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Tomas has been 'Highly Commended' for the strong and consistent praise he received from his students. Judges highlighted the large number of positive testimonials as evidence of his impact and effectiveness as a PhD supervisor.
🏆 2024 Winners & Highly Commended✨Masters Student of the Year Winner: Abdallah Hisham - Aston University ✨Masters Teacher of the Year Winner: Masters Teacher of the Year Winner - Alis Iacob ✨PhD Student of the Year Winner: Jennifer Davies-Oliveira - The University of Manchester ✨PhD Student of the Year Highly Commended: Mahmoud Alsaeed - University of Sheffield ✨PhD Supervisor of the Year Winner: PhD Supervisor of the Year Winner - Emma Crosbie ✨Best Postgraduate Marketing & Recruitment campaign Winner: PGR Student Partners Scheme - Embedding EDI in PGR Research Culture - University of Southampton ✨Best Postgraduate Marketing & Recruitment campaign Highly Commended: Postgraduate Advisory Service - Trinity College Dublin |
🏆 2023 Winners & Highly Commended✨Masters Student of the Year Winner: Mat "Jack" Powell - University of Huddersfield ✨Masters Student of the Year Highly Commended: Adam Baker - Cardiff University ✨Masters Teacher of the Year Winner: Dr Tim Herrick - University of Sheffield ✨PhD Student of the Year Winner: Nadine Charanek - Carleton University, Canada ✨PhD Supervisor of the Year Winner: Tyler Denmead - University of Cambridge ✨Outstanding Contribution to Postgraduate Support & Wellbeing: Your Community, Your Imperial - Imperial College London |
🏆 2022 Winners & Highly Commended✨Masters Student of the Year Winner: Nikita Asnani - University of Warwick ✨Masters Teacher of the Year Winner: Prasanna Ramakrisnan - Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) ✨PhD Student of the Year Winner: Josephine Agyeman-Duah - University of Oxford ✨PhD Supervisor of the Year Winner: Clive Palmer - University of Central Lancashire ✨Outstanding Contribution to PG Student Diversity: Equal Representation in Academia - St George's, University of London ✨Outstanding Contribution to PG Student Wellbeing: Postgraduate Wellbeing Suite - University of York |
🏆 2021 Winners & Highly Commended✨Masters Student of the Year Winner: Emma Wall - The University of Sheffield ✨Masters Teacher of the Year Winner: Will Mason - The University of Sheffield ✨PhD Student of the Year Winner: Toluwalase Awoyemi - University of Oxford ✨PhD Supervisor of the Year Winner: Malcolm White - University of St Andrews ✨Best PG Wellbeing Initiative Winner: Researcher Toolkit - University of Plymouth |
🏆 2020 Winners & Highly Commended✨Masters Student of the Year Winner: David Whitworth - Royal Holloway, University of London ✨Masters Teacher of the Year Winner: Devin Terhune - Goldsmiths, University of London ✨PhD Student of the Year Winner: Rose Waugh - University of St Andrews ✨PhD Supervisor of the Year Winner: Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy - University of Reading |
🏆 2019 Winners & Highly Commended✨Masters Student of the Year Winner: Thomas Ovenden - University of Stirling ✨Masters Teacher of the Year Winner: Kevin Coward - University of Oxford ✨PhD Student of the Year Winner: Bethan Rogoyski - University of Leicester ✨PhD Supervisor of the Year Winner: David Fletcher - Loughborough University |