of the categories they were nominated for.

Daniel Carr was bestowed with Best Personal Tutor, Niamh Nic Schibhne awarded Best Research or Dissertation Supervisor, while Teaching in the International Classroom Award was presented to Graeme Laurie.

Array of accolades

Law was not the only School to have their teaching recognised, Japanese 2 was lauded as Best Course, while Celtic and Scottish Studies took home the award for Best Subject Area.

A relatively new addition, the Teaching with Technology Award proved a winner for Social and Political Science, with Jan Eichhorn accepting the accolade.

College prize

The overall award for teaching in the College was won by Lauren Hall-Lew of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences, with Stephen Malinowski of History, Classics and Archaeology runner up.

Head of College, Dorothy Miell presented the prize and commended all of the teachers nominated, highlighting the innovative and enthusiastic teaching that takes place throughout the College and University as a whole.

All of the short-listed nominees should be proud that out of thousands of nominations, they were judged to be the very best.

Glittering ceremony

The ceremony took place in Teviot’s Debating Hall, which was transformed into an Oscar’s-inspired glittering affair with fairy lights and a red carpet.

Hosted by Cat Wade and Alex Rata, both students at the University, the event was interspersed with a range of performances from staff and students.

The Edinburgh Bhangra Crew gave a lively dance routine, while the Edinburgh Renaissance Singers gave a stunning recital of a Robert Burns poem, arranged by Music’s John Kitchen.

The Piping and Drumming Society then gave rousing performance to end the evening.