Biosciences Award for Technicians (TS) and Administrators (APM)
The School of Biosciences is committed to delivering excellence in research and teaching at the UK and Malaysia campuses. This is something that we achieve by working as a team across all job families. I am delighted to launch the BAFTAs which are awarded to celebrate exceptional achievements in support for teaching and research across Biosciences. These awards add to our existing awards scheme for excellent delivery of teaching by academic staff.
If you have come across any staff in the School who have gone the extra mile to contribute something special to the work of the School, or to support your work, then please make a nomination for one of our new awards. Nominations can be submitted by all students and staff in the School and should be submitted by 30 January 2020.
Professor Simon Langley-Evans
Head of the School of Biosciences
Award categories
Teaching support award*
Staff nominated – two awards
For a member of technical or administrative staff who has provided exceptional support for teaching activities within the School of Biosciences.
Teaching support award
Student nominated – two awards
For a member of technical or administrative staff who has gone the extra mile to enhance student experience (undergraduate and postgraduate) in the School of Biosciences.
Research support award*
Staff nominated – two awards
For a member of technical or administrative staff who has delivered exceptional support for research activity leading to research outputs or impact in the School of Biosciences.
Research support award
Student nominated – two awards
For a member of technical or administrative staff who has delivered exceptional support for research activity leading to research outputs or impact in the School of Biosciences.
General Support
Staff or student nominate
For the individual member of technical or administrative staff who has gone the furthest to provide exceptional support to an individual or group.
* R&T staff making a nomination for either of these awards, should give consideration to ways in which their teaching or research has been supported by APM or TS staff or ways in which any colleague from these job families has helped them in any aspect of their role.
How to make a nomination
Please consider, when making nominations, that anybody who works within the School contributes in some way to the overall delivery of teaching and/or to the research environment, regardless of whether their role directly supports somebody undertaking these specific activities, or whether their support has been of a more general nature which should be recognised as ‘going the extra mile’ in some way.
The nomination form will be available soon.
BAFTA rules
- Nominations will be invited in January each year, and must include examples, relevant to the category in which the individual is being nominated, of work carried out within the last 12 months (1 January to 31 December) or of more general work which should be recognised as providing excellent support.
- Nominations can be made by anyone with a legitimate link to the School of Biosciences ('SoB' hereafter).
- Individuals are not permitted to nominate themselves for an award.
- All nominees (appropriate to the category in which they are being nominated) must be either: a current SoB member of staff; a student currently registered in the SoB; an “Honorary” title currently held in the SoB; at the time the nomination is considered by the judging panel (see 7 below).
- Nominations must be made by completing the standard nomination form. No other supporting documents will be accepted.
- There is no limit to the number of nominations made but a new form must be completed each time.
- The final judging panel will consist of members from across the School, representing all staff groups.
- Nominators have the right to remain anonymous (their names not disclosed to their nominee). Please ensure you make it clear when completing your form by ticking the appropriate box on the nomination form. Where anonymity is not specified by the nominator, implied consent to share this information will be assumed.
- Nominations will not be accepted after the advertised closing date.
- All winners will be informed by the School and invited to attend the School's Annual Event to receive their award and will have their names and photograph published on the School's public-facing website.
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