National Teaching Fellowship Scheme
The purpose of the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme for Individual Awards is to recognise, reward and celebrate individuals who are judged to make an outstanding impact on the student learning experience.
Dr Tess Maginess from the School of Education at Queen's has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2013. A Senior Teaching Fellow and Director of Undergraduate Programmes in the School, Dr Maginess is one of 55 higher education staff to receive a Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy (HEA) this year.
The successful National Teaching Fellows (NTFs) were chosen from over 180 nominations submitted by higher education institutions across England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Each will receive an award of £10,000 which will be used to support their professional development in teaching and learning or aspects of pedagogy.
Tess joined Queen’s in 1995 and was later appointed as Senior Teaching Fellow, responsible for the leadership of the adult education Open Learning Programme. Now, as Director of Undergraduate Programmes in the School of Education, she designs new BA modules, teaches and also co-ordinates undergraduate provision in the School.
Dr Maginess said: “'I am just delighted to be offered this great honour and I am very grateful to my Head of School Professor Paul Connolly and Professor Ellen Douglas-Cowie and to my colleagues in the School of Education for their warm support, to Liz McDowell and Linda Carey for their endless patience and to my students, without whose inspiration it would not have been at all possible."
Professor Craig Mahoney, Chief Executive of the HEA, said: "Becoming a National Teaching Fellow is a great honour and will undoubtedly lead to many new and exciting challenges, but I believe that it is students who will benefit most from these awards. Our students deserve the best possible learning experience and it is colleagues like those we celebrate who can make a real difference to their futures.”
The National Teaching Fellowship scheme is funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, and the Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland, and is open to staff
Further details of the NTFS are available on the HEA website.
NTFS 2014
The call for nominations to NTFS 2014 will open on 15 October 2013 and close on 14 January 2014. The University will be invited to put forward up to three nominees to the NTFS in 2014 and details of how colleagues can apply to be one of the nominees will be advertised widely nearer the time.
The key dates for NTFS 2014 are below:
• Tuesday 15 October 2013 – Call for nominations - application forms released
• Tuesday 14 January 2014 – Nominations close - deadline for submissions 12 noon
• Thursday 22 May 2014 – Nominees informed of outcome (information embargoed until official announcement date on 12 June 2014)
• Thursday 29 May 2014 - Deadline for successful nominees to submit their finalised profiles and photographs
• Thursday 12 June 2014 – Announcement of NTFS 2014 Fellows
• Wednesday 8 October 2014 – NTFS 2014 Awards Ceremony
Previous Queen's National Teaching Fellowship Winners
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Prof Brian Whalley |
Mr David Gibson |
Prof Beverley Milton-Edwards |
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Professor Vicki Tariq |
Professor Carol McGuinness |
