Business School staff shine at Staff Oscars

Many congratulations to four Nottingham University Business School academics who have scooped prizes in this year’s ‘Staff Oscars’.

• Suzanne Edinger (Assistant Professor in Organisational Behaviour) won the Oscar for ‘Best Feedback’ in the Teaching category. The award recognises a member of teaching staff giving particularly useful feedback that really clarifies the mark a student receives, how they could have done better and helpful suggestions for how to improve on future pieces of work.
• Paul Caulfield (Assistant Professor in Responsible and Sustainable Business) won the Oscar for ‘Best Use of Technology’ in the Teaching category. This award recognises the skilful use of technology to support and make student learning interesting, ranging from Moodle materials to videos to voting pads in lectures etc.
• Carolyn Isaaks (Associate Professor in Accountancy) won the Oscar for ‘Prepare for the Future’ in the University Life category. This award recognises where an individual has particularly helped a student think about or make important decisions about their future after University such as developing key employability skills etc.
• Andrew Smith (Professor of Consumer Behaviour) was runner-up for the Oscar for ‘Best Research Supervisor’ in the Supervisors category. This award recognises excellence in supervisory support.

The University of Nottingham Staff Oscars are organised by the Education Network of the Students’ Union. The nominations judging panel is comprised of School Education Reps and Postgraduate Education Reps, elected students who act as ‘head course reps’ for their School/Department. The process is then overseen by the Education Officer and Postgraduate Officer, the joint figureheads of the Network.

There have been three very successful previous events and over 500 nominations were made showcasing the amazing work over fourteen nominations categories from best personal tutor through to best support staff member and best use of technology to enhance learning.