Dr Jane Saffell has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy (HEA).
Dr Saffell, a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine and the Academic Lead for Postgraduate Education across the Faculty, is the second member of Imperial staff to have received the prestigious award.
Jane Saffell is an outstanding example of a transformative academic and I was delighted to endorse her for this fellowship.
– Professor Debra Humphris
Vice Provost (Education)
The award recognises Dr Saffell’s contribution to biomedical education and her work to create inclusive academic communities, that mesh teaching and learning with research and scholarship. These principles have also guided her strategic leadership of postgraduate education in the Faculty of Medicine, where she has developed a modular framework across Master’s programmes, introduced community-building events for students and led the creation of the Health Sciences Academy – a partnership to deliver professional and postgraduate courses across the healthcare profession.
The HEA’s National Teaching Fellowship Scheme, now in its 15th year, celebrates outstanding achievement in learning and teaching in higher education. Recipients become part of a community of nearly 700 National Teaching Fellows representing more than 40 discipline areas from institutions across the country.
Commenting on her award, Dr Saffell said: “I felt enormously honoured to have been the College’s nominee for the fellowship. Finding out that I’d won was a bonus – and the award opens up several research and development opportunities that would be difficult to fund otherwise.
“Given the fantastic educational practice and innovation across Imperial, I’m sure we’ll have quite a community of National Teaching Fellows l before long.”
Dr Saffell, who was also one of this year’s Imperial President’s Medal for Excellence recipients, will receive the prize at a celebration event in October at Liverpool Cathedral. The fellowship includes a cash prize to support professional development or fund education research projects, programmes or initiatives.
I felt enormously honoured to have been the College’s nominee for the fellowship. Finding out that I’d won was a bonus.
– Dr Jane Saffell
Professor Debra Humphris, Imperial’s Vice Provost (Education) said: “Jane Saffell is an outstanding example of a transformative academic and I was delighted to endorse her for this fellowship. Her innovation, reach and impact are recognised within her discipline area at national and international level.”
On announcing this year’s Fellowship recipients, Professor Stephanie Marshall, Chief Executive of the HEA, said: “Each year when I read about our new National Teaching Fellows what stands out for me are the comments made by their students, who describe them as innovative, engaging, entertaining, genuine, and passionate about teaching. This year is no exception. The new 2015 National Teaching Fellows we honour today are truly deserving of the award.”
A full list of this year’s Fellows and more information about the National Teaching Fellowship scheme can be found on the Higher Education Academy Website.
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