Dr Will Knottenbelt, Dr Tristan Allwood and Dr Amani El Kholy have just been announced as 2014 awardees of the President's Awards for Excellence.

The President's Awards for Excellence are awarded annually to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in teaching, pastoral care, research supervision and supporting the student experience.

Winners of the awards receive a cash prize and are invited to a prize giving ceremony and lunch. The President and Rector’s Medal winners are invited to receive their medal at the Commemoration Day Ceremony in October.

Dr Will Knottenbelt is awarded the President's Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching Excellence. This award is given to just a small number of nominees who are judged to have made exceptional endeavours. Will has been inspirational in developing the Department's Corporate Partnership Programme and for his outstanding work on Industrial Liaison with respect to teaching and learning. He is very highly rated by students and his fellow staff for his superb teaching and project supervision.

Dr Tristan Allwood is awarded the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award is given for Tristan's outstanding teaching and consistently high student ratings and curriculum innovation.

Dr Amani El-Kholy is awarded the President's Award for Supporting the Student Experience and is awarded this in recognition of her outstanding and tireless contributions to underpinning the learning environment for postgraduate research students.