The Education Awards are back for 2024 and you can now nominate a member of staff to win an award in one of the five categories. The nomination form is open to all staff and students.
The annual Education Awards recognise and celebrate members of staff – both academics and those in Professional Services – who truly embody the spirit and values of the University.
This is a unique opportunity to say thank you to individual members of staff or teams, in your School or the wider University, who have had, or are having, a positive impact in our community.
There are five awards, four of which are open to all staff and one that is solely for staff with a teaching role (Teaching to Disrupt Award).
Teaching to Disrupt Award: An award that recognises teaching staff who dare to be different in their approach, challenging current pedagogical practice and theory. Holders of this award are surprising, innovative and pioneering. They inspire their students’ critical or entrepreneurial imagination.
World Readiness Award: This award recognises teaching staff who help prepare and empower students for life after graduation. This includes staff who embed opportunities in their teaching for students to: apply their academic knowledge to social, community or business challenges; develop employability and entrepreneurial skills such as creative thinking and collaborative working; or engage with employers to explore future options.
The Better World Award: This recognises staff who are actively engaged in efforts to make a positive impact in the local community and wider world in creative and entrepreneurial ways. In particular, this award seeks to recognise where community engagement has been built into the curriculum.
Learning Together Award: This award celebrates collaborations between staff and students and seeks to recognise those who embed meaningful participation in their approach to teaching and/or supporting the student experience. This could be through collaborative research projects or re-designing the curriculum, and may be demonstrated at a module-level or a wider interdisciplinary-level across the University. To be eligible for this award the nominees must be a team comprised of staff and students.
Inclusive Sussex Award: An award that encompasses the five core values of kindness, integrity, inclusion, collaboration and courage, within the context of teaching and learning at Sussex. Winners of this award will demonstrably put into practice at least one of these core values.
Nominations will close on Friday 8 March.
A judging panel convened by Professor Kate O’Riordan, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Students, and made up of staff and students, will decide the winners in each category. The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday 18 April at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts.