The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences is proud to announce its 2025/26 Learning, Teaching and Students Experience Award winners, including the Sir Alistair Pilkington Award for Teaching Excellence.
The awards recognise best practice in learning and teaching and celebrate staff who have made an outstanding contribution to pedagogy and the student experience.
Sir Alistair Pilkington Award for Teaching Excellence
‘Humanising Higher Education: Interprofessional Schwartz Rounds as Scholarly, Transferable Innovation’ has been awarded the Faculty’s Sir Alistair Pilkington Award for Teaching Excellence. Led by Christopher Edge, Professor Mark Gabbay, Professor Taz Goddard-Fuller, Dr Vicky Thornton, Dr Stuart Oultram, Dr Helen West, Deb Roberts, Kelsey Watkinson, and Luka Richardson, the project brings together students from across health and care disciplines to reflect on the emotional and social aspects of healthcare practice.
First pioneered at the University of Liverpool in 2015 as the first UK scheme of its kind, interprofessional Schwartz Rounds provide a structured, facilitated space that supports empathy, resilience and interprofessional understanding. Feedback highlights their value in building connection, validating shared experience and enhancing wellbeing.
Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Awards
The Faculty’s 2025/26 Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Award winners are:
- The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Interprofessional Learning Conference: A student-led active learning event – Dr Pete Bridge, Professor Taz Goddard-Fuller, Dr Laura Maher, Dr Alexander Montasem, Professor Denise Prescott, Professor Kieron Salmon
- Putting the Patient at the Heart of the Therapeutic Radiography and Oncology Curriculum – Marie Orr, Dr Bridget Porritt, Lauren Oliver
- Invisible Inclusion: The Extensions System – Anisha Gopaul and Rob Treharne
- Refugee Voices: Integrating Refugee Perspectives in Health Care Curricula – Professor Gayle Brewer, Dr Caroline Hands, Heather Bullen
Professor Francine Watkins, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, said: “The standard of applications this year was exceptionally high, reflecting the strength and breadth of learning and teaching practice across the Faculty. I would like to congratulate all this year’s winners, whose work demonstrates a sustained and meaningful contribution to teaching excellence.”
You can view the presentations from each of the award categories. If you would like any further information, please contact the teams directly.