Outstanding Teaching Award

The Outstanding Teaching Award is given in recognition of exemplary teaching practice that encourages understanding of and inspires interest in economics.

Peer or self-nominations should include a statement of up to 500 words and address each of the five criteria listed below. Particular attention will be paid to any evidence of exemplary practice (e.g. summaries of student feedback, attendance levels etc.)

Judging Criteria

The Outstanding Teaching Award will be awarded to an academic who demonstrates excellence across the five criteria of:

  • course structure
  • delivery
  • student response
  • student performance
  • peer recognition

Past Winners

2011

Winner: Steven Cook, Swansea University
Commendation: Caroline Joll, Cardiff University; The EC307 Development Economics team’ (Oriana Bandiera, Greg Fischer, Michael Best and Tara Mitchell), London School of Economics and Political Science

2010

Winner: Andrew Hale, University of Worcester
Lifetime Achievement Award: Roy Bailey, University of Essex
Commendation: Duncan Watson, Swansea University

2009

Winners: Swee-Hoon Chuah, Nottingham University Business School
Combined award (with Student Nominated Award): John Maloney, University of Exeter
Commendations: Ian Jeffries, Swansea University and Melanie Jones, Swansea University

2008

Joint Winners: Alwyn Young, London School of Economics and Iain Long, London School of Economics

2007

Joint Winners: Manuel Palazuelos-Martinez, London School of Economics and Robert Hoffmann, University of Nottingham

2006

Winner: Dean Garratt from Nottingham Trent University

2005

Winner: Stuart Sayer, Edinburgh University
Commendation: Steven Cook, Swansea University

2004

Winner: Nancy Devlin, City University
Commendations: Laurence Lasselle, University of St. Andrews and Don Webber, University of the West of England

2003

Winners: Fiona Carmichael, University of Salford and Geraint Johnes, Lancaster University
Commendations: Paul Latreille, University of Swansea and Peter Smith, University of Southampton

2001

Winners: Caroline Elliott, Lancaster University and Monojit Chatterji, University of Dundee
Commendations: Colin Ash, University of Reading; Guiseppe Fontana, University of Leeds; Robert McMaster, University of Aberdeen and Peter Swann, Manchester Business School

From the Winners