Trinity Excellence in Teaching Award & School Award for Teaching Excellence Recipients 2024
The Centre for Academic Practice would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to each staff member for their remarkable achievement in being honored with an Award. Your exceptional dedication and contributions have truly set a remarkable standard for excellence.
The recipients of the Trinity Excellence in Teaching Awards & School Awards for Teaching Excellence were announced by the Provost Dr Linda Doyle at a ceremony in the Provost's House on Monday 24th June 2024.
“Each of us will remember a teacher or lecturer who inspired us to think differently or encouraged us to do things we thought were beyond our reach. The Trinity Excellence in Teaching Awards recognise those who go above and beyond in their teaching and I am very proud of this year’s recipients. They are all hugely dedicated to their students, innovative in and outside the lecture theatre, and incredibly inspiring.”
Provost Linda Doyle
This year’s recipients are:
Trinity Excellence in Teaching Award Winners 2024
Dr Aibhín Bray, School of Education
Dr Liz Heffernan, School of Law
Dr Rachel Hoare, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies
Dr Matthew Saunders, School of Natural Sciences
Mr Glenn Strong, School of Computer Science & Statistics
School Award Winners 2024
Dr Robert Baker, School of Chemistry
Dr Sheila Cannon, Trinity Business School
Dr Martyn Egan, School of Social Sciences & Philosophy
Dr Jacob Erickson, School of Religion, Theology & Peace Studies
Dr Neale Gibson, School of Physics
Prof Stephanie Holt, School of Social Work & Social Policy
Dr Aaron Hunter, School of Creative Arts
Dr Martin McMahon, School of Nursing & Midwifery
Dr Suzanne O’Neill, School of Histories & Humanities
Mr Eugene O’Rourke, School of Engineering
Mr Seán Phelan, School of Dental Science
Prof Roman Romero-Ortuno, School of Medicine
Prof Cristin Ryan, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr Lorraine Swords, School of Psychology
Dr Chaolun Wu, School of Mathematics
AWARD BOOKLET 2024 - READ WHAT OUR STUDENTS HAD TO SAY
Award Winners 2024 & Centre for Academic Practice staff
From left to right: Ms Jade Concannon (AP), Dr Stephanie Holt, Prof Roman Romero-Ortuno, Dr Sheila Cannon, Dr Liz Heffernan, Dr Rachel Hoare, Dr Matthew Saunders, Dr Aibhin Bray, Mr Glenn Strong, Dr Neale Gibson, The Provost Dr Linda Doyle, Dr Aaron Hunter, Dr Suzanne O'Neill, Dr Chaolun Wu, Dr Martin McMahon, Prof Cristin Ryan, Mr Seán Phelan, Mr Eugene O’Rourke, Dr Lorraine Swords and Dr Pauline Rooney (Head of AP).
Awards 2024
Trinity Excellence in Teaching Award Winners 2024
From left to right: Dr Liz Heffernan, Dr Rachel Hoare, Dr Matthew Saunders, Dr Aibhin Bray, Dr Glenn Strong & The Provost Dr Linda Doyle.
Trinity Excellence in Teaching Award Winners 2024
From left to right: Dr Liz Heffernan, Dr Rachel Hoare, Dr Matthew Saunders, Dr Aibhin Bray, Dr Glenn Strong & The Provost Dr Linda Doyle.
The Provost's Garden
The Provost, Dr Linda Doyle
The Centre for Academic Practice Staff
From left to right: Dr Claire McAvinia, Ms Jade Concannon, Dr Pauline Rooney (Head of AP) & Dr Ana Schalk
What are the Teaching Awards?
The Teaching Awards recognise and celebrate those who have made an outstanding contribution in the pursuit of teaching excellence.
There are two categories: Trinity Excellence in Teaching Award (TETA) & School/Unit Award.
'Teaching' can be interpreted broadly to include curriculum design, delivery and evaluation, and ‘teaching excellence’ can take many forms. In the context of this award, ‘teaching excellence’ can be defined as achieving and sustaining outstanding quality of teaching and positive educational impact through the effective use of pedagogies that engage and enhance student learning.
The prestige of the award reflects the value that Trinity places on promoting teaching as a scholarly activity and the importance placed on enriching the learning opportunities of its students. The Trinity Excellence in Teaching Award is a competitive process, with up to five awards made each year.
The scope of the teaching award initiative is broad, covering all aspects of teaching, learning and assessment. The teaching award initiative seeks to:
- provide recognition for outstanding teaching;
- encourage teaching staff to reflect critically on their teaching and learning practice;
- encourage teaching staff to consider scholarly approaches to course design, delivery and assessment;
- reaffirm that curriculum development, teaching, learning, assessment and evaluation are important activities in College requiring high level expertise; share best practice in teaching, learning and assessment across College.
All members of Trinity academic staff, or academic-related professionals with roles in supporting teaching and learning, are eligible for nomination by students, alumni and staff. Candidates must receive a student or alumni nomination to be deemed eligible to proceed and must also be on one of the following contracts;permanent contracts, indefinite duration contracts, contracts of more than one year in duration that do not expire before end June in the year of submission or adjunct lecturers with a contribution to a programme that extends 13 months or more. Eligible nominated candidates will be contacted and invited to submit an application for the award.
If you would like to submit a nomination form for a Graduate Teaching Assistant please contact the Graduate Studies Office as this is a separate award.