This document recognizes recipients of inspirational teaching awards and outstanding student support awards from 2012. It provides short nominations for each recipient highlighting how they inspired and supported students. The nominations describe how recipients demonstrated enthusiasm, made learning engaging, encouraged students to achieve their potential, and provided helpful guidance and support.

1. Inspirational Teaching Awards 2012

2. Claire Craig
• Fantastic enthusiasm with an infectious
delight for the subject.
• Demonstrates how research can make
a genuine difference to real people's
lives.
• She is a shining example to all the
students.

3. Colin Beard
• He showed me that I could achieve
what I want out of life if I set my mind to
it.
• Encouraged me to believe in myself.
• Made things VERY clear in the
workload and what is expected -
inspired me to work harder.

4. Douglas Fraser
• Made learning very interesting.
• He has a way of making everything
more fun than it should be.
• Inspires me to learn more and helps me
believe that it is possible to get a job in
my desired industry.

5. Edwyn Anderton
• Always has a trick up his sleeve.
• Inspires students to imbue their own
pupils with an awe and wonder of the
world.
• He made me even more determined to
become an enthusiastic, knowledgeable
and diverse teacher just by being
himself.

6. Gabriel Tang
• Always smiling and telling us not to be
scared to give things a go.
• Makes you smile by seeing his
enthusiasm even when you are
shattered and overworked.
• Always there for you, always motivating
and positive.

7. Hazel Horobin
• Changed my perspective about life and
knowledge in the good way.
• She is too cool.
• Made me understand that life is a
learning process and always have a
never give up attitude.

8. James Turner
• Thinks outside the box and willing to
make the learning experience extra
special.
• Has a real desire for charity work and
getting us all involved.
• Make what we study relevant to practice

9. Jane Foggin
• She puts complex topics over in a
simple way.
• Interested in how students think the
course is going and eager to make
improvements for the better.
• Put heart and soul into their
teaching.

10. Jane Gurman
• Makes interesting material even more
interesting, and adds a good chunk of
humour into the mix too.
• Improved my confidence in my ability to
do my degree.
• Allowing you the freedom to reach your
full potential whilst also keeping a
watchful eye over all.

11. John Joyce
• Taught discipline and professionalism to
students when many of us come to
university thinking it would be an easy
ride.
• He pushes you to be better.
• Transformed my way of learning.

12. Jonathan Jeffery
• He inspires me with his personal skills
as well as his academic skills.
• Inspires me by his dedication to helping
student get the most out their studies.
• Always professional.

13. Liz Erett
• She delivers her lectures in a
methodical style that is both thought
provoking and yet easy to follow and
understand.
• She is passionate about what she
teaches.
• Really upbeat and positive attitude
towards the topic that makes you enjoy
the learning experience.

14. Mark Edwards
• Is clear and easy to understand when
presenting challenging topics.
• He really pushes students to be the best
that they can be.
• Set clear boundaries from the very
beginning, yet allows seminars to be fun
and interactive.

15. Osman Beg
• They have revolutionized my perception of
the field of Aerospace Engineering and I
aspire to achieve the greatness they have
achieved.
• Inspired me to take my education seriously
and to widen my view of my course without
limitations.
• His grasp of the subject and ease of
explaining complex issues was a massive
help to me.

16. Paula Hamilton
• Has encouraged me, and has offered
guidance to help me achieve the best
possible mark that I can.
• Very supportive during my 1st degree,
(recognised me after 5 years) and
welcomed me onto the Masters.
• Goes the extra mile to make sure
you understand something.

17. Philo Holland
Pushes me to do well.
Helpful and willing to assist his students
outside of class hours in order to create a
top class
result of coursework and classwork with
complete friendly professionalism.
Keeps the class interested in the subject
matter.

18. Simon Clark
• We talked at one of the open days and
he has been nothing but supportive
since.
• Making a potentially tedious subject
interesting enough to make me want to
go to the lecture.
• Kept me motivated and been an
inspiration to me to go on and find
things out for myself instead of waiting
for them to happen.

19. Stephen Riley
• Motivator and but for him I may have left
the course mid way through the first
year.
• Appears to prioritise both students'
wellbeing as well as students'
understanding of course content.
• Inspirational teacher with modern
concepts yet traditional values that
motivate you to achieve your potential.

20. Tim Williams
• He always goes the extra mile
to make sure everyone in the
class is trying their hardest and
understands the issues.
• Helped to encourage me to get
on with doing my CV and
placement.
• Extremely understanding,
student focused and very
supportive which meant I felt
confident with asking any

21. Paul Johnston
• Makes seminars fun and engages in
meaningful debates/discussions.
• He wants to know HOW we want to
learn, and tries to accommodate this to
suit everybody.
• He regularly made me think about
broader subjects outside my course and
inspired me to put my all into
assignments.

22. David Smith
• His teaching methods put subjects like
quantum mechanics in NMR, molecular
biotechnology totally into perspective;
not only making them comprehendible
but also how we can apply this
knowledge for situations.
• THE BOSS of Beta 2 M, and Mass
spectrometry.
• An excellent and enthusiastic teacher,
who is always happy to help.

23. Outstanding Student Support 2012

24. Claire Rayner
• Very professional, helpful, sweet,
SUPER!
• Very helpful, efficient, sorts things out
right away. I'd have given up on this
course without Claire's help.
• She is always helpful, prompt and
thorough.

25. Jo Pepper
• Helped me through some very difficult
times in the last 3 years and enabled
me to get the most out of my studies.
• She is very supportive and exudes
confidence and calm.
• She makes you feel like your problems
are not the end of the world and shows
you how to get through them.

26. Andrew Bromley
• He definitely made our life in UK better
by providing guidance and supports for
questions and doubts!
• Is a helpful and approachable person,
he would do his best in solving any
problem or question that I've
encountered.
• Gave me positive images help
a lot.

27. Laura McLaughlin
• Was the only reason I did as well as I did in
my final project.
• Made my time at Sheffield Hallam
University lots easier and very pleasant to
talk to.
• Not only have they made a big difference in
my education but they have helped
everyone at some point out of a sticky
situation.

28. Inspirational Research Supervisors 2012

29. Inspirational Research Supervisors 2012
Jenny Blain
Murray Clark Luke Beardon
Sharon Kivland