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University of Birmingham lecturer in Metallurgy and Materials wins prestigious national teaching award |
Dr Claire Davis from the University of Birmingham has won a prestigious national teaching award, which recognises her as being one of the best higher education lecturers in the country. Dr Davis, who is a lecturer in Metallurgy and Materials Science, is celebrating her success in the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme Awards. Dr Davis is one of the 20 award winners who will each receive a £50,000 fellowship. This money will be used to fund projects that make a significant contribution to learning and teaching.
The fellowships have been awarded to both teaching and learning support staff in higher education in recognition of their outstanding contribution to teaching and learning together with their involvement in the development of best practice within their profession.
Dr Davis is going to use her fellowship to produce a web-based resource of case study modules. She says: "There is a national problem in teaching Materials Science and Engineering in higher education in that students are entering the courses with an increasingly varied background of academic knowledge. Traditionally teaching has been knowledge-driven at the start of the course. This project intends to provide a resource of case studies modules as opposed to the more conventional lecture approach. The aim is to encourage lecturers to use case studies in their approach to teaching which will in turn encourage more students to apply to Materials-related undergraduate courses".
Dr Davis was presented with her prize at an awards dinner in London on
July 10. The photograph above shows Claire Davis being presented with
her award by Margaret Hodge, Minister for Lifelong Learning and Higher
Education. On her left is Sir Martin Harris, VC of the University of Manchester
and Chair of the NTFS Advisory Panel.
