*Mention the topic which you undertook with this teaching staff.*
Nominations with more detail are more likely to be successful. Be mindful if you are using generative AI (such as ChatGPT) in drafting your application. In our experience, generated responses lack detail or authenticity and are poorly marked against the assessment criteria.
This is a whole of University award to recognise the special role of teaching assistants (tutors, demonstrators, supervised study leaders and others) in creating the student learning environment and to acknowledge exceptional work in offering guidance and support to students which teaching assistants do. It is no exaggeration to say that these staff often make the difference between engaging with studies or not; with dropping out or not.
Nominations should focus on the following elements of the student learning experience:
- guidance and support,
- approachability and communication,
- assessment and feedback,
- the learning and teaching processes involving teaching assistants.
Other elements that the staff member made exceptional contributions to can also be highlighted.