Learning and Teaching

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

NU Teaching Awards

The NU Teaching Awards recognise outstanding university teaching performed by faculty, teaching fellows, instructors, teaching assistants and graduate teaching assistants.

Each year the NU Learning and Teaching Committee reviews the nominations submitted by Schools and agrees on the winners in nine categories:

  • Innovative Teaching;
  • Integrating Research and Teaching – The Sofiya An Award;
  • Inclusive Teaching;
  • Academic Integrity – The Kehinde Award;
  • Internationalisation;
  • Leadership in Teaching; and three new categories:
  • Sharing NU Experience (open to all NU employees); 
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Teaching Excellence (open to GTAs only) – starting from 2021; and
  • Master Teacher (open only to winners of two previous NU Teaching Awards). 
Winners of the 2023 NU Teaching Awards

Master Teacher: Daniel Torrano (GSE)

Sharing NU Experience: Library Team - Zhuldyz Orazymbetova, Darya Zvonareva, Yelizaveta Kamilova, Anar Dautova, Ziyat Abdykaimov, and Madina Abdykaimova

Academic Integrity – The Kehinde AwardMir Afzal (GSE) and Paolo Colet (NUSOM)

Innovative Teaching: Business 101 Instructor Team - Saniya Barbolova, Moldir Kaiynbayeva, Zharaskhan Temirkhanov, Aigerim Zhangozina, and Tim Wawn (GSB)

Inclusive Teaching: Bakhyt Aubakirova (SEDS)

Integrating Research and Teaching – the Sofiya An Award: Shazim Memon (SEDS)

Leadership in Teaching: Nancy Stitt (NUSOM)

Internationalisation: Zumrad Kataeva (GSE)

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Teaching Excellence: Zhandos Salpynov (NUSOM)

Winners of the 2022 NU Teaching Awards

Master Teacher: Byron Crape (NUSOM)

Sharing NU Experience: Duishonkul Shamatov (GSE)

Innovative Teaching: Shazim Memon and Bakhyt Aubakirova (SEDS)

Inclusive Teaching: Sergey Spotar (SEDS)

Integrating Research and Teaching – the Sofiya An Award: Paolo Colet (NUSOM)

Leadership in Teaching: Nancy Stitt (NUSOM)

Internationalisation: Serik Orazgaliyev (GSPP) 

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Teaching Excellence: Zulyar Kavashev (GSE)

Academic Integrity – The Kehinde AwardMarc Formichella, Joohee Hong, Nicholas Maxwell, Raquel Reinagel, Natasha Sinclair (CPS)

Winners of the 2021 NU Teaching Awards

Master Teacher: Ben Tyler (SEDS)

Sharing NU Experience: Antonio Sarria-Santamera (NUSOM)

Innovative Teaching: Tom Vinaimont (GSB)

Inclusive Teaching: Michael Ryan (SSH)

Integrating Research and Teaching – the Sofiya An Award: Dilrabo Jonbekova (GSE)

Leadership in Teaching: Nancy Stitt (NUSOM)

Internationalisation: Byron Crape (NUSOM)

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Teaching Excellence: Aliya Assubayeva (GSPP)

Winners of the 2020 NU Teaching Awards

Master Teacher - Duishonkul Shamatov (GSE)

Sharing NU Experience - Zeinep Zhumatayeva (SSH)

Academic Integrity - the Kehinde Award - Aiymkul Ashimkanova (NUSOM)

Innovative Teaching - Abid Nadeem (SEDS)

Inclusive Teaching - Anna CohenMiller (GSE)

Integrating Research and Teaching – the Sofiya An Award - Costas Valagiannopoulos (SSH)

Leadership in Teaching - Ben Tyler (SEDS)

Internationalisation - Azliyati Azizan (NUSOM)

Winners of the 2019 NU Teaching Awards

Integrating Research and Teaching - Sofiya An (SSH)

Innovative Teaching - Sydney Morrow (SSH)

Academic Integrity - the Kehinde Award - Daniel Torrano (GSE)

Leadership in Teaching - Duishonkul Shamatov (GSE)

Internationalization - Bridget Goodman (GSE)

Inclusive Teaching - Nicholas Maxwell, Nabila Nejmaoui, Inês Russinho Mouga and Rida El-Mehdawe (CPS)

Winners of the 2018 NU Teaching Awards

Innovative Teaching: joint winners - Chethan Purushothama (NUSOM) and Duishon Shamatov (GSE)

Integrating Research and Teaching: joint winners - Erika Alpert (SSH) and Michael Good (SSH)

Inclusive Teaching - Michelle Somerton (GSE)

Academic Integrity (The Kehinde Award) - Sulushash Kerimkulova (GSE)

Internationalisation - Saltanat Akhmetova (SSH)

Leadership in Teaching - Byron Crape (NUSOM)

Winners of the 2017 NU Teaching Awards

Innovative Teaching - Desmond Adair (SEDS)

Integrating Research and Teaching: joint winners - Daniel Torrano (GSE) and Chee Kai Chan (NUSOM)

Academic Integrity (The Kehinde Award): joint winners - Huw Cumming (CPS) and Craig Coulson (CPS)

Internationalisation in Teaching - Saltanat Janenova (GSPP)

Leadership in Teaching - Ben Tyler (SEDS)